HOUSTON, Miss. (AP) — A high school football player in Mississippi has died after he collapsed during a game.
Lee County Coroner Carolyn Green told news outlets that 15-year-old William Anderson at Houston High School was taken to a hospital in Tupelo after he complained of severe chest pain during a junior varsity game Monday night.
Green said Anderson was pronounced dead about 11 p.m.
Houston School District Superintendent Tony Cook said in a statement that grief counselors were at the school Tuesday to help students, teammates and friends deal with the death.
Green said Anderson had been diagnosed with high blood pressure and was controlling the problem with his diet. Green said an autopsy was planned to determine the cause of death.
BOURNE, Mass. (AP) — Fire officials say a Massachusetts high school football player has sustained a severe injury during practice.
Bourne Deputy Fire Chief Ryan Haden tells the Cape Cod Times that firefighters responded to Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School at about 4 p.m. Tuesday.
The player was taken by ambulance to Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Plymouth, before being transferred to the trauma center at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence.
Haden did not provide specifics on the nature of the injury but says it is not considered life threatening.
No personal information about the student was disclosed.
Upper Cape head coach Ken Owen confirmed the injury occurred at a practice but declined further comment.