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McKenzie Milton will miss three to five weeks with a mid-acromioclavicular joint separation in his right (throwing) shoulder.
The Mililani quarterback, who was the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s All-State Offensive Player of the Year after the Trojans won the Division I state championship last season, was hurt during the team’s 45-21 win Saturday at Kailua on a clean hit by Surfriders defensive end Christian Mejia.
According to his father, Mark, Milton went to see a doctor Monday, and judging by the input the family received, it would be surprising if the quarterback made it back for the quarterfinals of the Oahu Interscholastic Association playoffs the weekend of Oct. 16-17.
“The best-case scenario would be the OIA semifinals (the weekend of Oct. 23-24),” Mark Milton said, careful to note that it’s not a given that third-ranked Mililani advances that far. The OIA championship game (Oct. 30 or 31), if Mililani is in it, is a more realistic time frame.
Mark Milton was relieved that McKenzie doesn’t need surgery and that no bones were broken.
“This might be a blessing,” he said. “He got banged up in the game against Liberty in Nevada (a 76-53 loss on Sept. 4), and he’s been playing through it. It was a real physical game. This might be a time where he can heal his whole body. We have a really good orthopedic doctor, and he will be getting checked up in a couple of weeks to see how he’s doing.”