Clearwater star out two weeks
(Clearwater senior Justin Morin. Times photo by Scott Keeler. Click to enlarge)
Clearwater High senior guard Justin Morin said a sprained right ankle could keep him out up to two weeks.
Morin, one of the county’s top scorers (17.0), injured the ankle in the third quarter of the Tornadoes (7-1) loss to Lakewood on Wednesday.
The 6-foot-3 star was originally told by a doctor Thursday it was a chip fracture, which would have put him out 5-6 weeks. But on Friday afternoon, he saw a specialist and found out it was only a sprain. The Tornadoes (7-1), ranked No.2 in the Times Super Seven, plays Palm Harbor tonight.
“It’s a big relief,” Morin said. “I’ll hopefully be back soon.”
-- JOE SMITH
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who cares about morin(just kidding), lakewood just lost to seminole....dont ask me how, but it happened. clearwater beat palm harbor easily, pegg and loucks both were in the twenties. okaro white had some nice dunks, and about 4 players for clw were in double digits.
Posted by: | December 15, 2006 at 10:14 PM
look out for clearwater first of the year--nickerson and morin should return together providing 38 pts. avg. between the 2 and plenty of depth.
Posted by: | December 15, 2006 at 10:34 PM
hes down but not out.. he is sure to return stronger than ever
Posted by: LB | December 16, 2006 at 01:10 AM
Man......in girls basketball Clearwater played Boca last night, two undefeated teams and the best two teams in the county........and nothing on here about it.............Sad.
Posted by: | December 16, 2006 at 07:03 AM
please how is he going to return stornger and better.. come on man be real......
Posted by: | December 16, 2006 at 11:32 AM
You are correct, how can anybody get any stronger and better?
Posted by: | December 16, 2006 at 12:26 PM
no one cares about girls b-ball
Posted by: | December 17, 2006 at 11:20 PM
more girls have come out of here then boys in the past few years. It's just another girl getting a degree and having fun playing.
Posted by: | December 21, 2006 at 04:11 PM
JMO YOU KNOW. BAAAAAAALLLLIN!
Posted by: deezy | December 22, 2006 at 04:45 PM
JMO IS WAY OVER RATED PERIOD
Posted by: | December 27, 2006 at 10:08 AM
JMO IS WAY OVER RATED PERIOD
Posted by: | December 27, 2006 at 10:08 AM
over rated--we will see against osceola tonight.
Posted by: | December 27, 2006 at 01:41 PM