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Remembering Ryne
(by Brian Smith - October 18, 2008)
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Staff photo by Brian Smith
Dougherty's football teammate, Drew Jenkins, center, addresses the crowd gathered in front of Montclair High School. Dougherty's mother, Marinelva Schnarr, left, looks on. To Jenkins' right is student India Rolfe
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On a crisp, autumnal night made for football, nearly 700
Montclair High School students, faculty members and friends walked an emotional two-block procession to a candle-lit vigil held for Ryne Dougherty.
Amid a sea of candles, the school came together
shortly after 7 p.m. last night, Friday, Oct. 17, to weep and honor the 16-year-old football linebacker.
Dougherty died Wednesday from complications stemming from a brain hemorrhage suffered during Monday night's football game at Don Bosco Prep.
In front of the school’s message board, Marinelva Schnarr, Dougherty’s mother, wore her late son’s
No. 44 football jersey and fought through tears to speak to grieving teammates and friends.
“Thank you for being friends with my baby,” Schnarr
said.
“Keep going forward. Keep your goals.”
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