After being sidelined the first two weeks of the season, Spond started each of the next five games and compiled 22 tackles.
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a neurologist and head- ache specialist who di- rects the Norton Sports Health Concussion Pro- gram. The pain can be excruciating, but the numbness is only a re- sult of the headache oc- curring in a specific part
of the brain. The good news was it's not an in- jury that is brought on by playing sports or a result of the major con- cussion he had in high school. The skull-throbbing shockwave s s tuck
around for a week. When they subsided, Spond began a rehab process that would take him from walk- ing lessons to an over- achieving outside line- backer on the county's second-ranked scoring
