In youth sports, being head-smart wins over being headstrong

A four-sport star in high school in Park Falls, Greenwood, wearing No. 42, had come to Eau Claire to play outside linebacker. A junior, Greenwood and his fellow Blugolds were playing UW-River Falls in River Falls.

"It was on a kickoff. I was running down, took a little hit, a mild hit from the side. I got up and I started to lose consciousness. I just started walking off the field and collapsed on the sideline," he said.

"He was the wedge-breaker for us on kickoffs," recalled Nels Fredrickson, the team's quarterback. "He came up to me and said, 'What the heck happened to me?' And then he just fell down."

His mother, Glenda, was in the stands.

"I wasn't watching the kickoff," she said. "All of a sudden he ran off the field. We only had 10 guys on the field. I was watching him on the sidelines. He was squatting down. He wasputting his hands on his head.

Greenwood hits a golf ball at his Glendale home. He’s come a long way and works out to stay strong but no longer drives or attends school.

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