The Dodge County High School community is mourning the sudden passing of 17-year-old Hadden Kelly, a standout junior and one of the school’s most promising athletes, who collapsed during a homecoming prank and was later pronounced lifeless at a nearby hospital.

Kelly had been helping friends “TP” a yard, throwing toilet paper over trees and houses in a tradition long associated with school spirit, when he suddenly dropped to the ground in Eastman, Georgia, on Monday morning.

A friend found him unresponsive around 9 am. The cause remains a mystery.

“There are no words to express the sadness that our DCHS family feels for the loss of junior Hadden Kelly,” the school said in a statement.

“Gone from our sight, but never from our hearts.”

The Dodge County community is mourning the passing

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