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Fla. football player's death after summer workout ruled accidental

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office closed its investigation into the death of Riverdale (Fort Myers, Fla.) football player Zachary Martin Polsenberg, ruling the 16-year-old died accidentally from...

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Ariz. school, community reeling after death of football player

Gilbert (Ariz.) Perry is getting ready to play the biggest game this season on Friday at defending 6A champion Chandler. But football is taking backseat this week, as Perry players deal with the...

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Ind. runner loses one parent, then the other ― and finds two moms

LEBANON, Ind. – The decision is the hard part, and it’s coming. It’s always coming. Robert Muse-Myers is a Lebanon senior, one of the fastest cross-country runners in the area, and soon he’ll have a...

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Former S.C. prep baseball star Blake Holliday dies after ATV accident

Blake Holliday, an outstanding two-sport athlete who helped Belton-Honea Path (S.C.) win consecutive Class AAA baseball state championships in 2015 and 2016, died Tuesday afternoon. Holliday, 19,...

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Shocking death shows West Bloomfield (Mich.) true meaning of 'team'

Nick O’Shea came home from football practice, and his driveway was filled with several police cars. He parked on the street. “There were four police officers,” O’Shea said. “One of the officers asked...

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Ariz. football player dies after collapsing during game

Friends and fellow students held a vigil Sunday evening at Moon Valley (Phoenix) High School to honor their classmate, Carlos Sanchez, who died two days after collapsing on the football field Friday....

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Moon Valley (Ariz.) honors late teammate with moment of silence, custom cleats

The Phoenix Moon Valley Rockets returned to the football field on Friday, their first game since the death of junior Carlos Sanchez. Although the Rockets lost to visiting Peoria 26-0, the Moon Valley...

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Louisville HS community 'rallying together' after tragic death of coach's wife

Condolences are rolling into the Pleasure Ridge Park (Louisville) athletic department following the death of Amanda Williams, a “beloved teacher” and the wife of first-year Panthers football coach...

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Colo. football squad dedicates playoff game to teammate who died in car accident

ARVADA, Colo. — Play after play, Josh Cortez would get beat up in practice on the scout team. Every time he stood up, he was smiling. No matter how many times he was run over by a Poudre (Fort...

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Southern Calif. community mourning sudden death of girls soccer player

Soccer community mourning the sudden death of Bishop Amat junior Ashley Roth https://t.co/UB0ynVu8V8 — Fred J. Robledo (@SGVNSports) November 28, 2017 The Southern California soccer community is...

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Iowa wrestler killed in crash: 'He was hands-down the life of the party'

The victim in Monday’s fatal crash on Highway 5 was a senior at Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines. Trevor Schwager, 18, of Clive, died after authorities said the pickup truck he was...

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Football team rallying around teammate fighting for his life: 'He’s strong...

Buckeye (Ariz.) Verrado High’s football community is in shock after junior wide receiver Dylan Miller was involved in a single-car accident after lifting weights at the school on late Wednesday...

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Florida ninth-grader dies after collapsing while playing soccer

Jordan Bonny LAKELAND, Fla. – A Polk County (Fla.) teen collapsed on a soccer field earlier this week and later died. Jordan Bonny, a ninth-grader at Eagle Lake’s Lake Region High School, collapsed at...

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College football prospect Devin Winters dies unexpectedly

A highly-sought football recruit has passed away. Devin Winters, a defensive lineman from McDonogh 35 Senior High in New Orleans, had been pursued by both the staff of former Ragin’ Cajuns head coach...

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Arizona pitcher finds strength wearing amulet with ashes of his father during...

Hayden Nierman isn’t alone. He has his teammates to pick him up. His mom doesn’t miss a game. And around his neck, when he takes the mound for Scottsdale Desert Mountain High’s baseball team, the...

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Community mourns passing of 'beloved' Arizona coach

Chandler’s dynasty program will persevere through the rest of this season that will now be called field and track. The high school track giant lost a huge part on Wednesday when Ted Williams, the...

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Fla. high school mourns loss of football player

A former high school football player in Florida who was on the cusp of graduation died late Sunday, according to the team’s official Twitter account. Grover Wills was a defensive back at Durant High...

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Fla. HS community mourns death of former athlete killed helping crash victims

Tragedy has formed around a horrific auto accident, which involved former West Florida (Pensacola) football player Kyle Harrison. Former West Florida High football and baseball player Kyle Harrison,...

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8-year-old dies after collapsing on soccer field

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If you have active children, we’re putting you on alert tonight after an 8-year-old fatally collapsed on a soccer field in West Virginia. Caleb, the 8-year-old who died, told his dad...

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New Jersey student dies after collapsing during gym class

FRANKLIN, N.J. — A 14-year-old Franklin High School student has died after becoming unresponsive during a physical education class. The male student was a ninth-grader at the school, school officials...

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