PHOEBUS STAR TYREE LEE BREAKS ANKLEOne of the problems with all-star games is the risk of injury. Highly-recruited Phoebus running back
Tyree Lee broke his ankle while playing in the Chesapeake Bowl last week.
"Tyree is doing better [but the ankle is] still very painful," Phoebus coach Stan Sexton said in an e-mail Monday morning. "He has a doctor's appointment this morning and we will know more then."
Sexton confirmed in the e-mail that Lee has scholarship offers from Old Dominion and Hampton University and they are "working on the University of Virginia and other Division I schools."
PHOEBUS RUNS INTO TROUBLE AT FINALSLee was a member of Phoebus' Division 5 state championship team, whose third consecutive title was marred when several players were caught stealing electronic devices and cell phones from the gym bags of Battlefield High players,
according to a report in the Washington Post. Battlefield High won the Division 6 championship and the teams shared a locker room during the transitional period in between games at Scott Stadium on the University of Virginia campus.
According to several reports all of the stolen items were returned when game officials would not let the Phoebus team depart until the situation was rectified.
Messages left for Phoebus High principal Robert Johnson and athletic director Deonna Brown regarding what, if any, consequences were levied against the guilty players, were not immediately returned.
Jon Buzby is the sports columnist for the Newark Post, a freelance writer, and on the broadcast team for the 1290AM The Ticket High School Football and Basketball Games of the Week. You can reach him at jonbuzby@hotmail.com.
