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HEREFORD, Texas — A funeral is scheduled for Wednesday for a Panhandle high school freshman athlete who died nine days after a flying discus hit him in the hip.
A statement issued Monday by the Hereford Independent School District says 15-year-old Hereford High freshman Joshua Ramirez died Sunday afternoon at Hereford Regional Medical Center. “Hereford ISD is deeply saddened at this loss. We understand that Joshua was a great kid in and out of the classroom,” the statement read. “Staff and students alike are heart broken for the Ramirez family and our loss of a student and friend.”
According to the school district, Ramirez was stretching for an event in Plainview on March 8 when the discus hit him. A district athletic trainer advised him to treat it with ice and report any worsening.
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