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Surrey Basketball Player Raphael Alcoreza Dies In Hospital After Collapsing During Game

Darpan News Desk, 08 Dec, 2017 02:28 PM

    Raphael Alcoreza, a Grade 12 student at Panorama Ridge Secondarywho collapsed during a basketball game last week at Holy Cross Regional High School on Nov. 28, has died in hospital.

     

    The six-foot-one guard went into cardiac arrest during a game and was rushed to hospital soon after.

     

    Doctors found that alcoreza had had a heart issue since birth.

     

    "He was a basketball all-star. His goal was to play professional basketball in the Philippines," said Kevin De Boice, the principal at Ecole Panorama Ridge. "And he wanted to be a fireman. The outpouring was huge last night when we knew death was imminent"

     
    Posted by Patrice Alcoreza on Friday, 8 December 2017
     
     
     
     
     

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