Enjoy this week’s edition of Around the Horn, where we bring you the best prep and youth content from around the country thanks to our friends at other Gannett properties.
In the aftermath of Walker Wilbanks’ death, school officials want to know what was behind his demise. Doctors have now said it was a “freak occurrence” and “unpreventable”. CLARION LEDGER
There was one uplifting twist taken from Wilbanks’ death: His heart was transplanted in another 14-year-old. CLARION LEDGER
Meanwhile, Jackson Prep is (understandably) still struggling to turn the page on Wilbanks’ passing. CLARION LEDGER and, again, CLARION LEDGER
A head coach in Michigan is making an inspiring recovery from a horrific car crash, and is back in the saddle. DETROIT FREE-PRESS
This might be our favorite story of August: A star running back in Oregon spent his summer as a fisherman in Alaska. Reality TV, anyone? STATESMAN JOURNAL
Schools in Arizona are using a unique “balance testing” smartphone app as part of a concussion treatment program. AZ CENTRAL
Remember Jack Trudeau? The ex-Illinois star QB was quite a stat machine. Now his son is already outdoing him after his first start in Indianapolis’ Pike High. INDIANAPOLIS STAR
A Michigan football program has emerged from a year of extreme turmoil much stronger for the struggle. LANSING STATE JOURNAL
The kind of story you always love to see: This Delaware Military Academy football player is the driving inspiration in his younger brother’s life. DELAWARE ONLINE
Another fabulous story about living a different life: Get a sense of what it’s like to play football for the Indiana School for the Deaf. INDIANAPOLIS STAR
How Anderson, Indiana’s Wigwam Gymnasium, one of the nation’s most famous prep hoops barns, was saved from the wrecking ball. INDIANAPOLIS STAR
Here’s how one of the best backs in Delaware gets in the zone. DELAWARE ONLINE
Remember former NFL receiver Jimmy Smith? His son can play, too, and he might end up attending Louisville. LOUISVILLE COURIER JOURNAL