Johnsburg boys basketball coach Mike Toussaint has empathy for any player who can’t play because of injury.

He pains for them, because Toussaint has been there, junior year of high school.

“I broke my [right] thumb [shooting hand], and I had to sit out six weeks with a cast,” said Toussaint, a 1986 Johnsburg graduate.

Before Tuesday night’s Kishwaukee River Conference opener between host Johnsburg and Richmond-Burton, Toussaint had a talk with the opposing team’s point guard, Rockets junior Gavin Radmer.

Radmer, who opened the season with 20- and 25-point efforts, suffered a radial fracture in his right elbow Saturday when he drove the lane for a layup against Grant and collided with a defender. Radmer also injured his right hand when he landed.

Johnsburg took advantage of his absenc

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