Ridgefield junior Aidan Hundt, who exited Friday night’s game in Hockinson on a stretcher, had a successful surgery to repair a broken fibia and tibia, the school’s Twitter account announced Saturday morning.
Hundt was hurt on the opening kickoff of the second half and remained down on the field while paramedics attended to him for 45 minutes. Ridgefield went on to lose the game to Hockinson 47-25.
Hundt tallied 17 catches, 338 yards and three touchdowns for the Spudders entering Week 9.
Recovery time for similar injuries usually is between three to six months, according to childrenshospital.org. Hundt also plays for the Spudders baseball team.
Ridgefield will host either Black Hills, Aberdeen or Centralia in a 2A district playoff next Saturday.
The past two weeks have seen several Clark County football players take season-ending injuries. Union’s CJ Jordan is out for the year with a torn meniscus and Camas’ Jake Blair is done for the season with a broken collarbone after Week 8 injuries. Hockinson’s Peyton Brammer is awaiting the results of an MRI after sustaining a knee injury in Week 8.
Prairie line ‘heart and soul’ of team
Prairie coach Mike Peck has preached it all season: this team has to start and end with the offensive line. In Friday’s 42-14 win over Evergreen, the Falcons line was dominant. Even without right guard CJ Walker, Prairie repeatedly pushed back the Evergreen defense.
Three different Falcons rushed for 100 yards behind the big guys up front.
“Since day one, we talked about the o-line is the heart and soul of this program,” Peck said. “We’re going to go as far as they take us.”
Devante Clayton had 148 yards on 17 carries, Dustin Shelby had 141 on 18 and AJ Dixson scampered for 111 yards on 18 carries. In total, the Falcons, with five different rushers, ran for 425 yards on 56 carries. They averaged 7.59 yards per carry.
“Our game plan coming in was to pound the rock and do it for four quarters,” Peck said. “To execute like they did in a big game like tonight it just speaks volumes to what kind of young men these guys are.”
