Ohio high school football player hospitalized after seriously injured Friday night

CINCINNATI — A high school football player in Ohio is in the hospital after he was seriously injured Friday night.

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La Salle High School junior linebacker Tyrese Price was down on the field in serious pain after a collision on a kickoff return, coach Pat McLaughlin told our news partner WCPO in Cincinnati.

The team’s trainers and Green Township EMS stabilized Price and got him to the hospital.

“He was down for probably 15 to 20 minutes,” McLaughlin said. “At that point, both teams were kneeling. We all knew it was pretty serious.”

Medics transported Price to Cincinnati Children’s where he underwent surgery. The school says it went well but he is looking at a long road to recovery, WCPO said.

McLaughlin said he would likely be in the hospital for “a couple of weeks.”

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La Salle plays Winton Woods Friday night in the first round of the high school football playoffs.

McLaughlin has served as LaSalle’s head coach since 2017.

He played quarterback at the University of Dayton from 1996 to 2000.

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