Team Rants

Justin Fitzpatrick was a starting defensive back for the Sapulpa High School Chieftans in Sapulpa, Oklahoma.

He was killed Thursday afternoon when the truck he was riding in lost control on a gravel road striking a fence and eventually a tree. Fitzpatrick was trapped inside the truck for two and a half hours before rescue workers [...]

Megan Taylor is a cheerleader at Kickapoo High School in Springfield, Missouri.

She had her collarbone broken the other day during a very bizarre annual ritual where students gather mud from a pond and sling it at each other.  Seems innocent enough unless the pond is too small and too many kids are fighting there way to [...]

Deonte “D.J.” Weathers was a standout running back and defensive back for Berkeley High School in Moncks Corner, South Carolina.

Weathers died Saturday when he lost control of his car, left the road and struck a utility pole.  Police have said Deonte was not wearing a seat belt, and as a result he died of massive head [...]

Dedrik Lovato-Rodriguez was a sophomore on the varsity football team at Lighthouse Christian School in Twin Falls, Idaho.

He died Wednesday night as a result of injuries he sustained in an automobile accident.  While driving on Highway 24 between Heyburn and Rupert, Lovato-Rodriguez lost control of his vehicle and crossed the median, striking an oncoming pickup truck. [...]

William Dancy was a football player at Clay-Chalkville High School in Pinson, Alabama.

Dancy died quietly in his sleep earlier this week, the cause of death has yet to be determined.

Dancy was set to start his senior year for the Cougars playing linebacker and Defensive end. He was well liked by his fellow teammates and friends. [...]

Andrew Hurd was a team captain on the soccer team at Gardner-Edgerton High School in Gardner, Kansas.

He died Monday afternoon as a result of an automobile accident around 6 pm. Hurd had been at soccer practice earlier, and was headed out to band practice when he struck a pickup truck in an intersection, seriously [...]