(KNSI) – Eden Valley-Watkins football is taking on Royalton for homecoming Friday night, but both sides have already won off the field. The teams will come together to support the Royals head coach after a tragedy this summer.
Royalton coach Nick Lanners was paralyzed from the chest down in a car crash in July. He was rear-ended by a vehicle at high speed while he sat at a traffic light. Lanners is still rehabbing intensely in Minneapolis, after spending 56 days in the ICU and neuro progressive floor at St. Cloud Hospital to repair a severely broken back. Lanners had his C5 vertebrae fractured and emergency surgery was required to decompress his spinal cord after the accident.
Donation boxes will be installed at the concession stands during the game for a 50/50 raffle. The proceeds will go exclusively to the Lanners family. Nick and his wife have two young children, both under 10 years old.
Raffle tickets are available only for those attending the game.
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