Rattlers game canceled after student's death

Tucumcari Public Schools has canceled Friday night’s football game against McCurdy after a TPS student died Saturday night.

The district was sending five or six counselors to school to help grieving students this week, said high school Principal Nicole Bright-Lesly.

District officials did not identify the student publicly, but several said he was a member of the football team.

The student died at his home, they said.

Whether the Tucumcari Volleyball Invitational tournament scheduled for later this week will be played also remains uncertain, Athletic Director Wayne Ferguson said.