This is a great, sad story, I can't conceive the sorrow they feel. One of the team spends the night at their house, so they don't have to be alone ...... what a great bunch of kids, there is hope for this country ...
Vicksburg, MI — Wes Leonard’s parents sobbed as they broke their silence for the first time since their son died earlier this month after making a game-winning shot for Fennville High School.
Gary and Jocelyn Leonard spoke with The Associated Press on Monday night after Schoolcraft beat Fennville 86-62 in a Michigan Class C basketball regional playoff game.
They both wore black T-shirts adorned by buttons with their son’s picture in basketball and football uniforms.
“You won’t get over it, but you’ve got to get through it,” Jocelyn Leonard told the AP after she and her husband visited Fennville’s locker room. “We couldn’t get through it without everybody helping us.”
The 16-year-old Leonard had cardiac arrest March 3 because of his enlarged heart.
“He’s what every parent would wish for,” Gary Leonard said. “Losing him so sudden is just so hard. I don’t even know how to describe it.”
Every night since his death, members of the team have spent the night at the Leonard’s house.
“They don’t want us to be alone,” Jocelyn Leonard said. “Their families have loaned them to us. They sleep on the floor because I can’t let anyone in his room.”
