Valdosta High player dies after being hit by baseball during game

VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) -- Valdosta High School officials say a freshman athlete is dead after a baseball struck him in the head during a game.

The Valdosta Daily Times reports ( http://bit.ly/1Ct1KG8 ) 14-year-old Colton Shaw died Thursday after his family had him taken off life support. Rance Gillespie, the high school's athletic director, called the boy's death "a terrible loss to our school and our baseball program."

School officials say Shaw was in the dugout Wednesday when an errant throw hit him in the head. He was flown to a hospital in Tallahassee, Florida, in critical condition.

Shaw's junior varsity team was playing in Moultrie. Colquitt County athletic trainer Ryan Kebler told The Moultrie Observer ( http://bit.ly/1EaXayl ) he rushed to Shaw's side after he got struc