In Today's Fresno Bee.... also posted in Brendan Bigelow thread...
Central RB waits on MRI, out for Friday - High School Football Blitz - fresnobee.com
Central High's Bigelow waits on MRI, out for Friday
Posted at 10:42 PM on Wednesday, Sep. 01, 2010
By Andy Boogaard / The Fresno Bee
Nationally ranked running back Brendon Bigelow of Central High will not play in the team's season opener at home against Paso Robles on Friday, and his immediate future is on hold pending the results of an MRI on his knee.
It's the same knee that required surgery after he tore an ACL late in the Grizzlies' final game of 2009 -- a 27-21 loss to Liberty-Bakersfield in the quarterfinals of the Central Section Division I playoffs.
Bigelow tweaked the knee without being hit in a scrimmage two weeks ago and hasn't been involved in contact since. He didn't practice Wednesday, but had earlier in the week, Central coach Casey Quinn said.
"We want to make sure he's 100% and his mind's right before he plays [in a game]," Quinn said.
Central athletic director James Gambrell said results of the MRI taken last week were expected to be known Wednesday. He then deferred to Quinn, who said: "No one knows the results."
As a running back, Bigelow is ranked No. 1 in the state and No. 6 nationally by Rivals.com. And the website has him No. 3 regardless of position in the state.