Were you good at sports in school?

[BrianNole777]

I played baseball from 1st through 8th grade. Our team was awful but we had the best uniforms. We wore Yankee pinstripes as we lost each week.

I think we won 3 games in 7 seasons and I was out sick for 2 of them. Our pitcher and short stops were decent and the rest of us stunk.

I played right field and would daydream as balls flew over my head. I was a pretty bad fielder so the coaches put me in the outfield.

I was a decent hitter but wasn't aggressive enough. I tried to get walks. I didn't like playing baseball that much because I would get nervous before games and that took the fun out of it.

If I had been more aggressive, I could have been alot better hitter. If I had a time machine, I'd have swung more and maybe I would have been like the Pete Rose of pewee baseball.

How about you? Did you dominate any sports?

 

[JustSayOV]

Dominate? NO.

Decent, all-conference caliber as a senior at a small SE Iowa high school in Football, Basketball and Golf because I tried hard? YES.

 

[luvmyhawks]

Dominate? No. Not at all. But I was a pretty good wrestler and decent soccer player.

 

[ozzie8]

Yes

 

[BrianNole777]

Dominate? NO.

Decent, all-conference caliber as a senior at a small SE Iowa high school in Football, Basketball and Golf because I tried hard? YES.

Nice!

What position did you play in football?

 

[coorsoriginal02]

4A level varsity starter in baseball from Soph thru Senior years. All-Conference honors. Played a lot as a junior in football, started as a Senior. Competitive at State in track.

Definitely didn’t “dominate” though. Competitive.

 

[QChawks]

I peaked in 8th grade when I dropped 20 pts in my Southeast Junior High B team basketball game

 

[Dr. Phil Seuss]

I played baseball from 1st through 8th grade. Our team was awful but we had the best uniforms. We wore Yankee pinstripes as we lost each week.

I think we won 3 games in 7 seasons and I was out sick for 2 of them. Our pitcher and short stops were decent and the rest of us stunk.

I played right field and would daydream as balls flew over my head. I was a pretty bad fielder so the coaches put me in the outfield.

I was a decent hitter but wasn't aggressive enough. I tried to get walks. I didn't like playing baseball that much because I would get nervous before games and that took the fun out of it.

If I had been more aggressive, I could have been alot better hitter. If I had a time machine, I'd have swung more and maybe I would have been like the Pete Rose of pewee baseball.

How about you? Did you dominate any sports?

I dominated soccer, but it wasn’t widely played and competition wasn’t great. I was always competitive in sports. I played them year round, especially basketball. I shot hoops year round for several years.

It is extremely difficult to be a dominant player at any level. Only 1 guy from my HS I would consider to be in that class. He was a FBS football player from a class 2A Iowa town.

 

[HawkMachine]

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

It paid for some of my college and I have a 4 year NCAA letter winner plaque.


I was alright.

 

[ICWestfan]

I was the state POY in football my sophomore year, reclassified my junior year to become a senior, graduated early and got a scholly to play D1 football as 17 y/o.

 

[BrianNole777]

I was the state POY in football my sophomore year, reclassified my junior year to become a senior, graduated early and got a scholly to play D1 football as 17 y/o.

Nice!

What position? How did your college career work out?

 

[ICWestfan]

Nice!

What position? How did your college career work out?

Wide Receiver. Played at Alabama.

 

[BrianNole777]

Wide Receiver. Played at Alabama.

Wow!

Do you remember your stats?

What year was this?

 

[NDallasRuss]

I played football, and I was good, but my problem was that I didn't really care about football. I had a coach once tell me that I "wasted more talent" than anyone he'd ever seen - and he'd been coaching at the HS and college levels for decades.

The thing was that I was at a smaller school, and I was one of the bigger guys (was 6'4", 225#). So, I got stuck playing offensive line, which I HATED. Had I gone to a larger HS I would've played TE - which is what I'd have been best at, and I would've really enjoyed it. But I didn't. I got WAY more into other, less organized but also a LOT more violent football games.

I was asked to play "semi-pro" football a couple of times, but I went to a game a saw what it was like. They were a bunch of manual laborers with no opportunities, other than to hopefully be seen and hopefully get a shot, so they were absolutely out there trying to kill each other, and I didn't need that, so I declined.

Sometimes I regret not dedicating myself more to being good at it, but it wasn't going to make me like playing o-line any more.

 

[ICWestfan]

Wow!

Do you remember your stats?

What year was this?

Dude, I'm messing with you. I'm talking about Ryan Williams from Bama. He's a freaking beast. Look him up.

As for me, enjoyed playing baseball, football, and tried wrestling but was just the takedown dummy for an eventual state champ so gave up that sport. Not dominant but good enough to start (which isn't saying much).

 

[Bonerfarts]

I was decent at baseball. I started sophomore - senior year, pitching and infield. Had some very small schools offer a preferred walk-on for college (whatever that is), but I had no interest in doing that. Looking back if I would have taken it more seriously and practiced and trained hard in the offseason I could have been way better. It was just something fun I did with my friends growing up, didn't really see a future in it.

 

[Hawksfinal4]

No I wasn’t but had a moment, finished 2nd in city of Chicago in tennis doubles 1972. Understand hardly anyone played tennis in Chicago in high school . At athletic banquet my coach said my doubles partner and I were the scrapiest tennis players he had ever seen . I was asked to say something. I turned to my partner and said Pete, I never heard the “s” in scrapiest did you?
True story

 

[McLovin32]

One time in 8th grade AAU basketball I outscored a team by myself. I had 36 points and they only scored 32.


And that was probably my peak in athletics.

 

[pink shizzle]

Football: a starter but nothing amazing. I was a bit of a late bloomer physically, which helped in college playing rugby.

Baseball: I was an all-conference guy. Started left field sophomore- senior year.

Rugby: started at a D1 school in college that was ranked top-10 each year. I and played men's league after college. Rugby took me to play in some cool places such as Australia, England, Spain, and a few other countries in Europe. Australia was this summer and that's the last I'll probably he playing. I'm 34 and hanging it up. My MCL is iffy.

I had teammates go pro (US, Europe, NZ) and some that played for the Olympic team and US national team. I was good but absolutely not at that level.

 

[OrlandNole]

I was too heavy for pee wee, so I played high school football (JV) in 7th and 8th grade. I got my ass kicked.

I was in band in high school.

 

[OrlandNole]

Football: a starter but nothing amazing. I was a bit of a late bloomer physically, which helped in college playing rugby.

Baseball: I was an all-conference guy. Started left field sophomore- senior year.

Rugby: started at a D1 school in college that was ranked top-10 each year. I and played men's league after college. Rugby took me to play in some cool places such as Australia, England, Spain, and a few other countries in Europe. Australia was this summer and that's the last I'll probably he playing. I'm 34 and hanging it up. My MCL is iffy.

My wife and I were flying out of Destin last year and shared a flight with a rugby team from overseas (maybe New Zealand?). Every single one of those dudes was scary.

 

[GOHOX69]

Yes. In tennis.

 

[Brown Dog]

Played a year of baseball in college and had a decent HS career, better legion career. Was a starter in football in HS. Played tennis and basketball through 9th grade and wrestled through 8th grade.

 

[pink shizzle]

My wife and I were flying out of Destin last year and shared a flight with a rugby team from overseas (maybe New Zealand?). Every single one of those dudes was scary.

NZ is incredible at rugby. The All Blacks have some insanely talented and tough dudes!

 

[BrianNole777]

Played a year of baseball in college and had a decent HS career, better legion career. Was a starter in football in HS. Played tennis and basketball through 9th grade and wrestled through 8th grade.

Nice!

What positions did you play in football and baseball?

 

[SeaPA]

Overall, yes. My main 3 sports in HS were football, soccer, and golf. In football, I rarely left the field - played WR and DB, was our primary punt returner. Started at all of them except PR all 3 years (was only the PR in my last 2 years). All conference as a DB junior and senior years. In soccer, I was 2nd leading scorer in the county my senior year & went on to play at a small college. In golf, I was one of the better junior golfers in the Tampa area, won a number of junior tournaments and was all-conference my sophomore and senior years. Broke my wrist in a soccer game my junior year & missed the entire golf season.
Played city league baseball but not for the school since it was at the same time as soccer; I was a good fielder, but couldn't hit worth a damn.

 

[JustSayOV]

Nice!

What position did you play in football?

Defensive end, Tight End and I did the long snapping for punts (small school so we played both ways)

Fun fact: our high school coach employed the same standing tight set that Hayden Fry at Iowa used.....I hated it. Instantly giving up leverage to the d-end across from you every play and I always felt it made you slower out of the block too.

 

[GOHOX69]

Defensive end, Tight End and I did the long snapping for punts (small school so we played both ways)

Fun fact: our high school coach employed the same standing tight set that Hayden Fry at Iowa used.....I hated it. Instantly giving up leverage to the d-end across from you every play and I always felt it made you slower out of the block too.

Didn't the cowboys do the standing te in the past?

 

[bunsen82]

I knew my physical talents were not good enough for 4A high school sports. 5'11' and 215 lbs won't get you very far. Played Football up through my Junior year- always got the effort award. Got a couple starts on the JV team. However, I knew if I put the work in could be a pretty damn good trumpet player. 1st chair at what was the dominant band and Jazz band school in Iowa in the 90's and early 2000's. Placed runner up in Jazz at state my senior year. Led our Jazz II - freshman through Junior years also lead trumpet to 8th place finish, and 7th place finish. Jazz I won all 3 years. Pretty impressive to have 2 bands place at state in a year for a school.

 

[JustSayOV]

Didn't the cowboys do the standing te in the past?

That I don't know......maybe years ago before my time?

Only time I ever saw it was Hayden Fry and then consequently when I played in high school.

 

[TheCainer]

I loved baseball and basketball and had my moments in each sport.

Hit a walk-off 3 run HR in the county championship game one year, my only HR of the season. Hit it over the CF fence. Lettered in 3 of 4 seasons in HS.

Played center on the basketball team at 5'-11" and had over half of the team's rebounds one season. Scored 25 points in one game, 19 of which were FTs. Hit 19-27 in that game, but only 7-13 in the 4th quarter. I think I got tired.

Cross Country was the sport I had the most success in as I lettered all 4 years in high school. Set the school record my senior year which stood for 3 years.

 

[SoProudNole]

Dude, I'm messing with you. I'm talking about Ryan Williams from Bama. He's a freaking beast. Look him up.

Someone updated his Wiki page.

Ryan Alexander Coleman Williams (born February 9, 2007) is an American football wide receiver for the Alabama Crimson Tide He is also the father to the Georgia Bulldogs.

Link

 

[Stoopsbrother]

got my college paid for with a bowl ring on top!

 

[TheCainer]

Is that Zach Edey when he was a kid?

 

[Hawkdiver]

I was above average in every sport I tried when young but at about age 12 found my calling, diving.

I was state champion my senior year after having finished 6th and 3rd the prior years so fairly dominate. Was All-American my senior year which led to division 1 scholarship (guess where) which is when any sort of dominance ended.

 

[Aardvark86]

Above average, probably because I had to do a lot of different things-specialization sucks. I was blessed to go to a school small enough that you had to be involved in all seasons so we could field teams. Played golf (league champs), wrestled (tackling dummy for a state champ), played basketball (2d string team district champs), and baseball (good field, no hit). And then there was band, keeping stats for football, debate team, newspaper editor, and chief marketeer for school musical.

 

[WrigleyHawkeye20]

As a RB for Polk HS, I once scored 4 TD’s in the state championship game. So yeah, I was pretty good.

 

[millah_22]

Compared to everyone else in my 100 person school... uh kinda. Compared to the rest of the world, no not really.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Compared to everyone else in my 100 person school... uh kinda. Compared to the rest of the world, no not really.

Thought you were a WDM valley kid.