Yukon football player dies after Friday’s game

The Associated Press - September 16, 2019 2:45 pm

Peter Webb

YUKON, Okla. (AP) – A 16-year-old Oklahoma high school football player has died after suffering an apparent head injury during a game.

Yanda and Son funeral home says Peter Webb died Sunday at an Oklahoma City hospital. Funeral services are incomplete.

The Oklahoman reports that Webb, who went Southwest Covenant in the Oklahoma City suburb of Yukon, was injured while making a tackle and striking his head on the ground during the fourth quarter of Friday’s game against Strother Public Schools.

 

Latest Stories

Send-offs show Carlton Pearson’s split legacy spurred by his inclusive beliefs, rejection of hell

By DARREN SANDS Associated Press (AP) — Before his peers would label him a heretic, the...

Dead longhorn found on OSU fraternity lawn the day before championship game with Texas

By KEN MILLER Associated Press STILLWATER (AP) — Police say a dead longhorn cow was found...

Report: Belief death penalty is applied unfairly shows capital punishment’s growing isolation in US

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — More Americans now believe the death penalty,...