Sunday, October 19 2025
Uniontown, OH
On Friday evening, Justin Landes, a senior at Lake High School and football student-athlete
was seriously injured during a play in the 3 quarter of the game between Lake and Hoover.
After being evaluated on-site by sports medicine staff from both schools, Justin was
transported by the Uniontown Fire Department to Akron Children’s Hospital for further
evaluation. It was determined late Friday night that Justin had sustained a laceration of his
right kidney.
On Saturday evening, Justin underwent a successful surgery to address the laceration of the
kidney and internal bleeding. During the operation, Justin’s surgical team identified an
additional kidney laceration that could not be addressed during the procedure. He is
currently hospitalized and in stable condition while his medial team continues to treat and
evaluate the best course of action
The Landes family is grateful for the outpouring support, thoughts, and prayers over the last
48 hours. Anyone interested in offering assistance to the family as they navigate Justin’s injury
and treatment can do so by visiting this link:
https://www.giveinkind.com/inkinds/A8V4L1Q/justin-landes
Lake Athletics would like to thank Cleveland Clinic-Mercy Hospital Sports Medicine’s Dr. Mark
Hudak and athletic trainers: Hayley Simmons (Hoover), Haley Kiko (Hoover), Mariah Reeder
(Lake), and Erica Allen (Lake) for their expeditious evaluation and care of Justin on Friday
night.
www.bluestreaksathletics.com
Brock Cline
Athletic Director
clinebrock@lakelocal.or
