New info don land from Northeast Ohio as two high schools don start to provide mental health counseling for students after 15-year-old football player Mayson White suffer spinal cord injury during tackle. The kain wahala happen during one game wey Mayson and im crew dey play against Waynedale High School on August 22.
White dey students for Tuscarawas Valley Middle-High School wey dey for Tuscarawas County, while the game wey cause this matter na for Wayne County. Na real wah, as the Waynedale football and cheerleading teams don quick jump enter action to support Mayson. Principal Rich Roth talk say dem do some kind therapy where dem gather cards and flowers go give am for hospital room. Na Monday dem do am, and e really dey help to bring closure and remind everybody say life dey go on.
Waynedale self go wear special jersey during game against Fairless High School wey dey come on Friday, as dem wan show full support to Mayson family. Roth talk say, “The main thing wey we want to accomplish na to help the family and ease any burden wey fit dey on them as much as we fit.” (Na this kind action wey dey show say love dey for di football community.)
Meanwhile, Mayson mama, Amanda Laura Lee White, dey talk about how dem dey manage her pikin recovery. Na very serious matter, and e good make dem provide support immediate, to prevent any wahala like stress disorders and anxiety wey fit follow trauma later. Natalie Bollon, wey be executive director of the Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board for Tuscarawas and Carroll Counties talk say if we no handle trauma, e go dey store for body like anxiety, joint pain, even stomach wahala.
Bollon tell say as kids and teens finish therapy, e dey important make dem go back to wetin dey make dem happy – whether na music or sports. “Na so e be, energy dey go where trauma dey, and the tank go dey dry,” she add (so make we no underestimate how trauma fit affect our young people o).
As we dey look this matter, na so report show say for 2023 alone, five middle and high school football players across the U.S. don suffer spinal cord injuries, but na decrease wey dey happen compared to past decade, thanks to new tackling techniques wey no dey emphasize head-to-head contact.
Na di kind news wey we dey report as community don rally round Mayson and im family. As dem dey move forward, everybody dey hope say this support go help bring dem together and heal dem better.
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