Coach Sly: Injuries outta control
This winter has been one of the worst on the injury front.
Boys basketball, girls basketball, wrestling ... you name it, and they've been dropping at a hard-to-believe rate.
This weekend's UEC Wrestling Meet was dampened quite a bit with St. Charles East and Batavia both missing stud wrestlers with injuries. Batavia's Joey Shump is out for the year, a huge downer ... he is one of the area kids that really coulda done some damage at state.
Don't even get Sly started on basketball. It's been ugly!
Both Santos sisters have gone down with ACL injuries at Geneva, and Batavia's promising post also fell vicitim to an ACL tear. Rosary also has seen a starter lost to the dreaded ACL.
The Batavia and Geneva boys basketball teams have both been without multiple key players for stretches of the year, and St. Charles North only recently got a key guard back from ACL rehab.
Outside the Tri-Cities, ACC star Robert DeMyers has missed half of the season with a foot injury, and Kaneland standout Trever Heinle has missed a similar chunk after a scary spill led to neck/shoulder problems.
Injuries are a drag no matter who goes down, but we're talking about some of the very best athletes in the area, people. Injuries are part of the game, true, but this winter, the aches and pains have been awfully tough to take.
