Priest River Lamanna High School football
As Bobby Clark lay in his hospital bed struggling to emerge from a coma, his football teammates in this timber community honored him on Friday with words, prayer and spirited play. A rash of concussions among the Priest River Lamanna High School football team has rattled this community of 1,750 people.
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The Priest River Spartans booster club was selling buttons to raise money for the family of Bobby Clark, a football player who received a severe head injury recently and is slowly recovering in a Spokane hospital.
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From left, Chris van der Heijden, Brooke Oberg, Alison Snow, Darien Bangeman and Karen Snow attach ribbons with the number “52” on them which the Snow sisters were selling to raise money for the family of Bobby Clark, a football player who received a severe head injury recently and is slowly recovering in a Spokane hospital.
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Alison Snow and Karen Snow were selling ribbons with the number “52” on them to raise money for the family of Bobby Clark.
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Thomas Reynolds of the Priest River Lamanna Spartans runs between his teammates onto the field, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, before the homecoming game in Priest River.
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The Priest River Lamanna Spartans listen to a tribute read over the PA system, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, at the homecoming game in Priest River.
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The Priest River Lamanna Spartans stand in silence as a tribute to a teammate is read, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, before the homecoming game in Priest River.
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The Priest River Lamanna Spartans listen to a tribute read over the PA system, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, at the homecoming game in Priest River.
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The Priest River Lamanna Spartans have a moment together, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, before the homecoming game in Priest River.
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Tyler Barber, right, of the Priest River Lamanna Spartans tries to turn the corner when confronted by Chewelah’s Calvin Connall, center, and Mason Miller, left, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, during the homecoming game in Priest River.
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In the halls of Priest River Lamanna High School, signs encourage Bobby Clark, a PRLHS football player, to get better after he received a recent head injury.
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