(Dalhart, TX) -- A Panhandle teenager has died from a head injury he suffered in a football game last week.
Dalhart high school student Yahir Cancino was badly hurt last Thursday in a JV football game against Sundown High School. The game was canceled as Yahir was flown to a Lubbock hospital where he died over the weekend.
Dalhart also canceled all of its weekend extra-curriculars including Friday night's varsity game. Dalhart superintendent Jeff Byrd calls Yahir's death "...an unbelievable tragedy that has touched... '' the entire community.
A crisis team will be on-campus when classes resume tomorrow following the Labor Day holiday.
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