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Ankeny coach revived after cardiac emergency during playoff game
Ankeny High School coach Greg Schoon suffered a cardiac emergency on the sideline during a football playoff game in Iowa on Friday night.
Schoon, a former Iowa State player, was coaching the defensive line when the game was stopped and school medical staff and police came to help.
Responders performed CPR and used a defibrillator, and Schoon regained consciousness after about five minutes of treatment.
He was taken to a nearby hospital after pumping his fists to the crowd as he was loaded into an ambulance.
Ankeny went on to beat Iowa City Liberty in the Class 5A semifinal after the players had time to recover from the incident.
Schoon was still recovering in hospital, and no further update on his condition was given.
Ankeny High School defensive line coach Greg Schoon was revived after a cardiac emergency during a playoff game on Friday night.
The game was paused as law enforcement and school medical staff treated him on the sideline.
CPR and a defibrillator were used, and Schoon regained consciousness after around five minutes of emergency treatment.
Ankeny police officers Ted Townsend and Walter Reed were reported to be among the first responders who saved his life.
Schoon was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital, and Ankeny later beat Iowa City Liberty in the Class 5A semifinal.
- Who
- Greg Schoon, Ankeny High School’s defensive line coach, suffered the emergency. Ankeny police officers Ted Townsend and Walter Reed were reported to be first responders.
- What
- Schoon was revived after a cardiac emergency on the sideline.
- When
- Friday night, during the fourth quarter.
- Where
- At a high school football playoff game. The specific venue is not stated.
- Why
- The cause of the cardiac emergency is not stated.
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Schoon suffered a cardiac emergency on the sideline and the game was paused.
Schoon regained consciousness after emergency treatment.
Schoon was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital.
The game continued, and Ankeny beat Iowa City Liberty in the Class 5A semifinal.
- Coach
- Greg Schoon
- School
- Ankeny High School
- First responders
- Ankeny police officers Ted Townsend and Walter Reed
- Treatment
- CPR and a defibrillator
- Emergency treatment
- Around five minutes
- Result
- Ankeny beat Iowa City Liberty in the Class 5A semifinal
What people are saying
He's an amazing man. He's a great dude, and I was very happy to see him get up.