If you or someone you know is in crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255, text HOME to 741741 or visit Vibrant Emotional Health’s Safe Space for digital resources. A wooden cross marks the spot where 17-year-old Reese Widman died. His parents say their son took his own life. “We just lost a brother but we gained an angel and he’s always going to be watching over us and he’ll always be with us on the field and off the field,” Spencer Johnson a baseball coach with Steilacoom High School.  RELATED: To watch the full interview with Johnson, click here. Reese died on Friday, Jan. 6, two days before another high school baseball player, Solomon "Solo" Gardner from Olympia was pronounced dead.  Solomon, 16, had been hospitalized for three weeks after attempting suicide and suffering a traumatic brain injury. He died after contracting pneumonia while in the hospital, his mother told KING 5. The two incidents were not connected.  Reese's parents said the two boys played against each other a few times and they played for the same club, but not on the same team. Reese's parents said they reached out to Solomon's parents to let them know they are not alone. Corey Widman is Reese Widman’s dad, he was also his son’s high school head baseball coach. “It has been absolutely humbling and sobering the outpour of support and love for Reese and for us, these past few days and they’ve been very, very hard,” Corey said. READ THE FULL STORY: https://www.king5.com/article/sports/washington-teen-athletes-suicide-days-apart/281-32c0e711-616d-4fa6-9b05-cefe6d820bbc