I watched with some despair El Dorado's lopsided win at Camden Fairview on Tuesday. No, I wasn't sad that the Lady Wildcats won. I couldn't help but feel bad for Fairview coach Ronald Rogers.
The Lady Cardinals went from championship contender to rebuilding mode in one game when two starters, including Marva Graves, went down with knee injuries. Both injuries occured during the SAU Tournament with Fairview taking on Springhill.
It's amazing how quickly one's season can take a 180 degree turn.
I thought someone said Fairview has had five girls go down with ACL injuries in the junior high and senior high programs already this year. As tragic as that sounds, unfortunately, it's the way it is in the world of girls and women's basketball. At some point, a team will get hit hard with the ACL virus. And, there doesn't appear to be anything anyone can do about it.
College programs with state of the art training equipment are bit with the same bug. Remember when Arkansas' women made it to the Final Four. That was because Stanford lost two All-Americans to ACL tears just before the tournament, including one who tore hers in the layup line just before the Cardinal became the only No. 1 seed in history to bow out in the first round against Harvard.
These types of injuries have become too common. Still, you can't help but feel bad when an entire team's fortures swing from so dramatically, so quickly.
I don't often root for Fairview but I hope brighter days are ahead for the Lady Cardinals.
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