Lake Stevens coach ‘progressing nicely’
Published 11:28 pm Monday, September 8, 2008
Kyle Bigham, the Lake Stevens High School assistant football coach who collapsed before the Vikings’ game on Friday, is conscious and “progressing nicely,” Lake Stevens High athletic director Ed Bailey said Monday.
Bigham, 31, received CPR after he suffered an apparent heart failure. After being stable but unconscious at Colby Campus of Providence Regional Medical Center Everett, Bigham regained consciousness Saturday evening.
Doctors think an irregular heart beat caused Bigham’s heart to stop, said Bailey. Today doctors will implant a heart defibrillator in Bigham’s chest, Bailey said. The device is similar to ones used by Kayla Burt and June Daugherty.
Bigham’s long-term outlook is “very promising,” Bailey said.
Lake Stevens High will host a spaghetti feed and auction Sept. 18 to raise money for Bigham. Anyone who’d like to submit an auction item should call Bailey at 425-335-1527.
End game
After having had their rear-ends kicked, 70-0, by Arizona in the season opener, Idaho’s Vandals have decided to change … their rearends.
It seems Nike placed the school’s logo in an unfortunate location on the players’ pants, and Rob Spear, Idaho’s athletic director, has ordered it removed from all uniforms.
“I was disappointed with the look,” Spear said.
Not to mention the result.
