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A high school football team is dedicating its season to a player who died over the summer

Michael Laborde, 15, died after suffering a seizure on July 4

The rising sophomore will be remembered at every game this season with his No. 61 on players' helmets

A high school football team in Louisiana is playing this season in memory of a special teammate.

Michael Laborde, 15, a rising sophomore at Holy Savior Menard High School in Alexandria, La., died of a seizure on July 4.

Now, his teammates are honoring the student athlete by “playing like Mike,” they say.

The football team is taking to the field this fall — but also taking time to remember the “ideal player” whose smile lit up the room.

“He was just one of the best teammates you could ask for,” Lane Evans told KALB-TV

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