Walker and Fields trade spots on roster
February 21, 2005 - Continental Basketball Association 1 (CBA 1)
Rockford Lightning News Release
Rockford, IL- There's been a switch on the Rockford Lightning roster, as two Bolts will flip-flop positions. Jermaine Walker returns to the active roster, while Ronnie Fields goes back on the injured reserve for the second time this season.
Fields previously was on the injured reserve after suffering a broken thumb in the first half of the game against Sioux Falls back on December 9. Fields returned to the active roster three weeks later, but has been playing with a bad shoulder that he's attempting to rehabilitate, so he can play in the playoffs.
"This is a big 11-game stretch for us, and we need ten healthy bodies. As soon as Ronnie is ready to come back, the door is open to him. Fields is Rockford Lightning through and through and it breaks his heart that he can't be playing in the stretch run, and he's doing everything in his power to return, " says Lightning Head Coach Chris Daleo.
Jermaine Walker played a brief five games with the Lightning, before being placed on the injured reserve list. In those five games, Walker averaged 22.6 points per game. He was placed on the injured reserve list on February 9 because of a quadriceps tear. However, ten days later, Walker has been cleared to play, and joins the Lightning for the stretch run of the season.
Rockford returns to action on Tuesday night, as they host the Western Conference's Idaho Stampede at 7:05 p.m. The teams last met on January 9, with the Lightning emerging victorious, 128-120. All kids 12 and under with a paying adult will be half-price tickets, with the lovely and talented Rockford Lightning Girls dance team to perform at halftime. Rockford then hosts the team they are chasing for first in the CBA's Eastern Conference, the Great Lakes Storm, on Wednesday, February 23 at 7:05 p.m Be one of the first 1,000 fans to receive a Sidney Holmes player poster, and all kids tickets will be half-price. To order your tickets, give the MetroCentre Box Office a call at 815-968-5222.
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