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A Michigan High School took “strong and decisive action” after a disturbing video showed a Junior Varsity footballer pancake an opponent that was much smaller than him, said an official at the State High School Athletics Association on Monday.
A Kalamazoo Central High School football player jumped on top of his opponent at the end of the game during a match against Lakeshore High School on Thursday. The mother of the 15-year-old player told a local TV station in Michigan that her son suffered two spinal brides.
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Michigan High School Athletics Association released a statement of the incident. (Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
“Our staff have been talking to both schools since Friday. Kalamazoo Central has taken this case very seriously and they have taken a strong and decisive action,” Michigan High School Athletics Association (MHSAA) told Pakinomist Digital. “Due to student privacy legislation, we cannot disclose the specific accountability actions, but they have exceeded what MHSAA rules would otherwise require in the event of dangerous and unsportsmanlike behavior.
“Our schools can give further details as they decide to do it as they handle things internally.”
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Pakinomist Digital reached out to Kalamazoo Central and Lakeshore officials for comment.
The player who was at the receiving end of the tackle was identified as Colton by his mother Courtney Mims. She told WSBT TV in Michigan that the play left her 15-year-old son with two fractures in the spine.
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The incident took place between Kalamazoo Central High School and Lakeshore High School. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
“As soon as it clicked that it was, I couldn’t be stopped. I had to go down there. I’ve never felt anything like it. I’ve never been as upset or shaken up as I was over something for my son,” she told the station Friday.
“These boys are boys in high school. They are 15 years old. The game means a lot to them. It’s all their lives right now. They are there before I come up to go to work in the morning to after dinner, to put the work in and for someone to try to take it from someone who does so much is terrible for me to see.”
She said her son was finished in the season and was expected to make a full recovery.
Mims, in posts on Facebook, thanked those who offer beans. She wrote that players from Kalamazoo Central reached out to her to apologize.
“This really brought me to tears and has helped me remind me that a player’s actions do not actually reflect an entire team and do not have; in all respects,” she wrote. “We stand with the right side and are so grateful to everyone in this community and extends who are behind us; and continue to share the story.”
The Kalamazoo Central player was not identified.
The player, who was the target of the pancake, suffered spinal cord injuries, according to his mother. (Pakinomist)
Officials in the Lakeshore School told the station that it “worked with the other school on this situation.
