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WASHOUGAL — Without football, Jose Alvarez-Cruze felt lost.
The Washougal lineman chose to walk away from the game after suffering a head, neck and back injury while trying to make a tackle in a Class 2A state playoff game against Highline last November, the final game of his junior season.
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