And his older brother is much better than I anticipated....I feel like Peyton will do great things with extended playing time.
Was the last Moline Maroon basketball player to play at Iowa, Acie Earl, and before that Scott Thompson who was the son of then Moline basketball coach and former Hawkeye Herb Thompson, and before that Bill Seaberg? Can't think of any others....
I believe Jim Hallstrom started out at Iowa before transferring to Evansville.
No not yet, even though I'm an alum and senior citizen and have free access to Moline football and basketball home games, I just haven't had time to attend any games, they are 18 and 3 on the season and as in Iowa's case they do not have a interior big man to man the middle and they rely on speed, quickness, and shooting to carry them through. They are not a one man team be any means.
Hard to tell from the second level of Wharton, but he appears to be close to that. In my opinion, Iowa having had Jordan Bohannan for the last 6 years and how it's all ending for JBO, may hinder him from getting any traction of getting a scholarship offer from the Hawkeyes. That is a distinct and very real possibility but by the time the kid graduated from Moline in a little over a year he will make some D1 college team a vary respectable if not outstanding point guard.
He didnt grow up a hawk fan. The family is illini fans and his brother plays baseball for Illinois.
Some of my high school friends say he's the best player to come out of Moline. That's an extreme statement considering it takes in some 40 years just since we all graduated from Moline. Steve Kuberski who went to Illinois and then Evansville and played a number of years with the Celtics played for Moline as did Scott Thompson who played for Iowa in the 70's. AC Earl in the late 80's was a staple during Tom Davis's years and also played for the Celtics. We'll see, still a junior and who knows how he'll be in college.
