Who is the Best Athlete you've ever played against?
I don't remember how many yards he had against us his Sophmore
year when we beat them 8-6 on the road,
but his Junior Year he had only 67 yards on 11 carries.
It was 1989 and Saline just beat Dearborn Heights Robichaud for the
2nd year in a row for our first game of the season.
I remember watching the scout film on him with his incredibly long stride
and ridiculous speed. How the hell we beat them 24-0 at home
will always be a prideful memory.
He was none other than my future favorite
Michigan Running Back - Tyrone Wheatley.
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Erik Namesnik.
Absolutely smoked me in the 400IM. In addition to being a world class swimmer, he had the best attitude of anyone I've ever known in athletics. It's been ten years since he passed away and I still can't beleive he's gone.
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That playoff game between Muskegon and Lowell in 2006 (both players involved) was the greatest football game I've ever seen.
So damn what if he got a cramp halfway through and basically limped to the finish. That ain't mean nothin'!!!
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Antonio Daniels and Lawerence Funderburke in basketball. Luke Fickel in football. I went to Columbus St. Francis Desales. I played with Antonio and Luke, aganist Funderburke. Fickel was probably the most intense person I've ever came across he used to foam at the mouth I think thats wht he chews gum on the sidelines. Good guy to bad he went to OSU. We also produced Grant Bowman and Chris Rock both were great at Desales and smart enough to choose Michigan, Rock transfered probably for PT.
I was a wrestler at Ypsi in the early 90s and we wrestled in the same league as Adrian. In 1993 I was a senior co-captain, and in our dual meet against Adrian I wrestled a freshman named Brandan Chesher, who proceeded to basically wipe the mat with me. I basically spent the rest of the year coming in 2nd to him at every tournament.
I couldn't figure out how I was getting beat so badly by a freshman, but it turned out he was kind of good: He went on to win the state championship that year at 112 - then won it the following year at 125, the year after that at 134, and again the following year at 145.
Getting stuck in the same league with a 4x state champion basically ruined my senior season, lol.
That sucks. For all you know you may the the 2nd best wrestler in the history of the state.
Lined up across from Andrew Norwell in high school. It was pretty obvious he was headed to the NFL barring any injuries. He's a current Carolina Panther.............former Buckeye
DJ LeMahieu in our district final playoff game against Brother Rice
Jason Collier in Ohio HS basketball tourney. Again men amongst boys. I always thought he was a little lazy on the court because it was so easy fir him. I often wondered if that was a sign of his health issues when he passed and it was found that he had a heart condition.
Backyard basketball, Detroit near Oakwood Blvd. Long time ago.
Derek Jeter in High School
56ft is a nice toss, I went to nationals with my kid for disc. He was the best in Minnesota by 10 or so feet. Then he got to Nationals, he threw 180, good for 4th. Dude who won went 210. First time my son was ever beat, funny how you can be elite and some one can be that much better.
i mention this because i wish someone had filmed it back in the day, but by NCAA regulations we couldn't take the ice until i think it was sept 1st. anyway, during training camp the coaches would have us play basketball as part of the cross training, conditioning, etc. you have never seen anything as funny as a bunch of hockey players playing basketball. many of the guys on our team went pro so you have some really good athletes, but our idea of what might constitute a 'foul' differed markedly from, say, the rest of the world.
guys like original 'magic' (dave richter, not that msu basketball player), lundy, spears, donnie k, chi, los, oh man, the list goes on. it was comical and intense.
a long, long time ago. Just remember him kind of ignoring the rest of us, gliding up and down the court, dropping 3s like pancakes on a griddle. Actually, it's possible there weren't even three point lines on that court. . .
Best defender on the point I've ever seen. He's old enough to have a son by now. Beilein could use some help on D.
Best I ever played with was probably Mikie Minor -- 1st round pick in the 2009 MLB draft and now KC Royal.
Best football player I ever played against was probably Marco Dailey. We were a small school in a small division, but he crushed every rushing record in the state of Tennessee. Just didn't have the grades to go anywhere.
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Derek Lowe the MLB pitcher. We played him in basketball and he dropped 50 on us. He was an incredible shooter.
We also played Detroit Southwestern in hoops when they had Jalen Rose, Jshon Leonard, and Howard Eisley. The beat us by 60.
Derek Lowe the MLB pitcher. We played him in basketball and he dropped 50 on us. He was an incredible shooter.
We also played Detroit Southwestern in hoops when they had Jalen Rose, Jshon Leonard, and Howard Eisley. The beat us by 60.
Me too!! 2008-2011 seasons. Chris Greenwood of Albion (drafted by the Lions) covered me man on man wherever I went all game (I played WR). Dude was crazy better than everybody else on the field.
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Yes - my same experience with Grant Hill.
My team played the football team in IM softball last summer. Shane Morris played left center, and when he threw home we could literally hear the ball coming. It also hit the backstop about ten feet up and to the side of home plate, so basically just like his football throws.