Warwick soccer player dies in crash

Christina Ginley, a standout soccer player at Warwick Valley High School died yesterday after a car accident in Virginia, according to a statement from Superintendent Ray Bryant.

The driver of the car and another passenger were also injured, but they are expected to recover.

Ginley was a senior at Warwick Valley High and a lauded scholar athlete. She attended the school with several other family members, including her two brothers and cousin Darby Ginley.

"Christina was a wonderful student, a gifted soccer player and actively involved in numerous activities at Warwick Valley High School and in the community as a volunteer," Bryant said in a statement. "She will be greatly missed by her fellow students, teammates, teachers, coaches and all of the whose lives she touched in the school district community."

The death is another shock to the family, which lost New York City Firefighter, Lt. John Ginley, on 9-11.

Responding to the loss, the school arranged for grief counselors to be available to students at the high school on Saturday.

Services remembering Ginley will be held at Lazear-Smith and Vander Platt Funeral Home at 17 Oakland Ave., Warwick, New York 10990.

A visitation will be held Monday, March 18 and Tuesday, March 19 from 3-5 p.m. and from 7-9 p.m, followed by a funeral Mass on Wednesday, March 20 at 10 a.m. at St. Stephens RC Church.