This is my story about about athletes getting injured during fall sports.
It happened after a run play during the football game against Spotswood game. Three Spotswood players made a pile and fell on offensive tackle sophomore Landon Turner causing a broken fibula. “I heard a pop and crunch. My first reaction was I knew it was broken,” Turner said. After getting ushered off the field by his teammates, Turner tried to stay positive by laughing with his friends, even though he was in a lot of pain.
The fibula is the biggest bone on the outside of shin. After the game, he went to the hospital and received X-rays. The following morning he was given anesthesia and had surgery. He has a metal plate and three screws in his leg to help hold the fibula in place.
“I would much rather be out there playing but it’s still good to see that my team is playing hard,” Turner said. The hardest issue he has had to face is the fact of not being able to walk or play football.
Turner’s goal is to play the Turner Ashby game on October 24, but before this can happen, Turner must attend therapy for an eight week recovery.
Senior John Wilson has been injured this season as well. In practice one day, Wilson tore his meniscus. A meniscus is a piece of cartilage shaped like a crescent and located at the junction of two bones in a joint in the knee.
“I did not know I actually tore my meniscus. It hurt a little bit so I went to the trainer and then the doctors,” Wilson said. While at the doctor’s appointment, he had x-rays and a MRI.
“After receiving the results, I had only one choice. I needed surgery,” Wilson said. Since surgery, Wilson has been walking the hallways on crutches to speed up his recovery time. “For the past two weeks, I have been doing rehab through our trainer, Garrie Storie, and whenever I get the okay, I’ll be back on the field playing,” Wilson said.
She may not be a football player, but senior Kayla Corbin certainly is an athlete; and an injured one too. While playing basketball one day, Corbin was going up for a rebound and came down on her foot wrong and twisted her knee. Corbin went to Rockingham Memorial Hospital, where she was given a large brace. Her knee was too swollen at her check up, so she received an MRI. The results showed a torn lateral meniscus.
“My first reaction was that it was the worst pain I have ever felt,” Corbin said. “Not being able to walk up the stairs in school is the worst. I wait until after everyone is gone to start and by the time I’m up the stairs, I’m late for class.” Corbin is also doing rehab for two weeks with Storie.
Senior Alexis Byrd is another athlete this season who has suffered from an injury.
“At a football game, I was doing a hurkie and I guess I jumped wrong,” Byrd said. A hurkie is a type of jump. “I was in shock; I couldn’t believe this was happening again,” Byrd said. Byrd has had problems with her knee many times before. So this time when she tore her meniscus, it was not something new. As far as recovering goes, Byrd is trying to stay off of her leg and let it rest.
“It really sucks that I can’t compete in the cheer competition. I was emotional because it is my senior year and I can’t compete,” Byrd said.
“Cheerleading is what I love doing. I feel proud of the girls for doing well but I wish I was out there with them,” Byrd said.
With a small portion of our athletes hurt, it is necessary that they heal quickly and efficiently so they can compete for our school and lead us to victory. â—Š
