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A 17-year-old high school senior died after she collapsed on the football field during the school’s homecoming game. Breanne McKean was announced as a candidate for homecoming queen at Ohio’s Mapleton High School. McKean “collapsed on the field shortly after she was announced as a contender for homecoming queen,” NBC News reports. According to Mapleton Local Schools, the “football game was suspended at halftime and the teams and student body were notified of this tragic event.” Mapleton Local Schools announced via Facebook: It is with a heavy heart that the Mapleton Local School District announces the passing of Bre McKean,...

The 17-year-old daughter of an Ohio high school athletic director collapsed on the football field and died during pregame festivities — where she was introduced as a Homecoming Queen candidate. Breanne McKean, a senior at Mapleton High School in Ashland, died Friday of an undisclosed “medical emergency,” Mapleton Local Schools announced Saturday. The school’s athletic director, Tim McKean, told News 5 Cleveland that his daughter died at Ashland Hospital after collapsing on the field, where the Mounties were set to play South Central. Breanne touched many lives and “was everything to us,” her grieving dad told the outlet, adding that...