Leading off today: A member of the Stuyvesant High girls track team was paralyzed and another student was seriously injured when a van driven by their coach flipped over on a Vermont highway, police said.
The accident on I-91 near Hartford, Vt., on Saturday afternoon also left the coach hospitalized. State police said the van, which had nine aboard including the driver, was headed to a meet at Dartmouth College when it suddenly veered onto a median near the junction with I-89 and rolled over on its side.
Lt. Chris Dube of the Hartford Fire Department said two girls were partially ejected. The most seriously injured student was identified as junior Valerie Piro, 17.
According to The Daily News, the other seriously hurt student is junior Lucia Hsiao, also 17, who suffered a broken arm, fractured neck and a bruised lung. First-year coach Erin Taylor, 29, also suffered a fractured neck.
Piro, Hsiao and Taylor were taken to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H.
More all-state football: West Genesee quarterback Tim Moran and William Floyd running back Brock Jackolski share the Class AA player of the year award announced today by the New York State Sportswriters Association.
In Class A, the player of the year is Lansingburgh running back Kenny Youngs.
The NYSSWA released its complete Class AA and A all-star teams today. Those selections and the picks for Classes B, C and D can be viewed here.
Lansing loses its first: Lansing, ranked 15th in boys Class B basketball, suffered its first loss as Groton scored a 54-49 victory last night.