Nanakuli catcher has concussion from crashing into wall
Nanakuli High School catcher Kehaulani Silva was released from the hospital Saturday night, a few hours after she was knocked out for a tense moment near the end of the state championship softball game.
Silva said that doctors told her she had a concussion and that she should not do anything physical for a couple of weeks.
“Just been sleeping, trying to rest up,” she said by phone today. “Better than yesterday. Still a little sore, though,” on her neck and back.
Silva was knocked out after running down a pop-up foul. She caught the ball before crashing into a wall and hitting the ground hard. She made the inning’s second out, but a runner on third base scored while she was unresponsive on the ground. The Golden Hawks lost to Waimea High School 12-4.
Her injuries hushed the wild crowd and brought the game to a halt for about 30 minutes in the top of the seventh and final inning as several coaches, trainers and her parents checked on her. Paramedics finally took her off the field and put her in an ambulance.
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