Injuries slow Lake Mary

Lake Mary will be without arguably its best offensive and best defensive player when it opens district play against Oviedo this Friday.

Rams starting quarterback Matt Flynn sustained a broken collarbone in last week’s 31-19 victory over Hagerty, and defensive lineman Demi Thompson is still recovering from ligament damage to one of his fingers.

Flynn had thrown three touchdown passes midway through the third quarter last week when he was hurt while being tackled. Flynn broke his collarbone in three places, but stayed in the game and threw one pass before coming out. He is likely done for the remainder of the season.

In two games, Flynn had thrown for 516 yards and four touchdowns.

C.J. Stephens finished the game for the Rams, but this week Nate Rollins is expected to get the start. Rollins was the back-up quarterback last year.

Lake Mary was already without Thompson, a pre-season All Central-Florida selection at defensive end. Thompson had surgery on his finger prior to the Rams week one game against Boone, but re-injured that finger against the Braves and was forced to undergo an additional surgery to repair damage.

Thompson is expected to miss about a month.