2006

Forte-nberry won't le • jury sidetrack him By Joedy McCreary

furt<·n bcrr y t\aid the impact c rushed his f'~ <'hall ami ~hnllt~rld "t'Vl'raltacial bones. He crumpled to the ground in what the coach l'allcci u bloody nwss, but remained con cious a... he was takt.·n to u hol'pital. ''I rcmt•mlwl' all of it," Ill' said. "l just fell do" n, gruhbt·cl lilY fat·c. I hat was all I could think ul." l>clt'IUt s n·built Fut ll'nbt·n y\, face with lhrt'l Jllalt s .mel:!!) ::.n t'W"' 111l\V hold it together, buttlwy cou ldn'l aYt' tht· 1·yt A ball rnade of coral wa~ plaretl in tlw snt l, t·l. WI•WP •d in the rwtwurk uf rt·nwinin{! bloc1tl Vt'..,sl'ls .uui mus– dl'" and tur kt.•d lwhintl .1 hlat'k JM!dl which he'll wt.•ar untillw rn·t•iws Iti s pt ustltdk eye... '"llw lirstruuplt· ol tl.tys (,tftt•f Uw inJury) , I wokc• up and thoul{hl , ' l'tn Jlluhahly dnnt'. J'm not l{oing In play a~.1i n ,"' hllll•nhu ry "aid. "1\nd tlwn sonll'bncl) l'•""' 111 .uul wid me 1 t•oulcln't c•wt plit\ .tijilin, uull tlun't ~t•ally like wlwn pc·nplt• s,ty th at ~~~I h.1J to ~:t'l back out l~t•n• anti show Ih .tl I n 11tlcl · l it• 11 lllltll'tll o I ho• lwlcl ht ln11 · lttsl ...t"ason. pill Inn~ in ,, .mcllot •• ~.tin··l .1 st'llllflr

AP

FIXING IT John Fortenberry, a sophomore p1tcher at East Central Community College, adJusts a bull nd1ng holmct he wears when he pitches on Ap11l 8 "' Occntur. The helmet 1s the only clcvrco IW' tormly has found that allows ror lOll berry 1110 tfOXthlhty of movement and off• r hun prot elton hom nn crrnnt throw or till