NYC prep football player, 16, dies hours after playoff victory
Bishop Hayes (Bronx, N.Y.) junior defensive lineman Delano Cowan, 16, died after a playoff game on Saturday. (Facebook) Another high school football player has died, and while Cardinal Hayes (Bronx,...
View ArticleIowa teen cross-country runner hit by car and killed while running with team
Kinsee Rooker, 14, was killed June 7 when she was hit by a car while running with the Shenandoah High School cross country team. (Photo: Rooker family / Special to Des Moines Register) A 14-year-old...
View ArticleThree Md. high school football players killed in late-night car crash
Three teenagers, who police believe were headed home from a pre-graduation party, died in a late-night car crash in Damascus, police said. Police said the three teenagers were traveling in a pickup...
View ArticleLouisiana-Lafayette signee Herman Williams collapses, dies while working out
Herman Williams, a former standout at Marianna (Fla.) High School and signee at Louisiana-Lafayette, collapsed and died while working out in Florida, according to news reports. The school tweeted the...
View ArticleAriz. high school community reeling after two athletes die in span of two weeks
Joe Smith and Marrio Golden became good friends in 2012 when they played freshman football at Horizon. (Photo: AZCentral.com/Courtesy of Phillip Lechter) Another blow was dealt to Phoenix Horizon...
View ArticleRecent HS grad and former baseball player Hudson Adams dies from brain-eating...
Hudson Adams, a 19-year-old who just finished his final year of high school, died suddenly last week after contracting a brain-eating amoeba. He played four seasons on the Northbrook (Houston) High...
View ArticleS.C. high school football player, 16, drowns in lake
Spartanburg County, S.C.—A football player from Byrnes (Spartanburg, S.C.) High School has drowned while swimming in Lake Lyman. Dive teams recovered the body of 16-year-old Markell Tyquann Nesbitt,...
View ArticleSan Antonio community mourns the death of HS athlete
A Churchill (San Antonio) High baseball and football player died earlier this week, rocking a local community. According to MySanAntonio.com, Josh Pollard died early Tuesday. The cause of his death has...
View ArticleHigh school sophomore in South Carolina dies after collapsing during football...
LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. — Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the high school football player who died after collapsing during practice Wednesday night. Fisher says Lewis N....
View ArticleTexas high school football player drowns in lake
LITTLE ELM, Texas – A Little Elm (Texas) High School football player drowned while trying to swim across a cove at Lake Lewisville, police say. Police said Theoldridge “Theo” Nash, 17, was apparently...
View ArticleHead-on crash kills N.C. cheerleader, seriously injures football player
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. – A community is mourning the loss of a teenage girl who was killed in a car crash Thursday afternoon. Her boyfriend is still in the hospital with serious injuries. “It’s been,...
View ArticlePeach County (Ga.) football player dies in single-car accident
A Peach County (Fort Valley, Ga.) High football player died Saturday after losing control of his SUV. The Peach County coroner said it appears Raekwon Smith, 18, lost control of the car in a curve, and...
View ArticleFamily of HS baseball coach killed in crash filing lawsuit against city of...
The relatives of late Georgia high school baseball coach David Pollard announced Tuesday that they are preparing to file a lawsuit against the city of Columbus for the high-speed chase that...
View ArticleNo. 15 Fort Dorchester (S.C.) loses days after death of senior tight end Nick...
Lil Gronk #85forlife pic.twitter.com/Px00rXCTkh — Fort D Football (@FDpatriots) August 29, 2016 Playing with heavy hearts, No. 15 Fort Dorchester (North Charleston, S.C.) lost to longtime state power...
View ArticleTexas high school football player dies after collapsing during game
A Shadow Creek (Texas) High School football player died early Saturday morning after the team’s game against St. Mary’s Hall in San Antonio. Chase Lightfoot, a junior defensive tackle for the school in...
View ArticleConnecticut football team starts game with 10 players in memory of fallen...
Memorial at Sage Park in Berlin in honor of Nick Zuk #cthsfb pic.twitter.com/jR55W0Q8eH — Derek Turner (@DCT_Sports) September 16, 2016 Berlin (Conn.) High School’s Nick Zuk died in June after a...
View ArticleColorado community mourns loss of cross country runner who died during race
Sign outside Peak to Peak Charter School. @KDVR senior Brandon Ries collapsed last night at cross country meet. pic.twitter.com/9adG1Vbteh — Kyle Horan (@KyleHoranNews) September 17, 2016 Peak to Peak...
View ArticleAmbulance delayed in arrival after Nebraska football player suffers serious...
Video: Extended video: Coaches, teammates speak about injured player Brandon Steburg https://t.co/ReLAYp2LaM pic.twitter.com/ugNi4wqie6 — KETV NewsWatch 7 (@KETV) September 25, 2016 A private...
View ArticleHolland (Mich.) Christian boys soccer coach killed when 44-foot pole crashes...
HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Kevin Witte, the teacher whose SUV was impaled by a pole as he drove, died shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday, according to Holland Christian Schools Facebook page and...
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