Pain Present, Not Overbearing

Sun., June 28, 1998

Luke Timmerman Staff writer

Pain was its usual nagging self Saturday at Hoopfest.

It showed up in the form of turned ankles, jammed fingers, twisted knees and foot blisters.

The first-aid tents at Riverfront Park, Riverside and Washington, and Sprague and Post saw them all until the last games finished after 7 p.m.

The worst cases were of a man with a mangled eyelid from a swinging elbow, a pair of players who may have torn knee ligaments, and a spectator who tripped on a curb and badly scraped her face.

Weather was a non-factor, with comfortable temperatures in the 70s preventing any serious cases of dehydration.

“It was more busy today than usual on a Saturday,” said Jason Sargent, a volunteer at the tent on Riverside and Washington. “Most of the bad ones usually wait until Sunday. It gets more competitive and there’s more exhaustion.”

Sacred Heart Medical Center reported three cases of Hoopfest-related injuries. All the people were treated and released. Deaconess Medical Center had four cases, all of which were deemed minor. The people were treated and released.

HOOPFEST INJURIES Head 18 Arm/wrist/elbow 78 Hand/finger 102 Knee/leg 77 Ankle/foot 72 Blisters/cuts 103 Dehydration 1 Other 59 Saturday total 510 1997 on Saturday 545

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