High Point teen hurt in shooting returns to football field: ‘I’m in good hands’
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HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) -- A 17-year-old who says he was shot at a party for teens in August is working towards his return to the football field.
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Caleb Moore started his senior year at T. Wingate Andrews High School in August. He has a love for football, which he plays as a quarterback on the field.
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He is experiencing a setback in the season going into his final year in high school. Moore suffered an injury after a shooting that happened at the Royal Banquet Hall in Greensboro in August.
Greensboro police said the shooting injured nine people. Moore said he was inside the venue for what he called a summer finale party for teens.
Moore said he never imagined that he would be caught in such a situation.
"I never imagined that. ... I stay out of the way. I do what I'm supposed to do. I'm a good student at school. I have a 4.2 GPA. I just never thought that I would end up in that predicament," Moore said.
He underwent surgery shortly after the incident. He received news that gave him a scare.
“They was like, ... 'I'm sorry, your son won't play football again,'" Moore said. “Come a few hours later, like they was just saying that they would be able to do like a surgery without touching my bone and just like closing up the wounds. … I wouldn’t need like rods or anything or like screws. I was very fortunate to hear that news."
Moore continued to go through training to regain his strength in his leg. He gives much of the credit to the athletic trainer at the high school.
"I'm in good hands. ... I've been doing what I need to do to get back on the field," Moore said. "Like I won't disappoint whenever I come back."
He says his training paid off.
"I just started walking about 10 days ago," Moore said. "Like I'm already making progress. ... I'm doing like a slight jog now, so I'm very optimistic."
He does not miss out on the team's evening practices. He watches the junior varsity and varsity practice on the field every day. He is making sure he is prepared for his return to the field by keeping up with the plays.
"I'll listen to the offense coordinator call the plays and stuff," Moore said. "Because ... when I got hurt, they added in a bunch of more plays, so it was like dang, I need to get back used to this."
The team's head coach Mook Reynolds said his time on the sidelines has been valuable to the team.
"He's been that mentor, that guide," Reynolds said. "Essentially, the glue that's kept a lot of our production going forward. He's that bridge to kind of simplify things for the younger guys and ... close that gap between the distance in the minds of the coaches and the players."
Moore calls his effort a blessing that will only help the team's continued success.
"It's a blessing that I have this opportunity to sit on the sideline, ... seeing these things," Moore said.
He is optimistic about getting clearance from his doctor to fully participate on the field.
He hopes to begin playing in practice ahead of the team's game in October.
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