OCTOBER 2013
MS ReMarks ST. MARK’S SCHOOL OF TEXAS, DALLAS, TX
ISSUE ONE
Scenes from around campus athletics
Middle School Sports Injuries-OUCH! Sports injuries at any level are a terrible thing. Watching a professional athlete crumble into a heap on the ground with a torn ACL is devastating to watch whether you’re a fan of that player or not. But sports injuries at the middle school level are even more gut wrenching for everyone involved with the player who is injured. Thankfully, St. Mark’s’ middle school sports teams are usually fairly free of serious injuries, but there are always exceptions.
by: Will Forbes, ’18 During the first quarter of the eighth grade football team’s September 19 game against All Saints, quarterback Canyon Kyle was hit hard immediately after he delivered a screen pass to running back Seun Omonije. Kyle got up, dusted off the turf, and ran over to coach Hayward Lee to get the call for the next play. The game continued with Kyle staying in and making multiple deep downfield throws including a thirty-yard touchdown to Upcoming Events in the Middle School
wide receiver Fausto Reyher. When the game was halted due to weather early in the second quarter, Kyle jogged into the locker room with the rest of his team, prepared to rest during the delay and come out and try to surmount the 18-6 deficit that his Lions team faced. Little did anyone watching the game know, all Kyle could feel in his right hand was a light tingling sensation. He had fractured his right elbow, the elbow on his throwing arm, early in the first quarter on the late hit after the screen pass. Under those circumstances, it took extreme toughness from Kyle to stay in the game, lead his team, and face the daunting All Saints’ pass rush. He was also prepared to remain in the game had it not been cancelled due to the rain and lightning. “[I was going to stay in] if someone didn’t tell coach,” Kyle said. After the game was called, his family rushed him to the hospital where he was diagnosed with a broken right elbow.
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He rested and went back to the hospital the next day during school. It was then that his arm was wrapped in a soft shell cast and put in a sling and it was then that his diagnosis was changed. His elbow was too swollen to properly assess the interior damage. Soon, Kyle will return to get the elbow x-rayed again and how long he’s out will depend on the results. If his elbow is broken, Kyle will be required to sit out for five weeks, which would basically be the rest of his season, but if the elbow is fractured, he will only have to sit out two weeks, and could return for the end of the season. In the mean time, Hill Washburne will start at quarterback for the Lions. Washburne has a great downfield arm and throws a good, consistent spiral. He looks poised to take over as the starting quarterback for as long as possible, and the Lions will continue to move on even if they don’t have the services of Kyle. Canyon Kyle is a great leader and everyone hopes he recovers quickly.
St. Mark’s Homecoming 2013 Game time is 7 PM on Friday, October 4th See you there! Let’s go LIONS!