Michigan High School Football Game Analysis

The October air was brisk, the sun had set, and the moon had risen.The lights and speakers could be seen and heard from miles away. The night had taken over everywhere except inside the Varsity Stadium where time seemed to stand still on friday nights with a thousand or two fans of all ages in attendance. This is Michigan high school football. Every year there is one game that has more fans and more energy, the homecoming game. Playing in this game is like a movie or video game. You have the spotlight on you. As a sophomore in high school, this was my first time playing in a homecoming game. This game changed will have an everlasting effect. On the first drive out of halftime, I tore my MCL on a missed field goal. The MCL is the ligament on the inside of the knee, giving it support and keeping the knee from collapsing in. Luckily, for me, the MCL
This means you can come back just as strong as before from an MCL injury, even without surgery. At first I had no idea what had happened because everything had happened so fast. One second I was watching the field goal and the next I was on the ground with no control of my leg below the knee. For two weeks I had to wear an immobilizer brace and walk on crutches while I went to many appointments and an MRI. The orthopedic surgeon who worked with me was honest with me on the first appointment and told me I was done for this season, especially because I was only a sophomore and had to mor.e years ahead of me. As a fifteen year old I lived in the now and had zero thoughts about my future, not even what I was going to eat for lunch the next day. I had no concern for my next two years. The only thing I was concerned with was that we were 3-3 and in the middle of a playoff run. I had been devastated when I was told my season