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re: Spinoff Thread: Best Player You Faced in High School
Posted on 6/24/14 at 11:53 pm to BamaDoc14
Posted on 6/24/14 at 11:53 pm to BamaDoc14
2 players out of the St. Louis area who were big and athletic tailbacks that could dominate a high school game:
David Richards(Hazelwood East High School/Michigan State/Mizzou)
Laurence Maroney(Normandy High School/University of Minnesota)
David Richards(Hazelwood East High School/Michigan State/Mizzou)
Laurence Maroney(Normandy High School/University of Minnesota)
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Posted on 6/25/14 at 1:42 am to BamaDoc14
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Since half of the Rant believes they were All-Americans at their high school and the DIII college we all played for, who is the best player you got the chance to play against in high school?
I held a state record for 13 years and competed d1... but Lochte is my answer. He was a couple years younger than me though.
This post was edited on 6/25/14 at 1:43 am
Posted on 6/25/14 at 1:49 am to ehole
Played basketball against Jarvis Landry and Odell Beckham
OBJ was unbelievable quick on the court, pulled a between the legs dunk on my point guard
OBJ was unbelievable quick on the court, pulled a between the legs dunk on my point guard
This post was edited on 6/25/14 at 1:50 am
Posted on 6/25/14 at 6:26 am to marshallcotiger
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I was a skinny 5-10 sophmore playing the baseline in a 1-3-1.
Many of us have been there before my friend
Posted on 6/25/14 at 6:28 am to BamaDoc14
bamadoc the heisman offseason performance continues
Posted on 6/25/14 at 6:34 am to BamaDoc14
Ray Rice lit my arse up playing safety as I came across the middle to snag a high pass. My ribs still hurt.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 6:56 am to BamaDoc14
Where are all the Missouri posters in this thread?
Missouri has so much baseball talent you are bound to have played someone that has made it to the big leagues.
I played against Pujols and Mark Buerhle.
Some of you St. Louis guys had to play against Ryan Howard or David Freese.
Missouri has so much baseball talent you are bound to have played someone that has made it to the big leagues.
I played against Pujols and Mark Buerhle.
Some of you St. Louis guys had to play against Ryan Howard or David Freese.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 8:09 am to JustinBieberFan
Baseball- Bryce Harper/ Cody Asche
Basketball- Meyers Leonard/ Brad Beal
Basketball- Meyers Leonard/ Brad Beal
Posted on 6/25/14 at 8:13 am to JustinBieberFan
Let me attempt to answer this as I spent a little time there. In MO, youth sports are not as big as they are in GA, AL, FL, LA etc (you know the south) and subsequently high school sports are not as big either.
So, don't think that it is odd not to get as many of these types of stories from MO people. There are just fewer that participate.
So, don't think that it is odd not to get as many of these types of stories from MO people. There are just fewer that participate.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 8:54 am to BrooksnDunn
Emmitt also. Man among boys in High School.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 9:11 am to BamaDoc14
1.Chad Jackson destroyed us in round two of the 2001 playoffs.
2.The best I ever played against personally was Dominic Lee. I was a tight end and got position on him on a down block. He drove me six yards into the backfield. It pretty much ended any thoughts of playing college ball right there.
2.The best I ever played against personally was Dominic Lee. I was a tight end and got position on him on a down block. He drove me six yards into the backfield. It pretty much ended any thoughts of playing college ball right there.
This post was edited on 6/25/14 at 9:14 am
Posted on 6/25/14 at 9:19 am to VVega
From a basketball and football perspective I would agree with you. But Missouri produces a lot of high quality baseball players.
Missouri would hold its own when it comes to baseball.
Missouri would hold its own when it comes to baseball.
This post was edited on 6/25/14 at 9:24 am
Posted on 6/25/14 at 9:27 am to lsufball19
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Football: Ingle Martin, Michael Oher Basketball: Derrick Byars, David Harrison, Dane Bradshaw, JP Prince, Marc Gasol, Earnest Shelton
Played against Ingle in basketball, as well as David Harrison in scrimmages leading up to the State Tournament.
When I was a junior in high school, we made the Final 4 and played White Station. Dane Bradshaw absolutely killed us as a freshman. We just weren't ready for him. Shelton had 25 points or so, but he did it so quietly. You feel like you are doing good guarding him, then you check the box score at the end of the game and he has 25. Amazing player.
Beat Mario Moore (Antioch, and later Vandy) in the first round that year.
Senior year lost to Gallatin High School and Wesley Morgan in the first round, who I believe rode the pine for Miss St. for several years. 7 foot plus who was mostly all size. Not a lot of skill, but just average.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 9:29 am to KyleOrtonsMustache
Robert Davis was a damn good running back at homewood. He used to light everyone up.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 9:34 am to ehole
Basketball. Rashad Johnson. Put up 21 points on him. My claim to fame.
*cool fact* he had the game winning pick against LSU in 2008.
*cool fact* he had the game winning pick against LSU in 2008.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 9:38 am to BamaDoc14
Played baseball against Jason Heyward in summer ball a few times since we both played out of East Cobb. There was a time right before he got drafted when we played each other. I was playing first base and he was using one of the pre-pussified aluminum bats. I had to hold a runner on and was honestly fearful for my life. Luckily he put one about 400 feet in right.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 6:11 pm to BamaDoc14
My little brother played basketball against Kevin Faulk. It was 1994, I think. Faulk was guarding my brother, and my brother (who was a freshman) scored 15 points on him--5 3-pointers in a row.
Granted, basketball is not the sport that made Faulk rich, but he was still a good basketball player.
Granted, basketball is not the sport that made Faulk rich, but he was still a good basketball player.
Posted on 6/26/14 at 12:37 am to JustinBieberFan
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Where are all the Missouri posters in this thread?
Basketball: Laphonso Ellis (ND and 5th overall pick) and Cuonzo Martin played on the same team and beat the shite out of us.
Danny Ferry playing for Dematha (later Duke and NBA) was a man amongst boys playing us.
He was a number of years older, but Steve Stipanovich would come back to town and played pick up games against him. Well, not really. Felt like I was just watching as my 6'0" 180 body tried to stop a 7 footer.
Anthony Bonner was a beast locally and eventually played in the NBA. He was tossed after getting T'ed up a couple times for hanging on the rim. I actually played his AAU team years before that. Lost something like 98-22. Remember our goal was to keep his team under 100.
Football: I didn't play in the game but Tony Van Zant was probably the best running back y'all have never heard of. Blew out his knee in a silly all star game after his senior season and never recovered. This was back in the mid-80's before all the advancements in medicine when it comes to fixing those kind of injuries.
Bryan Cox absolutely destroyed us. Another man amongst boys.
Baseball: The most dominating performance against us was by Scott Cooper, who went on to dislodge Wade Boggs at 3rd base in Boston. 7 inning game, he struck out 16. Solo homer in 1st at bat. Through some errors and a hit here and there we were up 2-1 in last inning. They get runner on second, 2 out, Cooper up, coach won't walk him and he proceeds to hit the ball over the damn football field beyond the right field fence.
Golf: Not when I was in high school, but when he was 8, played Jordan Spieth. Yes, he was giving me strokes and still beating me.
ETA And I remember Trent Green being a pretty damn good basketball player but never really thought much of him when we played him in football. So never really followed him and was surprised, happily so, when I saw he had been drafted in the NFL.
This post was edited on 6/26/14 at 12:47 am
Posted on 6/26/14 at 6:34 am to purplengold1
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Baseball- Bryce Harper
He's from Las Vegas, not Louisiana.
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