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Stover's mother, Amy, indicated that her son's condition was worsening by the day in a post on the website CaringBridge. The Missouri State High School Activities Association has been made aware of Stover's passing and will open a preliminary review to judge the level of care he received on the field prior to being sent to the hospital.

Spokesperson Jason West said the MSHSAA was still sorting out the details on how exactly Stover was injured, but indicated that officials made the right decision stopping the game. There were about six minutes remaining when Stover was injured. Stover's death comes at a time where many across the nation have begun questioning whether head injuries associated with football make it too dangerous for youths to play.

It comes just three days after Charles Youvella, a high school senior in Arizona, died as the result of a brain trauma suffered during a playoff football game. High School, died as a result of a head-to-head collision. Amid outcries, the National Academy of Sciences released a study in October that indicated high school football players are nearly twice as likely to suffer concussions than ones in college, per E SPN's Tom Farrey. High school football players are concussed at a rate of Enjoy our content?

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Please log in, or sign up for a new account to continue reading. The Missouri State High School Activities Association is treating Stover's death as an accident and will not investigate further, communications director Jason West said. After speaking to school officials in the days following Stover's hospitalization, West said the MSHSAA was sure that all safety procedures were followed.

There will be discussions, though, taking place within the association's Sports Medicine Advisory Committee and within Sacred Heart High School, where the game was played. West said that the association and the school hope to review the return-to-play and concussion policies, as well as the school's emergency action plans.

Some of the discussion will surround emergency procedures that require ambulances. Stover was transported to a hospital by ambulance, but there was no ambulance at the game where he was injured. They just need to be able to have access to them. Stover, 17, had been hospitalized for two weeks prior to his death , as reported by The Associated Press. The exact cause of death should be known after his autopsy is concluded, coroner Robert Smith said.

At this point in the autopsy, Smith said he thought Stover died because of a head injury. Stover is not the only teen this year to die from football-related injuries. Charles Youvella, a high school senior from Arizona, died Monday night because of a head injury , two days after he was tackled in a game. Damon Janes, a year-old from New York, died in September after receiving a helmet-to-helmet hit.

Janes' death was at least the fifth football-related death this year, The Associated Press reported. Supervising editor is Sasu Siegelbaum.

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