KALAMAZOO, MI -- Kalamazoo community members held a rally Tuesday, Sept. 30, to support a Kalamazoo Central Football JV player who received disciplinary action after injuring a Stevensville Lakeshore football player. The Lakeshore player, Colton Mims, 15, suffered a spinal fracture in two places after the Kalamazoo Central player, also 15, jumped on Mims after a play on Sept. 18. Since the game, the Kalamazoo Central player and his father have received an onslaught of hate and death threats, said Andrea Hubbard-Hill, a longtime family friend. Stevensville Lakeshore junior varsity football player injured during a game against Kalamazoo Central on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. A KPS spokesperson declined to comment on what punishment the player received because of privacy matters.