Professional Cow Tipper

2 year golf letter winner
2 year baseball letter winner
1 year basketball letter winner

in college - All-American Flag Football Official

now - HS football, basketball, baseball official
NCAA basketball official

3 year Football letter winner... didn't play frosh year... got voted 2nd team all ohio

Still own the record for longest D touchdown- 94 yard fumble scoop and rumble.... oh yeah played NG at 170 pounds... out ran a 2,000 yard rusher

but my best accomplishment is being able to coach my sons in Soccer the past two years... and i have that chance again this year!!! I also hope to coach baseball and football as they grow too...

Played football, 4 year varsity Letterman, 2x All-SVC, 1st Team All-District, and SM All-Ohio. Remember Freshman year playing JV games on Monday, Freshman games on Thursday, and some spot time on Friday nights. Was definitely a rough year.

Played baseball and basketball in Jr. High, but I sucked. Would've loved to play baseball in H.S, but I was just pitiful.

4 year letterwinner in Soccer in HS. I think we went 6-???? over all 4 years.

Played LL baseball and frosh baseball
Played basketball 6-9th grade.

Had the chance to play DIII soccer in college but I didn't. Kinda wish I would have stuck it out now. Might not be as lazy as I am.

Pre-High School: Played Baseball for 6 years but I was horrible- except at getting hit by pitches, stealing bases and playing the outfield. Played Basketball for 4 years and also was to small to do anything good- except play defense and be the "junk yard dog" diving for loose balls, etc. I also ran track in 7th and 8th grade and did everything from hurdles to distance and was decent in the distance races. I decided then to try cross country in high school- funny thing is my junior high coach said it was a joke if I gave up basketball for running (I was 5"2 and 100 lbs. dripping wet) ?!

Ran in high school and was a multiple time all-league, all-district and all-region selection- made the state meet one year.

Ran track and cross country at a D2 school and was a 1 time national qualifier in cross country, 6 time provisional qualifier in track and a multiple time all-conference selection. I returned my 5th year and was the first person not to make the national meet in the steeplechase- missed it by .10 a second.

Now I am in my 5th year as a collegiate coach and the first full year as being a head track & field coach of a new D2 program. I still run some for fitness but not near what I used too!

I scored 4 of my team's 5 points in a pickup game to 21 against John Wall, potential NBA player Darius Miller, All-SEC receiver Randall Cobb, UK backup PF/C Josh Harrellson, and Philadelphia Eagles corner Trevard Lindley.

I was also blocked three times, dunked on once, and broken on more than one occasion by Mr. Wall himself.

this thread is so sad
somewhere between Bruce Springstein's "glory days" and Al Bundy on "Married with Children"

Played football from 4th to 9th grade.

Played LAX my junior and senior year. My coach and I never got along, and I told him to fuck himself after he put a freshman on varsity instead of me my Senior year. He said the reason was b/c he thought my achilles tendon would hamper me too much. I made it through hell month and all of indoor season playing 50% but he thought otherwise.

high school:

freshman: freshmen football, JV lacrosse (undefeated)
sophomore: varsity lacrosse (lettermen), state champions
junior: varsity lacrosse (lettermen), state champions, midwest champions
senior: varsity lacrosse (lettermen), captain, state champions, all region, all occ, all state, all midwest, defensive mvp of state championship game, team scholar athlete

college:
freshmen: played Div I at VMI (virginia military institute) for a year, started the second half of the season, vmi athlete of the week one week

sophomore: HATED military school, transferred closer to home to play Div III at denison (much better lacrosse school even though it is DIII), made an NCAA tournament appearance

four years of highschool football started three. Wrestled a few years baseball a few years drunk for a few years partaked in a few lefthanders for a few years and that was that.

isadore;451609 wrote:this thread is so sad
somewhere between Bruce Springstein's "glory days" and Al Bundy on "Married with Children"

I guess you are saying you weren't an athlete?

High School:

Played football up till Junior year in HS (one letter)

Wrestled all 4 years (4 letters)
-2x State Qualifier
-State Runner-Up senior year.

Didn't want to wrestle in College, always wanted to go to Miami U, which had their wrestling program dropped unfortunately.

College:

Flag Football Intramural Champs
Greek Week Kickball Runner-Ups
Greek Week Football Runner-Ups

Also joined club wrestling to just mess around and somehow ended up the president my senior year only wrestling 2 official matches lol.

cross country varsity three years

track three years

played freshman basketball......quit JV inadvisedly....i was way too immature.......

played intramural basketball throughout college

i got coordinated way too late for HS

ran the Chicago Marathon to cross it off my bucket list.

also section-hiked the Appalachian Trail several times.

High School:

Golfed 3 years (was terrible, probably averaged 46-48). I play much better now than I ever did during school. Probably average 40-43. That's with playing 5 times a year too so if I practiced putting and chipping more I think I could be a scratch player. But those last few strokes are sometimes the more difficult ones to shave off so who knows.

Wrestled 4 (Lettered twice, sophomore, was hurt most of junior year, senior). I was an okay wrestler at best. I'm actually much better now than I ever was in HS simply because I have more confidence and I learned a little bit more upper body technique.

Freshman Year:
6'1 215lbs.
Football: Two-way starter as DE/FB at Toledo St. Francis on the freshmen team. When we played against Whitmer I was up against Kevin Koger (TE at Whitmer) and did pretty well.
Wrestling: I had never wrestled before but once St. Francis' Athletic Director found out I was JD Bergman's cousin he basically made we wrestle. I wrestled 285 and went 9-4 on the JV team. Won my first 7 matches, and won the first match via pin in :14. That's gotta be a record.
Track: My sister was a State Champion in shot put two years prior, so the coaches basically made me do this too. I never broke the freshmen record in a meet, but did in practice several times. Ended up throwing like 39'

....I decided to transfer to Oregon Cardinal Stritch because I didn't want to play college sports (my two sisters who played D-I sports didn't enjoy it). Looking back I wonder where I'd be if I had chosen to stay at a school that took athletics seriously.

Sophomore Year
6'2 220lbs.
Football: Started at DE/RG. Team went 6-4, lost the TAAC Championship on a missed two-point conversion play. I had 36 tackles. Didn't garner any conference recognition.
Wrestling: Went 29-21 at 285lbs. Won the unofficial TAAC trimatch. Qualified for Districts. Beat a kid from St. Edward, that was pretty awesome.
Track: Ran 4x100 and threw shot put and discus. Was the leading thrower in the team, took second at TAAC.

Junior Year
6'2 225lbs.
football: The year before I thought I'd dominate, so I slacked off in training. I spent the entire summer running and lifting as I should have because I knew I was better than the kids getting all-conference honors and I didn't get shit. For example, our other DE had 25 tackles and was 1st-team conference. I knew my 36 tackles sucked but the fact that he got honors made me furious. I got my 40-yd time down to 4.9, had the fastest shuttle time on the team (our WR was 1st-team all-state, and our CB, RB, and S all played in college so I thought it was a sizable feat), and was in pretty solid shape. I was elected as the fourth and final captain, but then the coaches decided to "split" the last captain spot between myself, our QB (plays FCS now) and previously mentioned LT/DE (recruited by Yale but decided honors at OSU). I decided to quit the team after such an insult but an hour later opted it'd be better to basically destroy opponents and get ~80 tackles and show everyone I was better than our other DE.

First game I had 17 tackles, 2 sacks, and a forced fumble. He had 3 tackles. However due to our OLB transferring the coaches moved me there after seeing how improved I was. I had no idea what I was doing but picked it up eventually. I was pretty livid that I no longer had the chance to show how good of a DE I was. I finished the season with 81 tackles, and despite being 1st-team offense, I didn't get anything for defense. He who shall not be named was 1st-team with 54 tackles.

Team went 8-3, won the conference and made the playoffs.

Wrestling: I broke my foot and tore a toe ligament and sat out 6 weeks. I came back and got second in every regular season tournament. I went 18-12, took second in the nascent OWL conference at 215lbs, qualified for districts at 285lbs and was a match away from state. Lost to the kid who ended up playing 7th. Three of the four qualifies placed, and the one who didn't placed the year before and drew the State Champion and 3rd place guy to go 0-2. Sucked for him. I probably shouldn't have bounced around weight classes.

Track: Broke the school record with 44' in the shot put. Not bad for not having a coach.

Senior Year:
6'2 255 lbs.

I gained a bunch of weight to make a run at 285lbs and playing collegiate football as a DE. So I basically exploded. Still ran a 4.9 though.

Football: During the second scrimmage I herniated two discs in my neck, and 4/5 doctors told me not to play anymore. I was young and dumb and played anyway. I was able to share time at DE/OLB though to avoid nasty collisions. I ended the season with 112 tackles, set the single-game school tackle record with 27. Was first-team OL, but still only 2nd-team DE. Our team went 1-9 and the coach was canned. I was selected to the all-star game but they denied me once they saw my medical records and the trainer just said "you're one more hit away from some serious, serious, damage." That's when it finally clicked how hurt I was and I decided not to walk-on at Toledo. I did start the last five games at RB, so that was awesome.

Wrestling: Missed the first month due to neck examinations. Doctors again recommended me to not play. I end up going 30-7 and winning the conference. I couldn't shoot anything but an outside single due to my neck, so when I had to face the good guys it would always go to OT and from there it was luck. Obviously, I couldn't make it as far in the post season. I dropped to 5th at sectionals (Kid I beat was 36-15, talk about a stacked sectional!)

Track: I was throwing 45', but couldn't improve my strength due to my neck, so I decided to switch to the spin in a month for TAACs. I was self-taught after watching guys at meets do it haha I finished with 49'9.25 at TAAC and won them, finally. I made it to regional finals.


In hindsight I really would've liked to have seen what I could've done with a good neck or even a mindset that college sports are worthwhile. I have back and neck pain every day, and will probably have to get surgery in the near future to repair it all. I spend more time than I should thinking about how many guys I competed against and won are playing sports in college today. I would be lying if a small portion of my didn't want to get neck surgery tomorrow, work out religiously, and walk-on at Ohio State to be a tackling dummy. I work with Scott Sika and am friends with Ben St. John, if they can find a spot on that roster, it wouldn't be impossible for me.

High school

Baseball: Played for two years. Was a solid hitter but couldnt field the ball worth a shit. No letters
Basketball: 2 years. No letters.
Football: 4 years. 2 letters. All disctrict a couple times. We were awful though

College:
Played a year of college ball at Baldwin Wallace. Played in every game but only started one my freshman year. Beat JC that year which was cool. Anyways, decided that I didnt want to play anymore and transferred down to OSU.

Played intramural sports a few times

Back on 11/25/09 I let Belly know what I thought about this thread. Anybody who has responded since then needs to tee up Springsteen's "Glory Days" and take a listen. HS kids today would absolutely smash anyone of you day dreamers.

I had a less than exciting athletic career.

I played baseball and basketball religiously until my freshman year of high school. I was pretty average. I lost interest and became more focused soley on fitness/weight lifting. I was sooooo skinny at that age, had to do something about it.

Played a few seasons of rollar hockey on a traveling team until I was 16.....that was probably my best sport. The league disbanded so that was the end of that.

Intramural softball and coed soccer in college and thats it. Looking back I wish I would have played football or went to a high school with soccer.

Tiernman, this makes me care how? LOL

High School, Basketball 3 year letterman, 2 year starter 1st team all league Sr. year.
Track 4 year letterman, made Regional meet in the shot and discus 3 years, placed 5th in discus Sr. year held school record in discus for several years.
Football 4 year letterman, 3 year starter, 1st team all league Jr. & Sr. year, SVC lineman of the year Sr. year, 1st team all state Sr. Year.

College, Ashland University Football, 89'-92', 4 year letterman, 3 year starter, 2nd team all MIFC Sr. year, 6th on the AU all time sack list with 26.5 sacks.

Tiernan;452832 wrote:Back on 11/25/09 I let Belly know what I thought about this thread. Anybody who has responded since then needs to tee up Springsteen's "Glory Days" and take a listen. HS kids today would absolutely smash anyone of you day dreamers.

I have worked with high school kids ..I even do a little recruiting and work with parents and kids to help them get scholarship. Today’s high school athletes are bigger, stronger and quicker only a few have the heart however.
Those that do have the heart of an athlete are outstanding...no question about it


Nobody asking for the comparing of yesterday athlete to today’s high school players.
Those that are replying are expressing their accomplishment on the athlete fields of high school, college and higher level of sport. Note: This is a sport website.

Be proud of your achievement because they are yours and you should be honored ….for your hard work …. Sport is not an entitlement program, you could get hurt if you don’t earn the position…

Belly, you crack me up with the description of your Nam "athletics"! Ricola: I, also, got hit in the head on my very first LL plate appearance. Among my many athletic accomplishments, I am tied for the school all-time record for highest batting average in a JV season, .500 (1 for 2).

Oh, my, I just noticed that this is quite an OLD thread!

High school (in season):

Golf (4 year starter)
4 district appearances
3 All-Conferences (Tac-8)
36.73 average my senior year (was sub 40 all 4 years)

Baseball (all hitting stats)
3 year starter on Varsity
.386 sophomore year, 5 k's
.462 junior year, 6 k's
.515 senior year, 2 k's
Pitching:
Senior year: 4-1, 3.62 ERA, 1 CG, 1 SO

Out of season:
Golf:
6 top 5 finishes Kenny Novak NEO Junior Tour, finished 6th in the year end championship tournament


OSU Club Golf

Named to regional all tournament team in qualifying for national championship (we finished 4th, top 3 teams qualified) with rounds of 75 78 to place in top 10 out of 70.

I WAS ALL-STATE IN EVERYTHING FOREVER.

Played FB at a large school ( All- League, All -District), BB ( average player) and baseball ( All Star). Recruited & played college FB ( average player). GRaduated and taught & coached for awhile. Became Head FB & Track coach in H.S. where teams won league titles and state ranked. Was a BB assist with team who went to State BB Championships. Then off to the business world for successful career . Some of the best years of my life.