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McMinnville, Ore.

Football team stricken: Two dozen members of the McMinnville High School football team were rushed to a local hospital this week, after a grueling workout left them with a mysterious swelling in their limbs. The boys had been lifting weights in a room in which the temperature hit 115 degrees, according to a doctor who treated some of the boys. Doctors said the players showed elevated levels of creatine kinase, a chemical produced when muscle tissue breaks down. Untreated exposure to the chemical can lead to kidney failure. Three players underwent surgery for compartment syndrome, which occurs when muscle, nerves, and blood vessels are compressed in a tightly enclosed space. School officials said they didn’t believe coach Jeff Kearin overworked the players.

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