Posted by alblack56 on 10/25/2012 8:12:00 AM (view original):
I see recruits from Covington (KY) Latin High School.  In RL, they've probably NEVER had a recruit.  It's an advanced school for gifted students. Most of them skip grades and graduate when they're 15 or 16.  Needless to say, they're not competitive athletically. They were eliminated in last year's tournament, 91-41, to an 8-20 team.

  Covington Latin's only had one famous athlete...Dave Justice (Atlanta Braves), the first husband of Halle Berry.  But his athletic talent wasn't developed at Cov. Latin..they don't have a baseball team

A coaching friend in Iba used to recruit every player from his high school, regardless of their talent level. He said, "I can't help it. It's my high school!"

funny you mention it - ive had probably a full two dozen family members (first cousins or closer) graduate there (to non alblack people, they graduate maybe under 50 a year, so thats a lot, its not like some massive 2k enrollment public high - i think my cousins stats were like, 66 in their FR class, 36 in their senior class). if you are really familiar with the school, and know mr whitehead, my dad once cursed all males in my family line forever attending that school (he hated my dad from the beginning, or so he said, you can never truly know). but anyway, my dad's family fixed up houses and stuff, and he knocked on a door to borrow a tool or something one day, and to his surprise, mr whitehead answered. they got along so badly, so my dad looked him straight in the eye and said, YOU live in this dump?? yeah... that pretty much did it in for all my cousins, they all ***** about how mr whitehead hates them on last name alone. i think there was a member of my family in attendance there for like 20 years straight, so i mean, i was hearing them ***** about it for like, my entire life :) my dad was the youngest of 11 and was an uncle at 3.

i was lucky, my family moved away, or id have probably been in real bad shape - considering i also have the same FIRST name. and like you said, most of my cousins skipped 2 years, and like 1/3rd sklpped one year. a few years ago, i believe they actually changed it, you cant even not skip and still go there anymore! im not 100% positive on that but i am pretty sure thats what i was told. like i said, i didnt go there, but i had 2 best men in my wedding and they both went there, along with the other 20 or so family members previously mentioned...

Every season right after the next batch of HS recruits are loaded, I search through all of the Illinois recruits to see if there's anyone from my high school.  It's a small school, under 100 in each graduating class but I hold out hope that I'll see a graduate available someday.  If/when it does happen, I really hope I don't blow my entire recruiting budget on him.

Speaking of my old high school, it's about 30 minutes away from SIUE which was mentioned above.  A couple of my good friends went there too, small world.

Finally, I should reply to darnoc's story since I'm the other dork who wore his team's shirt that day.  rednu, you'll be proud to hear that I have a yellow Wooster Fighting Scots shirt hanging in my closet.  Even better, since I recruited darnoc to the game, my Wooster is 6-1 against Wittenberg.  Boom.

Fear the Scots...

Posted by coach_billyg on 10/25/2012 4:19:00 PM (view original):

Posted by alblack56 on 10/25/2012 8:12:00 AM (view original):
I see recruits from Covington (KY) Latin High School.  In RL, they've probably NEVER had a recruit.  It's an advanced school for gifted students. Most of them skip grades and graduate when they're 15 or 16.  Needless to say, they're not competitive athletically. They were eliminated in last year's tournament, 91-41, to an 8-20 team.

  Covington Latin's only had one famous athlete...Dave Justice (Atlanta Braves), the first husband of Halle Berry.  But his athletic talent wasn't developed at Cov. Latin..they don't have a baseball team

A coaching friend in Iba used to recruit every player from his high school, regardless of their talent level. He said, "I can't help it. It's my high school!"

funny you mention it - ive had probably a full two dozen family members (first cousins or closer) graduate there (to non alblack people, they graduate maybe under 50 a year, so thats a lot, its not like some massive 2k enrollment public high - i think my cousins stats were like, 66 in their FR class, 36 in their senior class). if you are really familiar with the school, and know mr whitehead, my dad once cursed all males in my family line forever attending that school (he hated my dad from the beginning, or so he said, you can never truly know). but anyway, my dad's family fixed up houses and stuff, and he knocked on a door to borrow a tool or something one day, and to his surprise, mr whitehead answered. they got along so badly, so my dad looked him straight in the eye and said, YOU live in this dump?? yeah... that pretty much did it in for all my cousins, they all ***** about how mr whitehead hates them on last name alone. i think there was a member of my family in attendance there for like 20 years straight, so i mean, i was hearing them ***** about it for like, my entire life :) my dad was the youngest of 11 and was an uncle at 3.

i was lucky, my family moved away, or id have probably been in real bad shape - considering i also have the same FIRST name. and like you said, most of my cousins skipped 2 years, and like 1/3rd sklpped one year. a few years ago, i believe they actually changed it, you cant even not skip and still go there anymore! im not 100% positive on that but i am pretty sure thats what i was told. like i said, i didnt go there, but i had 2 best men in my wedding and they both went there, along with the other 20 or so family members previously mentioned...

Yes, skipping grades  (called 'acceleration') at Covington Latin is now mandatory. Most kids skip 1 or 2 grades.   The Class of 2011 averaged $184,000 in scholarship offers. 
The boys were shirts and ties every day from Oct. 1 to April 30.  Undershirts may not be visible and the shirts must stay tucked in, even when the hands are raised above the head. 

how did they populate every high school into the system anyhow?  I've always been amazed at that

Posted by pseudochamp on 10/26/2012 12:18:00 PM (view original):
Every season right after the next batch of HS recruits are loaded, I search through all of the Illinois recruits to see if there's anyone from my high school.  It's a small school, under 100 in each graduating class but I hold out hope that I'll see a graduate available someday.  If/when it does happen, I really hope I don't blow my entire recruiting budget on him.

Speaking of my old high school, it's about 30 minutes away from SIUE which was mentioned above.  A couple of my good friends went there too, small world.

Finally, I should reply to darnoc's story since I'm the other dork who wore his team's shirt that day.  rednu, you'll be proud to hear that I have a yellow Wooster Fighting Scots shirt hanging in my closet.  Even better, since I recruited darnoc to the game, my Wooster is 6-1 against Wittenberg.  Boom.

Fear the Scots...

Good man pseudo!

May the Mose Hole continue to find favor with your coaching efforts! And always remember to smoke Oberlin at every opportunity ;)