The 13-year-old was playing catch with a soft-style baseball during practice inside the Northfield school.
NORTHFIELD - A Pioneer Valley Regional High School seventh-grader, hit in the head with soft-style baseball while playing catch during baseball practice Wednesday afternoon, remains in critical but stable condition at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center in Worcester.
Superintendent Dayle Doiron said the 13-year-old boy’s parents were summoned to the school after the accident, which occurred about 2:30 p.m., and took him home with an ice pack. Once there, however, his condition deteriorated and he was taken by Life Flight to the Worcester hospital.
“Of course our thoughts and concerns are with him and his family,” Doiron said.
This marks the first week of practice for the middle school team. The practice are being held inside, where the soft-style balls are typically used, because the playing fields are still covered with snow, Doiron said,
Principal Bill Wehrli has asked teachers to be aware of fellow students who may be in need of counseling following the accident, Doiron said.
The school serves towns of Northfield, Bernardston, Leyden and Warwick.