Overview

• Fan-shot footage from a Lakeshore–Kalamazoo Central junior varsity game shows a larger player leave his feet and land on a prone 15-year-old named Colton.
• Colton was carted off, treated for two spinal fractures, released from the hospital on muscle relaxers, and will miss the rest of the season.
• Doctors are evaluating whether the injured teen will be able to return to football in the future, according to his mother’s account to WSBT.
• The Michigan High School Athletic Association and both schools say they are resolving the incident internally, and any discipline for the opposing player remains unclear.
• The schools’ varsity game proceeded the next day, with Lakeshore winning 26-7 and dedicating the victory to Colton.