Originally Posted by
Louis
My wife was a big LeBron fan because they are both grads of St. Vincent - St. Mary high school in Akron. Now that he is playing for Miami...not so much.
A number of my childhood friends from Goodyear Heights went there, and a house my mother lived in as a child was torn down to make room for the gym. In my opinion, de facto recruiting by parochial schools is the leading factor in the destruction of beneficial community involvement in HS athletics. It does work really, really well if your kid just happens to be that once in a lifetime talent. As if...