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LEXINGTON, S.C. -- A South Carolina high school football player has died after collapsing at practice, Lexington County officials confirmed Thursday.Coroner Helen Fisher said Lewis N. Simpkins, 14, of Lexington, was pronounced dead Wednesday night at Lexington Medical Center.Simpkins was a sophomore defensive tackle at River Bluff High School who fell to the ground near the end of a two-hour practice.Two athletic trainers and an assistant coach began CPR and used a defibrillator while awaiting paramedics, Mary Beth Hill, a spokeswoman for Lexington District One, said in a statement.Players took water breaks every 15 to 20 minutes and water hoses and coolers were available at all times, Hill said.The district is working to provide services to students and staff, she said.?The school was opening its cafe Thursday afternoon to give students a chance to meet with counselors and psychologists.Hill said the team was not practicing Thursday but would gather so players, coaches and trainers would share their feelings and support one another. The team canceled its participation in a preseason scrimmage Friday night.School officials were keeping reporters off campus Thursday. Cheap Wholesale Adidas Shoes .ca NBA Power Rankings, ahead of the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs. Adidas Shoes Online Sale . Mats Zuccarello and Derek Stepan scored shootout goals, and backup goalie Cam Talbot earned his second win in two nights as the Rangers shook off a late tying tally and beat the Maple Leafs 2-1 Monday night. http://www.cheapadidassale.com/ . -- Ken Appleby made 32 saves for his first shutout of the season to lead the Oshawa Generals to a 2-0 win over the Belleville Bulls on Wednesday in Ontario Hockey League action. Cheap Discount Adidas Shoes . With Parker having a quiet game for once, Nicolas Batum and Boris Diaw provided the scoring as France won its first major basketball title by beating Lithuania 80-66 on Sunday. It was a victory that ended a decade of frustration for Parker and a talented French generation, which lost the final against Spain two years ago and took bronze in 2005. Adidas Shoes Clearance Sale . Batiste, who briefly signed with the Eskimos in 2006, has spent time with several NFL teams including the Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Redskins. World Rugby is clamping down on high tackles and is taking a zero-tolerance approach to any contact with the head.The games governing body has redefined illegal tackles with reckless tackles now being punished with the minimum of a yellow card. Any accidental contact with the head will trigger the minimum sanction of a penalty.The new rules come into effect on January 3, 2017, and effectively lowers the acceptable height of the tackle.World Rugby Chairman Bill Beaumont said: World Rugby continues to be proactive in aligning with the latest evidence-based recommendations in this priority player welfare area to ensure players and coaches at all levels of the game are appropriately educated, managed and protected when it comes to head impacts and injury within the environment of a contact sport.We believe that we are playing a leading role in terms of the development and implementation of best-practice interventions and this important study further reflects our commitment to an evidence-based approach to player welfare. We believe that tthe invaluable data from this study will inform the law review process and lead to changes in playing or training practices.ddddddddddddIreland prop Tadhg Furlong added: When it comes to protecting the head and neck of players, everyone is rightly very cautious now. The culture around concussion has completely changed and its no longer acceptable for players to continue in a game if theyre even suspected of having a concussion.When it comes to dealing effectively with concussion in sport, rugby is at the forefront. The International Rugby Players Association (IRPA) supports any measure that protects our welfare and we are in favour of this initiative, which we believe will help further to reduce head and neck injuries at all levels of the game.Rugby is a physical sport and there will always be a level of injury risk associated with it but the sport is doing as much as it can to make it as safe as possible. ' ' '