Elk Grove family says player stomped on son’s head during basketball game and it is caught on camera.
An Elk Grove family is outraged after, they say, a player stomped on their son’s head during a basketball game in Alameda.
A Sacramento-area teenager sustained a head injury last weekend when an opposing player stomped on his head during an AAU basketball game in Alameda, as reported by KCRA-TV.
The incident occurred on Sunday during a game between Tumakbo United and Payton’s Place at the College of Alameda, KCRA reported.
The injured player, 13-year-old Seth Guingab from Elk Grove, suffered a concussion and was taken to a local hospital, where he is now recovering, according to the family’s lawyer.
The injury happened during an inbound pass play. Seth, playing for Tumakbo United, and an opposing player were vying for the ball when Seth fell to the floor. A third player from Payton’s Place then intervened and allegedly stomped on Seth’s head.
Alameda police are investigating the incident.
“We’re insisting on corrective measures or insisting on the safety of our children to be re-evaluated so situations like this don’t happen again,” the Guingab family’s lawyer, Kathleen Alparce, told KCRA.
In a statement to the station, Payton’s Place said, “The kid (opposing player) is not playing anymore or part of the program and is getting help.”
As a former college (Cornell U.),* semi-pro (Binghamton Trucker of the old Eastern Basketball League) and European b-ball player (Sporting Club of Portugal), this could be a teachable moment for that community and especially for the alleged head stomp-er. {*Assistant b-ball coach}