Tampa Bay Schools Revisit AT Needs After Player Death

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Schools in the Tampa Bay area are reviewing policies and wondering whether more athletic trainers are needed after the heat stroke death of Middleton High incoming freshman Hezekiah B. Walters during a summer football practice.

Walters, 14, was the third high school football player in the state to die during summer training in the past five years, joining Sebastian River’s William Shogran Jr. (2014) and Fort Myers Riverdale’s Zach Martin-Polsenberg (2017).

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