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Originally Posted by ckelly78z
My son just graduated from a really small high school earlier this year. His graduating class was 55 male/female students, so Sports were a big part of his experience. He (6'0" 185#) was a standout defensive end, who confounded many larger competitors, and was always leading tackler on defense. and leading blocker on offense. He was awarded 2nd team all conference honors for their division.
The coach told us later that if he would have been at a larger conference competing school, he most certainly would have been all-county, and probably had scouts looking at him, but being on a 1-9 losing record small school sealed his sports career.
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Not necessarily. Ours was a small school, but the star running back got a full ride at U of O. Alas, blew a knee. Knee surgery during the early 60's was not like today. So, he spent his time at U of O as a punter. Went through grade school with him...nice guy, always willing to give us without his natural ability tips on how to improve. Frankly, a better coach than the teacher who volunteered to be the coach...
The system of grooming kids like they are today was far in the future back then...late 40's through '61, the year I graduated.
Yep, I got what I wanted out of high school. That was out of high school...