The sudden death of a 13-year-old Kentucky cheerleader on the day of a competition shocked her community and left her father agonizing over whether he could have done more.
"You just keeping going over the sequence of events of the whole day," the 13-year-old's father said.DWC PhotoGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.The sudden death of a 13-year-old Kentucky cheerleader on the day of a competition has shocked her community and left her father agonizing over whether he could have done more.
The next thing he remembers is being in an emergency room while Lilliana's condition quickly deteriorated. Within less than two hours, she was dead.He added,"You just keeping going over the sequence of events of the whole day and try to see if there was something that I missed — something more I could have done as her father."Schalck said his daughter was healthy and in top shape.
"Overall we have around 70 to 100 'young athletes' who die during sports or surrounding sports activity, each year," he said. Lilliana recently became one of two eighth-graders to make the varsity cheerleading team this school year.said Lilliana was"beloved by so many and we know our students and staff will need help through the grieving process."
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