Varsity football played the FZE Lions on Friday, Aug. 23, and it seemed to be a normal home game for the Knights. Little did they know they would lose one of their star players for the rest of his high school football career.

“I didn’t expect Friday to be the final game of my life,” junior Taron Woods said.

Taron played wide receiver on offense and safety on defense that night. On an offensive drive in the second quarter, another player tackled Taron and he suffered his seventh concussion. He had a neck injury earlier this year, which made him more likely to suffer another head injury.

“I expected my last game to be coming soon since I had a neck injury earlier this year, but I didn’t realize that it would be this season,” Taron said.

Taron wasn’t the only one affected by this injury. His family and teammates show as much support as they can to comfort Taron.

“My whole family has also been pretty sad,” Taron said. “Even though they haven’t said it to me directly, I can tell because they have all been talking to me saying everything will be fine. They will just have to get used to the way things are now and so will I.”

He and his twin brother, Ronald, have played football together for 11 years. Ronald was devastated when he learned that he was not going to be able to play with his brother anymore.

“I’m going to wear his number and play for him,” Ronald said. “I’m going to do what I can to keep his name and mine alive.”