The Heat Index has learned that Naperville North senior Mike Henry (far right) will not miss the first month of the season as expected.
In fact the outside hitter said will play in North's opener on Wednesday night against Neuqua Valley. The season opener for North is a rematch of last year's sectional final that the Wildcats won.
In an email sent to the Heat Index late Tuesday night, Henry said the results of a bone scan he had on Friday revealed that he has a bone bruise in his lower back that was big enough to appear on the MRI he had on March 12. At that time, Henry was told the injury was probably a stress fracture.
When I ran into Henry after Neuqua's season opener on Thursday, he lifted up his shirt to display the back brace, saying "I got this," in a way that indicated things had only gotten worse. Things are now looking much better for Henry. Maybe not so much for Neuqua Valley.
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