The Whetstone/ Cochise Lucas
By: Jessica Barranco (Whetstone Staff Writer)
Injuries are bound to happen in athletics.
About 11 percent of athletes in a game are injured, and four percent during practice, according to the National Athletic Trainers’ Association.
After being injured during a game, sophomore Brian Zuber has been unable to participate since.
“I don’t remember anything that happened that day,†he said.
Zuber was the goalkeeper for the men’s soccer team and knows only what the game film can tell him about that day.
Injuries can keep students from playing on their team.
Senior Joe Lightcap tore his medial collateral ligament (MCL) during the football preseason, and doesn’t like to have to sit on the sidelines.
“Think about the worst thing ever and multiply it by 20,†he said.
Other students struggle emotionally and physically with being injured and staying on the bench.
Brittany Howes, a freshman on the women’s basketball team, received a concussion during practice when she dove for the ball.
She was benched for a week.
“I felt mad and upset because I don’t like taking time off,†she said.
The football team also lost their quarterback Shane McSweeny this year to injury.
The training department at Wesley has been able to help Lightcap with rehabilitation.
“They are the best,†he said.
