HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) — A high school boys basketball team in western Michigan is preparing for its first game in the state tournament, four days after its star player hit a winning shot then collapsed and died from a heart ailment.
Fennville High's decision to play in Monday night's game came after school officials talked to the family of 16-year-old Wes Leonard.
Fennville will play Lawrence High in the first round of a district tournament. The game was supposed to be played at Lawrence but will be played instead at Hope College in Holland to handle a larger crowd.
Leonard made a basket Thursday to give the Blackhawks a victory over Bridgman High, capping an unbeaten regular season. He died because of cardiac arrest due to an enlarged heart.
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