QB Aaron Bailey Likely to Miss Two Games with Sprained MCL

Bolingbrook High School quarterback Aaron Bailey will likely miss two games following an injury to his knee during Friday night's game. 

Bailey has a sprained MCL, or medial collateral ligament, according to the Chicago Tribune. The MCL is one of the four ligaments that stabilizes the knee joint. Bailey was at school Saturday rehabbing with trainers, the Trib reported. 

He was injured during the second play of Friday night's loss against Lincoln-Way East, when he struggled to stay on his feet while making a beautiful late pitch on an option play that went 84 yards for a touchdown. Bailey did not return to the game. 

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"i dont think Bailey will play in the Sandburg or LWC games, but i think he will be ready for Lockport..," John Tyler Ivlow posted on the Bolingbrook Raider Football Team Facebook page. 

Bailey has committed to playing at the University of Illinois next fall. 

John Howard, a BHS senior and running back for the Raiders, was also injured Friday and will be out for the season. He had surgery this weekend on his ankle for a dislocation and a break, according to Chad C., on the Bolingbrook Raider Football Facebook page. 

Bolingbrook lost to Lincoln-Way East 42-19. The last game Bolingbrook lost was to Lincoln-Way East in Sept. 30, 2011. 

“(We) had a couple guys go down and we just didn't function like we needed to function," Bolingbrook Head Coach John Ivlow told Patch Friday. "That's the bottom line, really.”

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