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Haggard Plays On Despite Injury, Facemask

Posted: February 17, 2012 at 5:27 a.m.

Austin Haggard, left, a Bentonville junior point guard, shoots over Rogers High forward Josh Anderson during a Jan. 27 game in Tiger Arena. It was the first game that Haggard donned the protective plastic face mask after he suffered a broken cheekbone in a previous game against Springdale High.
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Austin Haggard, left, a Bentonville junior point guard, shoots over Rogers High forward Josh Anderson during a Jan. 27 game in Tiger Arena. It was the first game that Haggard donned the protective plastic face mask after he suffered a broken cheekbone in a previous game against Springdale High.

Austin Haggard refuses to allow a broken cheekbone to keep him away from the position he had worked so hard to attain.

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