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Fil-Can basketball star dies after collapsing during game
wasn’t just a jock.”
The six-foot-
one guard was
rushed to hospital,
not long after
he told coaches
he felt dizzy and
lightheaded.
He
said that needed
some
air
and
headed
outside
the gym, where he
collapsed.
Coaches,
Alcoreza’s parents
and two brothers
all rushed to him
as they waited for
first
responders
to arrive. He was
rushed to Surrey
Memorial in cardiac
arrest and was
Alcoreza wore jersey No. 22 for the Thunder, holding the ball, front and
later taken to Royal
centre, in a recent team photo. (Photo from R. Alcoreza’s Facebook)
Columbian.
Raphael Alcoreza, a Royal Columbian Hospital
D
e
Grade 12 all-star high school ICU unit in New Westminster Boice,said doctors found
basketball player from Surrey, the evening of December 21 that Alcoreza had had a
has died, a week after going as Acoreza was taken off life heart issue since birth.
into cardiac arrest during a support.
He was one of
game.
“The outpouring was those kids that’s liked by
More than 125 friends, huge last night when we knew everybody. He wanted to
teammates,
teachers, death was imminent,” said play, one day, professional
coaches and community Kevin De Boice, the principal basketball in the Philippines,
members packed the halls at Ecole Panorama Ridge. he wanted to be a fireman.
and waiting rooms of the “Raff was so well loved. He He had aspirations, and was
a team leader.
Aside from basketball,
Alcoreza was also the 2016
volunteer of the year in Surrey
Crime Prevention’s LEAP
High School Work Experience
Program.
The BC Boys Basketball
Association’s statement for
Alcoreza’s passing reads:
“The British Columbia Boys
Basketball
Association
(BCHSBBA) is extremely
saddened by the news of the
passing of Raphael Alcoreza.
On behalf of the B.C. boys
basketball community we
offer our deepest condolences
to his family, teammates,
and
friends.”
Messages
of condolences are being
posted online, including one
from the Holy Cross Athletic
Department.
A
candlelight
vigil
was held in the evening of
December 9 at Panorama
Ridge
Secondary
to
commemorate
Alcoreza.
Many people lit candles and
paid their respects to the
basketball player.
Alcoreza is the youngest
of the 3 brothers and his
parents are Nelson and Marie.
They are parishioners of St.
Bernadette Parish.
A GoFundMe page was
set up for Alcoreza and his
family to raise money for his
recovery but the organizer of
that page has now confirmed
he has passed away. The
campaign has already raised
more than $30,000 in only
few days and donations are
still being made through the
website. No date yet on the
funeral .
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