2 western Washington teen athletes die days apart

The deaths of Reese Widman and Solomon Gardner have sparked conversations about the pressure of high school athletics and mental health.

PUYALLUP, Wash. —

A wooden cross marks the spot where 17-year-old Reese Widman died. His parents say their son took his own life.

“We just lost a brother but we gained an angel and he’s always going to be watching over us and he’ll always be with us on the field and off the field,” Spencer Johnson a baseball coach with Steilacoom High School. 

Reese died on Friday, Jan. 6, two days before another high school baseball

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