The funeral is Thursday for the 17-year-old varsity quarterback who died last week. Both the high school and middle school will be closed Thursday.
Warren Hills Regional High School is closing Thursday for the funeral of Evan Murray, the senior quarterback who died from a lacerated spleen after being injured last week in a varsity football game.
The district is also closing Warren Hills Middle School on Thursday. The school district announced the closings in a statement posted Tuesday afternoon on its website.
The statement says the closings aim to "accommodate local road closings and all appropriate and unforeseen needs on Thursday." The statement does not mention Murray, but the 17-year-old's funeral is set for 11 a.m. Thursday at Faith Discovery Church in Washington Township.
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The district has also shuffled plans for this weekend in the wake of Murray's death. Earlier Tuesday, it announced this Friday night's varsity football game at home against Voorhees is being moved to 7 p.m. Saturday.
It was to be the homecoming game, but the district says all Spirit Week activities and the homecoming dance are being postponed. A new date wasn't given.
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Murray, a three-year starter for the Blue Streaks, was taken by ambulance during last Friday night's game to Morristown Medical Center, where he died.
A viewing is set for noon to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the church at 33 Brass Castle Road.
The schools will be open Wednesday.
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