Multiple media outlets are reporting that Luke Schemm, a senior football player at Wallace County High School, has died after collapsing during a Tuesday night playoff game.
We’ll miss you, Luke. https://t.co/RVkkAuM071 pic.twitter.com/73aLd0QCau
— Wildcat Athletics (@SharonWildcats) November 4, 2015
WJHL-TV reports that Schemm died at a local hospital after collapsing on the sidelines during his team’s 8-Man Division I playoff game against Otis Bison High School. Schemm reportedly had just scored a touchdown and extra point.
Schemm is the eighth high school football player to die this year.