Shame on SCHSL for hosting a CHAMPIONSHIP event without having any EMS on standby, no stretcher, gator or cart by which to attend to a seriously injured player at the Eastside v. South Aiken game. Everyone was just appalled at the treatment that Sebastian Restrepo from Eastside received, who was seriously injured with 4 minutes left in OT on Saturday. There was NO EMS on site and the trainers on the field did not seem to know how to treat him. Finally, when there was not even a STRETCHER available, they basically dragged him off the field and when he couldn't walk they had 4 players carry him off!
SHAME ON YOU!
Interestly enough, after talking with Sebastian's parents that evening, I found out that the doctors at Baptist Hospital, where he was treated, actually walked out to the lobby and asked his parents how he was taken from the field because evidently he had gone unconscious for awhile and should not have been up and about....
The High School League needs to get it's act together and realize that Boy's Soccer is a rough sport and they need to have EMS on call at EVERY Championship game in the future.
