Redondo coach Gene Simon said that the prognosis for linebacker Andrew Caldwell looked good after an injury scare Friday night.
Simon, reached Sunday night, said Caldwell was taken to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center after being injured during a first-quarter play. An MRI has been scheduled for Monday.
"He had a shooting pain down his spine and it might be a disc problem, but he's going to be fine," Simon said. "He's going to walk again and everything's going to be all right, but he may not play football for awhile."
Simon did not rule out Caldwell returning this season.
It's the second major injury for Redondo, which lost returning quarterback Erik Wilson to a broken collarbone a week before the season started. Wilson's expected to return possibly by Bay League play.
"It's kind of been the way our season has been going," Simon said. "It's definitely been an unusual beginning. It's like we walked under a ladder or something."
Caldwell had been fairly new to football, having been in the basketball program at Redondo for most of his high school career. Simon said they convinced him to come out last season and said Caldwell was making great early-season strides before the injury.
Caldwell was making a tackle on a Mission Viejo running back who caught a quick pass on the flat. He made the tackle, but three other players rolled over the top of them, and one hit Caldwell in the head, pinning the head on the ground.
Caldwell tried walking off the field, but Simon said he complained about dizziness. The referee asked him if he could walk, and he responded that he didn't think so, so the referee told him to lay down. Medical personnel attended to him, and he was taken away by ambulance 35 minutes later.
"We went out to check on him, and he was having tingly feelings on one side, so we knew he wasn't paralyzed," Simon said. "Even the doctors on the Mission Viejo sideline thought he was going to be OK. We didn't think it was a catastrophic injury, but we never like to see any player get injured.
"I'm glad it's going to work out for him. It's the first time this has happened with us. You coach long enough and you're going to see it, but this was a real eye-opener."
Simon, reached Sunday night, said Caldwell was taken to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center after being injured during a first-quarter play. An MRI has been scheduled for Monday.
"He had a shooting pain down his spine and it might be a disc problem, but he's going to be fine," Simon said. "He's going to walk again and everything's going to be all right, but he may not play football for awhile."
Simon did not rule out Caldwell returning this season.
It's the second major injury for Redondo, which lost returning quarterback Erik Wilson to a broken collarbone a week before the season started. Wilson's expected to return possibly by Bay League play.
"It's kind of been the way our season has been going," Simon said. "It's definitely been an unusual beginning. It's like we walked under a ladder or something."
Caldwell had been fairly new to football, having been in the basketball program at Redondo for most of his high school career. Simon said they convinced him to come out last season and said Caldwell was making great early-season strides before the injury.
Caldwell was making a tackle on a Mission Viejo running back who caught a quick pass on the flat. He made the tackle, but three other players rolled over the top of them, and one hit Caldwell in the head, pinning the head on the ground.
Caldwell tried walking off the field, but Simon said he complained about dizziness. The referee asked him if he could walk, and he responded that he didn't think so, so the referee told him to lay down. Medical personnel attended to him, and he was taken away by ambulance 35 minutes later.
"We went out to check on him, and he was having tingly feelings on one side, so we knew he wasn't paralyzed," Simon said. "Even the doctors on the Mission Viejo sideline thought he was going to be OK. We didn't think it was a catastrophic injury, but we never like to see any player get injured.
"I'm glad it's going to work out for him. It's the first time this has happened with us. You coach long enough and you're going to see it, but this was a real eye-opener."
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