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# North football player suffers serious injury in practice
- URL: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/north-football-player-suffers-serious-injury-in-practice/
- Published: 2010-08-17T21:07:22.000Z
- Updated: 2010-08-17T21:07:22.000Z
- Description: A Nashua High School North football player was set to undergo surgery on Tuesday following a "tragic accident" over the weekend, according to multiple reports.
- Author: Joe Marchilena
- Tags: Division I, Fall Sports, football, Nashua North, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-18 04:44

A Nashua High School North football player was set to undergo surgery on Tuesday following a "tragic accident" over the weekend, according to multiple reports.

North sophomore Cooper Doucette suffered a broken neck during practice and was scheduled for surgery at Children's Hospital in Boston, [where he has been since Saturday](https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/content/files/www-unionleader-com/article-headline-nashua-player-to-undergo-surgery-after-breaking-neck-at-football-practice-amp-articleid-569d0164-d69c-4b58-ac07-21c73aeaa9ae.aspx). According to [a Facebook page](http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=151632888182569&ref=search#!/group.php?gid=151632888182569&v=wall&ref=search) set up to provide updates, Doucette suffered a [break at the C5 vertebra](http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/sports/highschoolsports/826216-221/north-player-suffers-neck-injury.html?ref=nh-highschoolsports.com), and while he has feeling in his arms, he has no feeling below his chest.

Doucette went in for surgery at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, and according to two different posts on the page, it would take between four to six hours or five to nine hours. The injury was suffered [during a tackling drill](http://www.wmur.com/news/24656800/detail.html?ref=nh-highschoolsports.com) on Saturday.