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Rain early...then remaining cloudy with showers in the afternoon. Expect mist and reduced visibilities at times. High 51F. Winds W at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 90%..
Overcast with rain showers at times. Low 42F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50%.
Updated: May 6, 2024 @ 6:33 am
Zak Kromer, a star athlete and 2009 graduate of Taft High 7-12, died in an apparent drowning over the weekend in a swimming pool in Tempe, Ariz.
"Zak was a big part of our community, a good athlete and student and member of the student council," Taft Principal Scott Reed said. "It's not just a loss for his family, but Taft High School and the entire community. The students from the past are all grieving. It's just a really hard thing because it hits so close to home."
A memorial service has been planned for Sunday at 2 p.m. at Voris Field, where Kromer starred as a fullback and linebacker. Visit www.thenewsguard.com for arrangement updates.
Kromer, 19, was a multi-sport athlete and a team captain on the 2008 Taft football team before missing virtually the entire season after injuring his knee on the first play of the second game of the season on Sept. 19 in a 35-21 loss at Tillamook.
"This is such a big loss," his defensive position and current Taft head coach, Ken Martin, said Monday night. "He was a good kid and great student and played for us for four years. Unfortunately, in that Tillamook game, he was not on the kickoff team, but somebody didn't go out on the field, so he just ran out there and he went down on the first play of the game on the kickoff and injured his knee. He tried to come back and play late in the season on it, but he just couldn't go. That was a big loss to us because he had a very good junior season and we really felt going into his senior season that he'd be a real force for us.
Then-Taft head coach Jack Wilkinson remembers Kromer, whose twin sister Lauren also graduated from Taft in 2009, for his academics as well as his athleticism.
"I was close to him and it certainly is a big loss," Wilkinson said. "Zak was an outstanding student-athlete, one of the team captains, and as team captains go, obviously a leader. What helped make part of his leadership was the way he was willing to accept and teach younger kids and encourage them. It's a devastating loss."
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