[valleycay44]

Christian should be able to play. From what I know, his father has been really sick and that was his biggest reason for not being at Valley his Jr. year. He lived with his grandmother while his father took treatments for cancer in Houston,Texas and other illnesses he had. I know the family and Christian well, he is a great kid and will make Valley a tough team to beat. I've seen the kid play since he was in the 8th grade. His 8th grade and Freshman year he was one of the better players in the County for his age group. He hurt his knee around mid season of his Freshman year and never really seemed to recover the rest of that season. Coach Booher had a chance to develop Christian and the other kids his age and younger when he had those big 40 and 50 point leads,but he didn't. I can't imagine that he or any other kid in that situation would be penalized over something out of his control.