Patrick Maloney attends high school graduation, continues to recover from head injury

After suffering a devastating brain injury almost nine months ago during a football game, Kennard-Dale's Patrick Maloney is a high school graduate.

A Facebook post by Kennard-Dale Rams Football, displayed a photo of Maloney in his cap and gown.

Maloney had the opportunity to walk with his senior class during the graduation and he walked from the school to the field and across the stage to get his diploma.

In the post, it gave an update of how well Maloney's progress has been recently.

According to the Facebook post, Maloney has had therapy everyday in Baltimore for the past few weeks and he continues to improve with his breathing capacity.

Maloney is working to regain the natural arm and leg movements when walking. He has completed box jumps and is using the Xbox Kinect to work on some movements.

He has registered for 2 classes for the fall semester at Harrisburg Area Community College.

On Oct. 25, 2019, Maloney sustained a head injury in Kennard-Dale's 34-12 season finale win against Eastern York.

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He was taken to York Hospital for emergency brain surgery that night and was then airlifted to Hershey Medical Center early the next morning.

Maloney has made tremendous progress since the injury and has received a lot of support from the Kennard-Dale community and others throughout York County.

Kevin Moore is the Sports Life Reporter for the York Daily Record where he dives into a beat finding stories that have a deeper meaning than sports itself. He can be reached at kemoore@ydr.com, 717-309-4814, or on Twitter at @kevmoore93.

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