. >> it was todd lipe's first year as head coach. football was always his dream. >> ever since the third grade, i've always been involved in football. either playing it or coaching it. >> 16-year-old junior jaquon waller was coach lipe's star running back. >> he was very athletic, he was quick. a great smile. good attitude. >> amazing football player. fastest guy on the field. >> zach rogers was a teammate and a friend. he was there when it all began. >> get in! >> and he came through, our middle linebacker hit him straight on. >> did you think, that was a hard hit? >> we all said, oh, that was a good hit. you could just tell, he was shaking cobwebs out of his head, just one of those plays where you know he got his bell rung. the coach just came over and looked at him and they carried him off the field to get checked. and make sure everything was all right. >> our trainer at the time, he wasn't even on location for some of those practices because of other obligations with other fall sports. >> not having an athletic trainer there is

. >> head coach todd lipe, still haunted by jaquan's death. >> i'll let coach know. >> say becky and brock are the bosses when there is an injury on the field. >> maybe we'll ice him down and get him back in the second half. >> i'm glad i got a trainer who's going to take control of that. that's nothing i wanted anyway. i don't want to make that decision. >> you can't do any physical activity, no running, no lifting weights, no football practice. you've got to let your brain rest. >> but even with this brand-new medical team, keeping the kids off the field is the next huge obstacle to tackle. >> they're acting just like the nfl guys when they're asked, are you okay, they're saying, heck, yeah, i'm ready to go. >> me, i wasn't going to tell anybody i was hurt. i was going to play until i can't play. >> and it's not just a.j. flores. more than half of all athletes hide their injuries from emergency personnel. >> last year we know that there were kids that were dishonest with us. >> they'll show you a sequence of words that they're going to want you to remember. >> this season, varsity