You are absolutely correct about the real reason those kids picked St Henry. In fact, I believe a couple of them became interested in the second sport only after they chose St Henry. Hils has always been a very good soccer player. Anderson played PeeWee football and started playing soccer AT St Henry and was one of the most productive players I've seen there in the last couple years. Bessler would have found another sport no matter where he went and excelled(WR and safety. He doesn't like standing and watching.)

I never said coaches "told" their players not to play football. But you acknowlege schools where the perception(at least a few years ago) was that you better be a sure thing if you plan to play basketball after football as an upperclassmen. Late to tryouts AND, more importantly, limited participation during the summer. Maybe I'm getting old because it doesn't seem that long ago. Maybe since the building of Ryle and the redistribution of athletes. That may not apply as much these days because the football programs don't get to the post season and the summer opportunities have gone mostly AAU.

It might be more accurate to say that some AAU coaches discourage other sports. Some flat out state it as part of the program from the beginning, some more subtly with yearly tryouts/renewal of vows. Again, I guess everyone has their own dreams and motivations. It bothers me when AAU coaches and IMO misguided parents try to impose those views on a school program where they "deliver" their product, maybe in numbers, and expect a return. I know it will not happen on Fausts or Listerman's watch, and my hat is off to McQueary at Boone, who, even though he may have another year to deal with some of it, has done a great job of claiming and owning his program.

Did Mashinot leave the Colonels team?

 

That is what I heard too.

That is what I heard too.

 

Not to hijack a St Henry thread but Mashinot got a lot of varsity PT last year and I thought would be a pretty good player for CovCath.

 

If he did leave they had a decent PG on the JV level in Reidinger. Is he now the main backup to Pauly?

Not to hijack a St Henry thread but Mashinot got a lot of varsity PT last year and I thought would be a pretty good player for CovCath.

 

If he did leave they had a decent PG on the JV level in Reidinger. Is he now the main backup to Pauly?

 

Maybe this should be taken to a Cov Cath thread and ask someone closer to their program who would know for sure. Yes he did get a lot of PT and a good number of starts. He did well on their State Champion track team, and maybe he is just doing that. Someone can tell us for sure I would guess this week as my understanding is that tryouts start today at CCH