{"id":2490032,"date":"2025-09-23T12:08:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T16:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-school-football-player-suffers-broken-spine-after-vicious-dirty-hit\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T12:11:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T16:11:32","slug":"high-school-football-player-suffers-broken-spine-after-vicious-dirty-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-school-football-player-suffers-broken-spine-after-vicious-dirty-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"High School Football Player Suffers Broken Spine After Vicious Dirty Hit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhigh-school-football-player-suffers-broken-spine-after-vicious-dirty-hit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2490032&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>This article recalls the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/football-legend-john-madden-returns-to-madden-nfl-23-cover-and-more\/\" title=\"Football Legend John Madden Returns to \u2018Madden NFL 23\u2019 Cover, And More\">popular football video game<\/a> &#8220;NFL Blitz,&#8221; known for its exaggerated, arcade-style gameplay and the infamous feature allowing late hits after the whistle. However,a troubling real-life incident at a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >michigan high school highlights<\/a> why such behaviour is unacceptable in actual football. During a junior varsity game between Kalamazoo Central High School and Lakeshore High School, a Kalamazoo player body-slammed a prone Lakeshore opponent well after the play had ended, resulting in severe spinal fractures for the injured Lakeshore student. The Michigan High school Athletics Association and Kalamazoo Public Schools condemned the act, affirming that the offending player faced serious consequences exceeding usual regulations. The victim&#8217;s mother expressed deep distress over the injury. The incident serves as a stark reminder that unsportsmanlike behavior seen in video games has dangerous real-world implications and is rightly punished in school sports.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>For football video game fans of a certain age, they&rsquo;ll always remember &ldquo;NFL Blitz&rdquo; fondly.<\/p>\n<p>The over-the-top machismo, the rapid-fire arcade gameplay, and the franchise&rsquo;s general lack of adherence to physics endeared itself to generations of gamers and football fans.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the other thing that &ldquo;NFL Blitz&rdquo; is best known for is that the game allowed you to hit opponents after the whistle:<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NFL Blitz Late Hit\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3IPZZvaKcV0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Those late hits obviously are not a part of the actual game of football &mdash; and for good reason, as a horrific incident in a Michigan high school football game demonstrated.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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except much, much more real.<\/p>\n<p>You can view the disturbing video below for yourself, courtesy of local CBS affiliate WWMT-TV.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Warning: The content of this video may be offensive to some viewers.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/78Xkr9yaxX\">https:\/\/t.co\/78Xkr9yaxX<\/a> A 15-year-old boy playing for Lakeshore Highschool was being blocked and then jumped on by an opposing player.<\/p>\n<p>The video was taken by the injured player&rsquo;s mom Courtney Mims and she recounted her reaction after seeing her son was injured. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xhFdKe8ZBO\">pic.twitter.com\/xhFdKe8ZBO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; News Channel 3 WWMT-TV (@wwmtnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wwmtnews\/status\/1969150604225171565?\">September 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the incident in question, a play between the two football programs had been declared dead. The play was over.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, one of the Kalamazoo Central students proceeded to body slam a prone opponent with his full weight, far away from anywhere that the action was even taking place.<\/p>\n<p>Worst of all, the prone Lakeshore High student suffered a devastating injury: Spinal fractures, per <a href=\"https:\/\/wwmt.com\/news\/local\/disturbing-conduct-leaves-lakeshore-jv-football-player-with-spine-fractures-junior-varsity-game-high-school-kalamazoo-central-video-injuries-unsportsman-like\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WWMT<\/a>&lsquo;s report.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our staff has been speaking with both schools since Friday. Kalamazoo Central has taken this matter very seriously and they have taken strong and decisive action,&rdquo; the Michigan High School Athletics Association told Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Due to student privacy laws, we cannot disclose the specific accountability actions, but they have exceeded what MHSAA regulations would otherwise require in cases of dangerous and unsportsmanlike behavior,&rdquo; the group added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our schools can provide additional details as they decide to do so, since they are handling things internally.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kalamazoo Public Schools provided a further statement to Fox News as well.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;An incident that occurred during Kalamazoo Central High School&rsquo;s Junior Varsity football game on Sept. 19 was the action of an individual student who displayed an egregious act against a player on the opposing team,&rdquo; Kalamazoo Public Schools said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This type of behavior is unacceptable and does not reflect the values of sportsmanship, respect, and integrity that Kalamazoo Public Schools expects from student-athletes, coaches and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-city-principal-tried-to-cut-learning-time-in-final-week-of-school\/\" title=\"New York City Principal Tried To Cut Learning Time In Final Week Of School\">entire school community<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>School officials added that the offending Kalamazoo student &ldquo;received consequences consistent with the Kalamazoo Public Schools Student Code of Conduct and in compliance with Michigan High School Athletic Association regulations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Lakeshore student who suffered the spinal fractures was identified as Colton by his mother, Courtney Mims.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As soon as it clicked that it was, I couldn&rsquo;t be stopped. I had to go down there. I&rsquo;ve never felt anything like it. 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