Where is Gary Vitti when you need him? La Verne Lutheran junior Eric Cooper, Jr., who averages 16 points for the two-time defending state champion Trojans, dislocated and broke the index finger on his right hand (his shooting hand) in the Trojans’ 72-28 win over Marshall and is listed as doubtful for the Trojans’ second-round Division 4 playoff game. “If it was just a dislocation he could play,” Trojans coach Eric Cooper said. “But a break is a different thing. He’s got a splint on it now and we’re going to see a specialist. He wants to play but he hasn’t even caught a ball yet. He’s day to day, we’ll see how it goes.”
Lutheran is scheduled to play the winner of tonight’s first-round game between host Big Bear and Banning on Friday at the University of La Verne at 7 p.m. The Big Bear-Banning game was postponed Wednesday because of snowy conditions and La Verne just got word that tonight’s game might be postponed again until Friday, which would push Lutheran’s second-round game to Saturday. If that happens, Cooper said the Trojans would host the winner at 1 p.m., at the University of La Verne. We’ll keep you posted