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RE: All-time greats from Memphis high schools
Three other all-time greats from the high-scoring Carver teams of the early-mid 60's, Frank Patillio, Marvin Brooks and Willie Gunn. Packed crowds came to see them and Carver's records were something like 33-3 and 33-2 back-to-back years.
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RE: All-time greats from Memphis high schools
(10-23-2010 10:54 PM)KRB Wrote: A really good Memphis team would have been, Larry, Mike Butler, Rick Roberson,Rich Jones, Lester Paulk. That's an old school team that would have been a great one.
We missed out on the best possible Memphis collegiate team when Walter Rucker and Johnny Neumann went off to UT and Ole Miss respectively. They were 1969 graduates with Larry Finch, Robinson et al and that Memphis team went to the NCAA championship losing to UCLA and Bill Walton in 1973.
There is no doubt in my mind that the offensive prowess of these two players would have made a significant difference in that game. We had Bill Laurie at off-guard (a non scorer) and no defense on the UCLA guards who had 23 assists. Rucker was from CBHS and was the most ferocious defensive player I have ever seen. He was the only player to hold Finch and Neumann to under 15 points/game in their high school careers and he did that 11 times. He also led the nation in free throw percentage with 95.5% and averaged over 20 ppg.
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RE: All-time greats from Memphis high schools
BoLTON HIGH.......................
Latasha Byears "TOT" Back.2.Back Champ (L.A Sparks)
Otis Jackson
Slyvester Gray MiaMi HEAT
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RE: All-time greats from Memphis high schools
How about Joey Ozment from Germantown High - 1989...
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RE: All-time greats from Memphis high schools
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RE: All-time greats from Memphis high schools
Bolton has had some studs they ran through Single A and AA...
Otis Jackson Memphis
Cecil Dowell Ole Miss
Silk Gray Memphis State
Lang Wiseman UT
Russell Wiseman was a jumping machine NCAA Div 2 in Mass
Keith Brooks SEMO
Harold Scott NCAA Div 2 in Ga
Chris Barnes NCAA Div 2 in Indiana [Saw this due hit like 14 3's in one game in college]
John Gales Memphis
Myron Lewis Lane
Kenny Dye UNLV
There were others in the late 90's that went on to play college as well.....Great Tradition out there in the Sticks
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RE: All-time greats from Memphis high schools
(12-27-2011 02:01 PM)Luvtrauma Wrote: How about Joey Ozment from Germantown High - 1989...
I believe Joey Ozment's father was Lanny Ozment, who was a helluva player at Westwood in the mid 60's. Really good.
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RE: All-time greats from Memphis high schools
(12-27-2011 03:50 PM)3601 Wrote: Check out this gallery....
http://www.commercialappeal.com/photos/g...ion_header
Good stuff. I still laugh every time I see or hear mention of Jewell Burton. I went to school with him from 7-12, and as I recall, he got cut from the 7th and 8th grade teams at Coleman before finally making the team at Raleigh-Egypt.
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(07-13-2010 06:16 AM)montess_24fan Wrote: (01-12-2009 12:05 AM)boisetiger Wrote: William Harris at CBHS was arguably better than Bubba Luckett
Not from the freethrow line! I graduated from the Brothers in 92 and used to watch him hit a hundred in a row like it was nothing. Then he would shoot them one handed. I have never seen anything like it in my life.
William Harris? LOL One dimensional player and way too inconsistent. Kind of like James Bradley, never say a shot he didnt like, even if he was off. I would take David Metlik and his jump shot free throws over Harris.
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RE: All-time greats from Memphis high schools
My classmate, Melvin Henderson, Germantown 1969, just passed away. I'm trying to put some information together about folks' memories of him.I think Germantown played Melrose in the regional finals at the Coliseum in the spring of 1969. That Melrose team included Larry Finch and Ronnie Robinson. Melvin enrolled at Germantown in the fall of 1967 after Mt. Pisgah was closed. Melvin also played football and competed in track. I think he was All-District at end in 1968. I think he won the high jump and the long jump in the District meet in the Spring of 1969. If anyone out there can confirm my recollection or add other details about his high school career, please let me know. Thanks!
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