Wall basketball's Mason Plummer faces brain surgery for rare condition

Mason Plummer looked the part of any star athlete and 17-year-old student at Wall High School. As a multisport athlete, he was part of last year’s baseball team that won the state title and, most recently, excelled as the basketball team’s point guard. After the Hawks' undefeated District 6-3A championship and postseason run, he was named the district’s Newcomer of the Year. Most people saw Plummer as one of the many outstanding student-athletes at Wall. What few witnessed was the frequent long trips for brain scans — and the diagnosis that will send him to Boston for surgery on March 25. Plummer was diagnosed with a cavernous malformation in 2021 after a head injury sent him to Cooks...