Highschool football player dies!

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Sad day for football fans.....COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A 17-year-old high school football player died shortly after collapsing during a game.

Fermin Vialpando, a 6-foot-1, 210-pound center for Harrison High School, was running down the field in the third quarter Friday night when he collapsed, The Gazette newspaper reported.

Vialpando, a senior, tried to call a huddle just before he collapsed, Harrison cornerback Miki Eltagonde said.

"He was running down the field and he just stopped and fell. He tried getting up and then fell back again, and it happened again," Eltagonde said.

A teammate yelled to coaches that Vialpando was having a seizure, and the game was halted. A doctor was on the field within a minute, athletic director Dave Hogan said.

Vialpando died at Memorial Hospital. Chris Valentine, a hospital spokesman, said he could not provide a cause of death.

He had no known health problems, his mother, Sundae Vialpando, told The Denver Post on Saturday. "Doctors said sometimes with an athlete, it puts a strain on their heart," she said.

Chaplains were called to help grieving players and friends.

"Everybody's in shock," Hogan said, choking back tears. "You see what you think is a healthy young person. It's a hard thing."

Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press.....
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