Nelson shines since return from scary injury

 

SHERIDAN — The last thing Dalton Nelson remembers is the ball flying over his head.

The next thing he recalls is being loaded into an ambulance.

On June 10, Nelson was playing right field for the Sheridan Troopers in Gillette when the Riders’ Jason Fink hit a pop fly. It initially looked like a routine play for Nelson, but the wind was blowing out toward right, and the ball kept carrying.

Nelson turned and sprinted back on the ball. As it soared over his head for a home run, he collided with the outfield wall and knocked himself unconscious. He spent four and a half minutes out cold.

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