FENNVILLE, Mich. (AP) — A western Michigan high school
basketball player collapsed on the court and later died after making the
game-winning shot to cap his team’s perfect season.
Holland
Hospital spokeswoman Deb Patterson says 16-yer-old Fennville High School
basketball player Wes Leonard died Thursday night. A cause of death has
not yet been determined.
Patterson says paramedics performed CPR on Leonard before he was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The
Holland Sentinel reported that Leonard had scored the game-winning
layup in a 57-55 win over Bridgman in overtime to cap Fennville’s 20-0
season. Leonard fell to the ground after teammates and fans rushed the
court.
The newspaper says Leonard was also a quarterback for the high school football team.
Fennville is about 200 miles west of Detroit.
FENNVILLE, Mich. (AP) — A western Michigan high school
basketball player collapsed on the court and later died after making the
game-winning shot to cap his team’s perfect season.
Holland
Hospital spokeswoman Deb Patterson says 16-yer-old Fennville High School
basketball player Wes Leonard died Thursday night. A cause of death has
not yet been determined.
Patterson says paramedics performed CPR on Leonard before he was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The
Holland Sentinel reported that Leonard had scored the game-winning
layup in a 57-55 win over Bridgman in overtime to cap Fennville’s 20-0
season. Leonard fell to the ground after teammates and fans rushed the
court.
The newspaper says Leonard was also a quarterback for the high school football team.
Fennville is about 200 miles west of Detroit.
