South Jersey teen who died at sleepover will be laid to rest this weekend

The 14-year-old soccer player was found unresponsive on Sept. 5

Kara Lemanowicz, a 14-year-old freshman at Eastern Regional High School in Voorhees, New Jersey, was found unresponsive on the morning of Saturday, Sept. 5, after a soccer team sleepover.
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Friends and family will gather Friday at a viewing to remember Kara Lemanowicz, a 14-year-old freshman at Eastern Regional High School in Voorhees, New Jersey, who died last week while at a sleepover for the school soccer team in Mantua Township.

Lemanowicz was found unresponsive on the morning of Sept. 5 and was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators told NBC10 they believe a previously unknown medical condition likely killed her.

Eastern Regional High School girls soccer coach Jamie McGroarty, who had known Lemanowicz since she was a child, told NBC10 that she was “a goofy, fun-loving kid who always was smiling."

Lemanowicz was set to play on the high school team as a freshman.

NBC10 reports another viewing will be held Saturday morning, and the family will hold a private cremation and internment ceremony.