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Hockey Team Honors High School Star Athletes Killed in Crash
High school hockey teams are honoring the Falmouth teens who tragically died last week.
WOBURN— Both Woburn Memorial High School girl's and boy's ice hockey teams paid tribute to two Falmouth High School star athletes who recently died in a crash on Dec. 22. Seventeen-year-old James Lavin and Owen Higgins were driving home from hockey practice when Lavin veered off the road and hit a row of trees. Both died as a result of the accident. Regional hockey teams are hanging up jersey numbers 10 and 19, Lavin and Higgins' numbers.
In memory of James and Owen pic.twitter.com/rlqUETXqAs
— WMHS Girls Hockey (@woburnhockey) December 28, 2016
Mike Bonish, the Assistant Coach for Boys Varsity Hockey wrote online, "Woburn Hockey did our part today to remember Owen & James of Falmouth High School Clippers. #falmouthstrong The hockey world is strong and is praying for you."
Top photo: James Lavin (left) and Owen Higgins. (Credit: Chapman Cole & Gleason Funeral Home and the Owen Higgins memorial fundraiser)
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