TC tailback could play this week

The news from the MRI Tampa Catholic senior tailback Drew Zink had this week is good. There’s no significant damage.

Now, the question is this: Will he play Friday night at Miami Archbishop Carroll?

“We don’t know yet,” Crusaders coach Bob Henriquez said Tuesday. “He’s questionable.”

That makes Henriquez hopeful. TC could use Zink’s services.

“He runs with reckless abandon,” Henriquez said.

The 5-foot-10, 185-pound Zink, who has 176 carries for 951 yards and five touchdowns, has been diagnosed with a knee sprain and is getting therapy on the injured area. Zink was hurt late in the third quarter last week against Clewiston after getting hit by an opposing player’s helmet at the end of a long run.

-- KEITH NIEBUHR