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Torrey Patton was the Ohio D-2 Co-POY, & just played out of this world. However, sadly, he had an awful final 32.9 seconds of his high school career. With the game tied Trotwood-Madison had the ball. It, of course, was inbounded to Torrey to probably work for a last shot. But John Williams stole the ball from him. Then w/ about 1 second left in the game Jayvon Graves drove baseline on him & hit the game-winning shot at the buzzer

I was wondering the same thing last night. He was the Ohio co-POY in D-II. How does he not have a single D-1 offer?

Anytime anyone says Jimmal Ball.

Just watching from the stands it looked like his teams grew to despise him.

I can't believe the Rubber Bowl is still a story ?

Glad to hear a few different voices. The Info should be / and is / a community treasure. Just like Canal Park. We should be proud of it. I know I am.

Look at this. Absolutely sick. Dude is built like a Mack truck. That's a 17-year-old?!?! Running a 4.44?!?! He's more built than I ever was. Crazy.

Now that you mention it, I remember hearing that too. I can't remember where. But if it was true I don't know when it would have happened, because I remember him playing his entire senior year up until the state semi-finals. I remember listening to that game on the radio & being disappointed they lost because I wouldn't be able to watch him play in the finals on t.v. Maybe he hurt his leg before his sr. year? I do remember he played football up until, IIRC, his junior year & was getting looked at as an OT. I can't remember. Man, time flies.

I went to the GABCA (Greater Akron Basketball Coaches Association) All-Star Game tonight. Before the senior all-stars played they had an underclassmen game (all juniors except for one very physically mature sophomore from Coventry named Jamond Hogg - at least the guy sitting next to me said he knew Jamond & that he was a sophomore. Idk.) Anyway, Pete Nance is as thin as a rail. But so was his brother at his same age. Both kinda late bloomers. But Pete's 6'9" and both athletic (coordinated) and extremely skilled, especially for his height. He can handle & pass the ball & has a nice stroke from 3. His shot is still inconsistent but his form is perfect & he's got perfect rotation on the ball. So I say give him another 2 years and he's going to be an absolute beast, just like his brother. (Btw, another junior that stood out to me was Hoban PG Collen Gurley. Excellent feel for the game & 6'2". Great looking player. Idk if he's getting any D-1 interest or not.) But anyway, cross your fingers for Pete.

Lol. Everyone improves. I'm saying he was a big catch when Dambrot signed him.

With the left!

And Floyd didn't play a lot as he was backing up Suggs. Suggs was the workhorse.

Why does Cleveland State exist? ?

I agree that with talent like that East should roll 99% of high school teams. But East reallllly was lacking at QB last year. Teams would 100% stack the box on them. I remember watching East play Ellet (or was it Buchtel...) and East had the ball on the 40-yard line but both teams were lined up like it was 4th and goal on the 1. All 22 players in the box. Lol.

Yeah, probably. But he was completely dominant in high school. Just not explosive and conditioning was an issue even back then. And Xavier offered him. So we beat out Xavier for his services & I thought that was a big deal for Akron. We don't do that too often. I was thrilled when we signed him.

Idk. Good question.

Yeah, but he was a big, higher profile recruit. He was 1st Team D-1 All-Ohio. I consider that kind of player pretty high profile. He single-handedly took his team to the state Final Four in Columbus. I remember Cincy fans talking about him on chat boards & they all really liked him but thought he wasn't quite explosive enough to get the offer from Cincy - even though the Cincy coaches gave him a lot of attention. It seems like they were about spot on with their assessment.

Big Dog was.