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Posted: Friday March 4, 2011 3:58 PM

Michigan prep hoops player died of cardiac arrest

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HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan high school basketball player who died shortly after making a game-winning shot had an enlarged heart.

The Ottawa County medical examiner says 16-year-old Wes Leonard suffered cardiac arrest because of the condition. An autopsy was conducted Friday.

The teenager from Fennville High School was pronounced dead Thursday evening at a hospital in Holland. He scored the game-winning layup at the end of a perfect season for the small town near Lake Michigan.

Leonard collapsed during a post-game celebration.

 
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