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JOINING US ON NEWS 13 THIS WEEKEND AT 10, I'M AMY DIAZ. >> THE PORT SAINT JOE COMMUNITY IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF ONE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STAR AFTER HE COLLAPSED DURING THE SHARKS GAME ON FRIDAY NIGHT NEWS THIRTEEN'S KAYLEE 10 WILL STAT IS LIVE IN STUDIO WITH MORE ON THE TRAGIC INCIDENT. PORT SAINT JOE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR CHANCE GAINER IN BODIED. WHAT THE TIGER SHARKS FOOTBALL PROGRAM IS ALL ABOUT. >> A REMARKABLE ATHLETE, TOUGH, HUMBLE AND ABOVE ALL, A GREAT YOUNG MAN WHO CARED FOR HIS TEAMMATES FRIDAY NIGHT. THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENED. GATOR COLLAPSED AND ULTIMATELY DIED WHILE PLAYING THE GAME. HE LOVED. ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH PORT SAINT JOE WAS ON THE ROAD PLAYING THE LIBERTY COUNTY FOOTBALL TEAM. >> WITH JUST ABOUT 4 MINUTES REMAINING IN THE 2ND QUARTER, GAINER SUDDENLY COLLAPSED FROM THERE. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CALHOUN LIBERTY HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. >> EVERY DAY WALKING A LOCKER ROOM. YOU'RE A LOOK AT A LOCKER. IT'S GOING TO BE EMPTY. YOU GO BACK AND WATCH GAME FILM. AND YOU KNOW, FOR HOWEVER, LONG HAVE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND HIS JUNIOR YEAR GATOR EMERGED AS THE SHARKS STAR PLAYER. >> A BREAKOUT SEASON THAT FOLLOWED A COUPLE YEARS OF NO RAW POTENTIAL IN FIERY PERSONALITY FROM THOSE GAMES OF NOT KNOWING. >> GOING 15 AGO, YOU SAY SOME IS GOING CELEBRATE TOO MUCH IS BECAUSE KNEW HE WAS FEISTY. >> THE SUMMER BEFORE THE 2023 FOOTBALL SEASON TRAGEDY STRUCK PORT SAINT JOE WHEN 2 OF GAINERS TEAMMATES AND LIFELONG FRIENDS, TJ JENKINS AND ANDREW SHEPHERD PASSED AWAY IN A CAR ACCIDENT. >> AGAIN ARE DEDICATED. HIS JUNIOR SEASON TO HIS BEST FRIENDS. AND FROM THERE, THE REST IS HISTORY. >> A WEEK FOR 5 LAST YEAR. >> IT'S ALL FALLING AND REALIZE PRETTY GOOD AT THIS GAME. I CAN MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. AND, YOU KNOW, I DETERMINE OUTCOME OF GAMES. >> HE EMERGED AS A JACK OF ALL TRADES SCORING IN EVERY WAY, OFTEN SIMPLY DEFENSIVELY ON SPECIAL TEAMS WILL BE ONE OF THE GUYS YOU WATCH FOR THE OPENING GOAL? >> HAS CHANCE GAYNOR? AND THAT WAS CHANGING. HE COULD THROW. YOU CAN RUIN YOU. CAN YOU KNOW, PUNT RETURN TO GET RETURNS. DIDN'T MATTER. >> HALFBACK PASS IS PROBABLY HAD 3 OR 4 TOUCHDOWN PASSES LAST YEAR DOING IT WHILE IT WAS ALMOST A GUARANTEE THAT IF GAINER HAD THE BALL, THE SHARKS WOULD MANAGE TO SCORE. >> BUT HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE ALL OF HIS TEAMMATES HAD ENOUGH TOUCHES TO FILL THEIR HIGHLIGHT REAL. BUT HE WOULD ALWAYS BE READY WHEN HIS TALENTS WERE NEEDED. >> WHAT HE WOULD DO IF YOU CAN STAND BY WEDNESDAY. WORD IN A STANDBY. AND YOU THAT WAS WHERE HE LOOK AT WAS ON THE FIELD. HE JUST KIND OF STARING AT ME AND I KNEW. >> THAT WAS HIS WAY OF SAYING GIVE ME THE BALL. BUT YOU WOULD NEVER YOU WASN'T, YOU KNOW, BOASTFUL ABOUT ANY OF IT. HE JUST KIND OF GUY. I'M HERE. IF YOU NEED ME, LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU WANT ME TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN. SOME OF THE WORDS USED TO DESCRIBE CHANCE ARE GENUINE QUIET. A SOFT-SPOKEN INDIVIDUAL. >> BUT THE ULTIMATE SENIOR LEADER FOR HIS TEAM YOUR KIDS GOT TO SEE. YOU KNOW, LEADERS ARE ALWAYS BUCKLE. SOMETIMES FACTIONS AND CHANCES. >> ACTIONS. >> AND BECAUSE OF WHO HE WAS AND WHAT HE DID IN THE CLASSROOM ON FRIDAY NIGHTS OR EVEN ON THE BASKETBALL COURT. THE PORT SAINT JOE COMMUNITY IS MOURNING YET ANOTHER LOSS OF A RISING STAR. >> GROUP OF KIDS WITH RESILIENT PARENTS. RESILIENT COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOME SOME STUFF RECENT YEARS AND THEY STICK TOGETHER. MEAN, WOULD I DON'T KNOW WHAT WORDS YOU CAUSE. I'M AMAZED EVERY DAY. WITH THIS COMMUNITY IS CAPABLE OF DOING. >> GAINERS IMPACT REACHES BEYOND THE 3 MILE GOAL FRONT STRETCH OF PORT SAINT JOE. HE'S REMEMBERED BY THE ENTIRE PANHANDLE IN STATE OF FLORIDA. THE ULTIMATE TEAMMATE, FRIEND, SON, BROTHER IN TIGER SHARK, WHO SPENT HIS FINAL MOMENTS WEARING PURPLE AND GOLD. >> EACH EVERY >> PORT SAINT JOE SCHOOLS WILL RETURN ON MONDAY WITH GRIEF COUNSELORS FOR STUDENTS TO VISIT WITH TUESDAY WILL BE A HALF-DAY AND LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE FOOTBALL TEAM. GULF COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT JIM NORTON IS INVITING OTHER TEAMS FROM AROUND THE AREA TO JOIN BROTHERHOOD. THE TIGER SHARKS GAME ON FRIDAY NIGHT AGAINST ONCE DOWN HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND HEAD COACH TANNER JONES IS LETTING HIS