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Northfield Students Have 'White Out' for Jack Jablonski
A number of Northfield students wore white to Thursday's hockey game to support Jack Jablonski.
The stands at the for the Northfield-Farmington boys hockey game on Thursday night was a sea of white as students wore the color to honor paralyzed Benilde-St. Margaret's hockey player Jack Jablonski.
Jablonski, a 16-year-old sophomore, sustained the injury during a junior varsity game on Dec. 30. He underwent spinal surgery on Wednesday, and on Thursday his neurosurgeon said Jablonski would likely .
A number of schools in the metro area had "white outs" of their own to honor Jablonski, as did students outside the state.
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Hockey fans attending games on Thursday were asked to do the same in support of Jablonski. Northfield senior Isabelle Chapman organized the effort for Thursday's Raiders-Tigers game.
A Jack Jablonski fund has been set up to help the family. Donations can be made to: Jack Jablonski Fund, P.O. Box 16387, St. Louis Park, MN, 55416. Donations can also be made at any Wells Fargo Bank.
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