Bethany Coplen's son Gage plays nose tackle on the Grain Valley Middle School football team. After hearing about recent deaths caused by head injuries from football games, she started a GoFundMe page and raised enough money to buy 60 Guardian Caps for her son's team. [Bill Althaus/The Examiner]
By Bill Althaus bill.althaus@examiner.net Gage Coplen is an eighth-grade student at Grain Valley High School who loves playing football more than “anything in the world.”…