Students at Bishop Lynch High School Thursday morning held a memorial service for 2010 graduate Chase Gaddy — a Lake Highlands resident who was attending Austin College — after he died in a motorcycle accident Wednesday night.

My son attends BL and he said many of the kids were pretty broken up about the loss. He didn’t know Gaddy well, but said, “I remember getting hit by him at lot in football.” Gaddy was apparently quite an athlete and was on the football and diving teams at Austin.

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According to news reports, Sherman police say the 19 year old was driving the wrong way on Highway 82 near Sherman when he hit an oncoming car. They say he died at the scene.  Police are still investigating the accident.

Gaddy’s funeral will be held Monday Feb. 28 at 1 p.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas church in East Dallas.