The Dream Team
March 14, 2010 @ 5:35 a.m. by teldridgeBY TAYLOR ELDRIDGE
Love them or hate them, you cannot deny what the Collegiate boys basketball team has accomplished. More specifically, the group of five seniors this season.
What the Collegiate fans, parents, players and coaches have experienced this season is something special. Because a group like this doesn’t come around too often. And by not often, I mean once-in-a-lifetime.
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Last night’s record-tying performance in the Class 3A state championship game has been a long-time coming. Since the fifth grade, in fact.
That’s when this group was united at Collegiate. That’s when The Dream was originated. All five of these guys lived, breathed and practiced basketball all for one common goal — winning a state title their senior year.
It was obvious when the group arrived in middle school and left with one loss in two years that they were destined for greatness in high school. They had undefeated seasons on the freshman team and then on the sophomore team before having the reigns handed over to them their junior seasons. All they did was complete a 26-0 season with a state title. This season had only one blemish, but the state tournament run was unmatched.
Never has a team dominated a Class 3A state tournament like Collegiate did this season. The Spartans won by margins of 32, 24 and 40 for a 206-100 margin. All games were either over by the end of the first quarter, or a few minutes into the second. All games ended with Collegiate running clock with reserves. The 40-point victory in the state title game tied the state record for widest margin in such a game.
No one in Class 3A came even remotely close this season to knocking off the team. This team effortlessly won a state title. This season, with this group, I think Collegiate could have won 4A, finished second in the City League and competed well in the Class 5A and 6A state tournaments. For this season, yes, Collegiate was just too good for 3A.
Does that mean they should be bumped up to 4A? Not necessarily. This year’s group was just that good. Like I said, a group like that only comes around once every so long. Collegiate is not going to be as dominant as it was this season next year. I think the Spartans will still be in the mix for the state title, but they won’t be near the favorite.
The Dream Team, a.k.a. The Gum Squad
So why is this group so good? Well, first off, it has all the right parts for a basketball line-up.
Bryce Cornejo is the definition of what you would want in a point guard. He has high basketball knowledge, knows where and when to find his teammates, rebounds well and can knock down the outside shot when teams focus on other shooters.
Ty Fiegel gets over-looked a bit, but is just as important as Cornejo when it comes to adding perimeter shooting. Teams are likely to Box-and-1 Jablonski, which leaves the three-point arc open. Fiegel has such a smooth release and can knock down the open three-pointer, making teams pay.
Blake Jablonski is the leading-scorer, the go-to guy whenever the Spartans are in need of a basket. He’s one of the best pin-point shooters I’ve seen play in recent seasons, and can keep defenders honest with his mid-range game.
Brett LeMaster is another one that is forgotten. That is, until they run a back screen for him and he’s throwing down an alley-oop. He’s by far the most athletic among the starters and often guards the other team’s best player. He’s a solid defender, and adds a whole other dimension with his hops for easy alley-oop’s and tip-in’s.
Tre Bailey, at 6-6, provides the final piece: the big man. He kind of goes under-used since Cornejo, Fiegel and Jablonski are such good shooters, but he has found his niche corralling offensive rebounds and altering opponent’s shots with his lanky frame when they come inside the lane.
Together, they make up what has been deemed “The Dream Team.” Why not? If ever there was a Dream Team, this would be it. With all the success, there is always sure to be plenty of hater’s out there that accompany it. After all, this group has won two state basketball title’s and a football one this past fall.
One of the more frustrating/annoying things I read on this blog is when people say, “Well, Collegiate should win. After all, they get to recruit and/or pay their players.” Really? When, exactly, did this “recruiting” begin? Did Mitch Fiegel and his son, Ty, drive around Wichita, scouring the 11- and 12-year-old YMCA leagues? Did Fiegel spend countless hours on the phone, taking in-home visits and tempting these kids 11-year-old’s with the latest video game to come play for Collegiate? Really? That’s what you think?
Any time Collegiate leaves home and plays a road game, it is the villain. The group has never minded the target on their back that inevitably comes with winning. They’ve embraced it. Not being the villains, but playing the role of the favorites. To be honest, there’s no reason to hate these kids. If any of the commenters took the time to come to a game, watch these kids play, talk to them after the game, I guarantee they would come away impressed. That’s because you can’t find a nicer collection of kids anywhere. If there was ever a group that deserved success, it’s this group because of the amount of time and effort they put into basketball. Not because they’re getting paid. Not because they were recruited to Collegiate. It’s because they play better team basketball than anyone in the state.
Fiegel’s system doesn’t embrace the stereotypical star player. I think Blake Jablonski could average 20 or more points a game if he played enough. I think Bryce Cornejo could be a star somewhere else if he played enough. But all five of these seniors have put their ego’s on the back-burner, brought the team mentality to the front, and bought fully into the 5-in, 5-out system. You won’t find too many kids willing to sacrifice playing time and stats to better the team’s chances of winning.
When this group bought into the system, they completely sold-out. Fiegel always preaches “Defense Decides Championships” and this group played defense better than anyone I’ve seen this season. The Spartans forced their three state tournament opponents into 34 of 117 shooting (29 percent) and 57 turnovers a game. And remember, Collegiate called off the dogs for the most part by the end of the third quarter.
This group has been special to watch grow and mature into the dominant bunch they have bunch. Heck, they have even given “Gum” a new meaning. Ty Fiegel, Doug Burton and Raymond Taylor just started saying stuff was “gum” before the Kapaun Mount Carmel game in the El Dorado Tournament since their pre-game meals always included Bazooka gum. It’s stuck since, and now everyone at Collegiate’s lingo includes “gum” as the new word for “cool” or “sweet.” That’s what you’re hearing them say in the video in the middle of my story. I think it’s pretty funny.
Sometimes you are lucky enough to witness a team that transcends greatness. I was lucky enough to see that this weekend in Hutchinson. I always feel when a team accomplishes something really special, I have to match that in my story. So in a way, I believe it has challenged me to become a better writer.
But when a team achieves at such a high level of success and their dominance leaves a memory that will forever be with you, there is only one word left to describe it: GUM.
Got Rings? Collegiate does.
bballfan says:
March 14th, 2010 at 8:59 am
Great story, Taylor. Thank you for finally taking a stand, seeing the facts, and writing a great article about a special team. There are so many detractors out there who constantly take the recruiting high-road as an excuse as to why this team was so good. It was not recruiting, but rather, as you said, a lot of hard work and 12 truly special kids. Thank you
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depp says:
March 14th, 2010 at 11:42 am
I don’t know if they could beat Sumner. Sumner might be a little bit more athletic. Pretty darn unbelievable what this senior class has done. Two basketball and one football state titles if pretty remarkable. Would be interesting to see one more week of basketball to get a grand state champ. 3a vs 5A, 4A vs 6A for the semis, and then a final game. Intrust bank would make a great venue for two more days of basketball.
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spartan says:
March 14th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
I agree, that would be awesome if the state did that.
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Gummy Worms says:
March 14th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
Great job, Taylor. I imagine this article is going to end up on some of these kids’ walls.
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Panther83 says:
March 14th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
Very Talented team but its hard to get excited when they play with such and Giant advantage vs the other little league teams they play against.This team did exactly what is should have but the playing field is not even close to level.Dont get me wrong they would compete at any level but a big time private school from the biggest city in the state playing vs small town local teams its not even fair before the season starts. Yawn !
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teldridge says:
March 14th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
depp:
That’s true. That game against Sumner would be a battle. But I agree, the state could bring in some big bucks if it had Collegiate and Heights play. That would be insane.
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teldridge says:
March 14th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
Panther83:
Have you seen their schedule? Go look at who they beat above 3A and then say that. Yeah, I agree, they should have demolished 3A like they did. But they picked up some very impressive wins over Dodge City, Andover Central, Nickerson, Andover and Kapaun Mount Carmel.
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trackdad says:
March 14th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
Collegiate had one of the better 3A teams I have ever seen. Hesston had a very good undefeated team the year Gary Eichelberger was a senior. 3A was also way down this year. I happened to go to 1A, 3A, and 4A state tournaments. Hanover and Baileyville from 1A could have beaten all the other 3A teams. Collegiate has far better teamwork and coaching than Sumner or Ottawa so they would make up for a lack of athleticism and likely beat those teams. Hayden, another private school with good coaching and teamwork, would be the 4A school with the best chance of knocking off Collegiate. In case you’re wondering, I cheer for the public school team.
If you want to beat these private schools, instead of whining about recruiting, get the kids out to the weight rooms and the practice fields/courts and outwork them.
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crack says:
March 14th, 2010 at 7:17 pm
Collegiate, is a good team, they are a city league team, kids choose to go there for the facility’s, they are a stacked team the teams they play live in that town , not alot to choose from the small schools they play. If they play in the City League they finish 3rd this year.
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crack says:
March 14th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
But great season to Collegiate.
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teldridge says:
March 14th, 2010 at 9:10 pm
Trackdad speaks the truth.
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teldridge says:
March 14th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Crack:
True, but look at what they did to 5A’s Kapaun Mount Carmel, Andover, Andover Central and 6A’s Dodge City. All four of those teams were playing in their sub-state finals.
And yeah, it would have been close to East. I don’t think they could beat Heights, but I think they could split, at least, with East. They would be close. But still, says a lot about a school of that size. Would have loved to see them play in 4A or 5A state tournament this year.
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ks07 says:
March 15th, 2010 at 7:43 am
Saw them play twice this year and they were really really good. I don’t know if they recruit or not, I think their football team does but that’s beside the point. The biggest complaint I have is that they can control their population and stay in 3a and that is what’s unfair about public vs private schools. The pool from a town of more than 300,000 but stay in that 3a to 4a range. Not realy fair.
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justanotherfan says:
March 15th, 2010 at 9:17 am
trackdad,
How can you say Hayden would have the best chance to beat Collegiate and discount Sumner. All Sumner did was beat them head to head in game where yes, they had 32 fouls called on them, and Hayden shot 47 FTs, and four of their starters fouled out (three in regulation, one in OT) and Sumner STILL beat Hayden. That means that not only did Sumner have some incredible individual players, but unbelievable depth.
As I said on another article, Sumner’s coaches were rumored to have anticipated potential foul trouble at substate (on the road at Basehor-Linwood) and state. As a result, the coaches prepared their team by making their reserves play more in important simulated situations in practice. If that’s not brilliant coaching I don’t know what is. I don’t know much about the people coaching at Sumner, but whoever came up with such a forward looking plan (if that rumor is true, and given how they played during the tournament, I think it is true) is a basketball genius, because they were ready to deal with the situation against Hayden, and it allowed them to play their high pressure, aggressive gameplan through the entire tournament.
Don’t assume that just because it’s an inner city team they must be poorly coached and undisciplined.
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Panther83 says:
March 15th, 2010 at 9:18 am
Teldridge i know who they play and said they are a quality team.However the fact is they have giant advantage playing in 3a vs small town KS and anyone who denies that is just intellectualy dishonest. I dont have any hate for the program at all but “dream team” goes a little to far considering the playing field is not close to level.
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depp says:
March 15th, 2010 at 10:29 am
Hard for me to believe that the another team other than the one who WON the state title in 4A would have a better shot at beating collegiate. Doesn’t make sense. it is pretty obvious that Sumner is the best 4A team and while Fiegel is a heck of coach you don’t win state with a crappy coach at Sumner. Would be a great game and perhaps Collegiate’s depth would pay off, but while the first 5 could play with many guys in 6A the second 5 would struggle against the GWAL athletics.
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patrick says:
March 15th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
wcs is kinda like the old Moundridge team or Hillsboro,those were great teams and class acts.MHS won four in a row.WCS tried to be like them.The Mac High teams are classy group and know how to win.Remember these kids have to pay to go to wcs and it is a hard school.Even if they qualify for aid,it is costly.WCS kids and families remember how cool those teams were,hesston also.Hillsoboro beat wcs by 40 or 50 with Jones and Drigger,they were great,and Holloway at Moundridge,WCS kids tried to be like them.
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teldridge says:
March 15th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
ks07:
I don’t think it would be the worse idea to count every 1 person that attends Collegiate as 1.5 when it comes to sorting out classes. I think that would put them in Class 4A, which I think would be a good spot for them. Remember, it’s not liking Collegiate is just pumping out senior classes like the one they had last year. I think 4A would be the right fit, but it’s not Collegiate’s fault that KSHSAA doesn’t do anything for private schools when it comes to counting population.
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teldridge says:
March 15th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
justanotherfan:
Agreed, Sumner and Hayden are two very talented teams. Would be a great game to watch either play against WCS.
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teldridge says:
March 15th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
Panther83
Haha, well yeah I don’t think anyone is arguing that, so I agree with you there. But if Collegiate has such an advantage, than why hasn’t it won the state title every year. I think they’ve won 3 of the last 4, but before that there was a long stretch of time where they didn’t win. I think they’ve just had a few good classes of basketball players come through and they’ve had a nice run. After this year, I don’t think they will be as dominant as they have been. Do you think Collegiate moving up to Class 4A would solve the problem, or what would your solution be?
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teldridge says:
March 15th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
depp:
Funny you say Collegiate’s Second Wave would struggle with GWAL’s athleticism, since it’s so much more athletic than the starting five. That is a big reason why the Spartans have been so dominant this season – it’s second five. When they come in, the score may not always show it, but they wear teams down so fast with their full-court pressure. So when the starters come back in, the other team’s starters are already worn out.
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teldridge says:
March 15th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
Menudo:
Really? I don’t know man. When I played middle school basketball, Maize and Valley Center were dominant. No one could get within 20 points of them. My 8th grade year when I was at Goddard Eisenhower, Maize shut us out through three quarters. Yes, shut out. It was like 70-0. They were all close to 5-10/5-11, which was huge in middle school. But they all topped out in middle school. In high school, most of them went on to other sports or didn’t play much on varsity. It’s hard to predict, I think. You just never know. True, some players just have those basketball skills at an early age. But to suggest Collegiate goes around raiding 5th-grade basketball teams is a bit ridiculous. Parents send their kids to Collegiate for the education (they are the top college prep school in the city) and because it’s a private school. If you want to send your kid to a private school, than why shouldn’t you be able to if you’re willing to swallow the cost. It’s the same thing as Catholic parents living in different districts sending their kids to Bishop Carroll or Kapaun.
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depp says:
March 15th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
If that is the case taylor then why is everything written about how good this senior class is? I mean you have called the first five the “Dream Team”. Perhaps they are athletic, but the seniors are better basketball players from the game I saw and I have a feeling next year collegiate will be back to normal and 3A will have a different state champ.
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crack says:
March 15th, 2010 at 6:56 pm
Check the roster at Collegiate most are Catholic and should be going to KMC but why not? Look at the Gym and Football field, and yes I know KMC is getting a new Gym but astro turf compared to weeds most kids would pick astro turf.
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spartan says:
March 15th, 2010 at 7:16 pm
Just because you are Catholic doesn’t mean you should go to KMC or BC, thats absurd.
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sportsfan says:
March 16th, 2010 at 12:18 am
I must have missed the part where Collegiate has astro turf (or field turf – pretty sure astro turf went away about 10 years ago)… Carroll and Kapaun each have/are getting new gyms. BC has brand new turf. Collegiate’s field looked like a mud hole by the end of the playoffs this year.
I realize you’re just looking to get a rise out of people, but at least try to get the facts straight.
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Menudo says:
March 16th, 2010 at 12:38 am
And if they are the “top college prep school in the city” then why do their star players “decide” to go to the crappiest colleges and jucos????
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ks07 says:
March 16th, 2010 at 5:42 am
No way the 2nd wave for Collegiate is more athletic than the 1st group. The big kids in that 2nd group aren’t near the athletes and the guards in the first group are as athletic and bigger thant he 2nd group.
And I agree it isn’t Collegiate’s fault that the KSHSAA doesn’t regulate private schools population count and that’s where the problem is. I don’t blame Collegiate, I think all private schools should play in different leagues and for different championships than public schools, like Texas does.
As for those kids getting together in the 5th grade. It is conceivable that these kids’ played summer ball together and one set of these parents recruited the other parents to take their kids to Collegiate so they could all play together. Something public schools can’t do unless the families can afford to move. Either way it was a really good team and I give them credit for that. More so than I do for their football team who mysteriously will have kids transfer to them from Independent or some other area school.
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basketball mom says:
March 16th, 2010 at 8:40 am
Same ole WCS debate…yawn…..move on…
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? says:
March 16th, 2010 at 9:08 am
How long have most of the kids on Collegiate’s basketball team attended Collegiate?
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teldridge says:
March 16th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
Depp:
Oh yeah, the starters this year were much better overall basketball players. But the Second Wave’s strengths matched up perfectly with what the starter’s needed. But I do agree with you. After this year, Collegiate should return to the rest of 3A’s level. They still might win a state title, but it definitely won’t come as easy as it did this year.
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teldridge says:
March 16th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
crack:
Just because you are a certain religion doesn’t mean you SHOULD be going to a school. I knew a ton of Catholic’s at Goddard. I was Christian. But I’m not going to make the drive to Trinity every day. I just think it’s funny that no one thinks that their parents just wanted their kids to have, what they felt like, the best education they could get. Why is that just so easily dismissed?
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teldridge says:
March 16th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
sportsfan:
I know, I was going to say something too. I remember covering Collegiate’s first-round playoff game and the field was just a muddy mess. Didn’t they consider moving that game with Garden Plain to Friends because the field was so bad?
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teldridge says:
March 16th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Menudo:
Haha, I admire your passion. What gets lost in all of this is these are just high school kids. None of them are going to be playing basketball next year (I don’t think), it wasn’t like Collegiate just loaded up on Perry Ellis blue-chip prospects. These were five kids who just worked harder than everyone else in 3A to get what they wanted. According to most of you, none of these kids could play in the City League, so what’s the fuss? They’re too good for 3A, but not good enough for the City.
Oh well, everyone knows where all of this is headed anyway. As a commenter said earlier, “Same old debate.” It’s not changing. There will always be two sides of it. So let’s get back to what this post was supposed to be about, this senior class.
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teldridge says:
March 16th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
ks07:
You make interesting points. Definitely Cornejo, Fiegel and Jablonski are just as athletic as most team’s starters. But there’s no denying that Raymond Taylor, Markus Phox, Kevin Richardson and Keenan Tisdale are a bit more athletic. Talk to any of the coaches or anyone who’s seen this team play a lot before and they would agree. LeMaster and Bailey are more athletic than Burton and Clark, but they both have their own strength’s. Watching the second wave put that press on during the state tournament was pretty impressive. They got a lot more 5-second calls than the starter’s. And in turn, it wears down opponents and lets Fiegel, Cornejo and Jablonski to spot up around the perimeter against the tired defenses and bomb away.
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teldridge says:
March 16th, 2010 at 1:35 pm
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They’ve been together since fifth grade.
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teldridge says:
March 16th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
Leave me your e-mail and I’ll tell you why.
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spartan says:
March 16th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
What star players for Collegiate are going to juco? The reason that LeMaster is going where he is is because thats who offered him, same with Schooler last year. We also had a girl a few years ago go to West Point for tennis (is that a crappy school?).
Everyone who graduates from WCS goes to a 4 year college. 99% of graduates from Collegiate end up graduating college. Last years class had less than 10 students stay in state for school. The class of 09 has students at Pepperdine, USC, Baylor, Tulsa, Yale, Vanderbilt, SMU and UT Austin among others. Yes, WCS is the top college prep school in the area.
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Post Pong says:
March 16th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
Yeah, Hutch Community College and Cowley County are great four year schools but they kick you out after only two years for some reason. Friends is a great school too as is Northern Iowa…well worth putting in all the “hard work” in the classroom and “paying” Collegiates huge tuition for.
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teldridge says:
March 16th, 2010 at 4:07 pm
Post Pong:
A true battle of will’s right now. Your e-mail addresses are gaining steam in funniness, though (Censorship is a crime against humanity). How about you leave your real one and I will e-mail you why I can’t let that post stay up.
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bballfan says:
March 16th, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Taylor saw the facts that they don’t recruit, and everyone should see them too. Why would a kid go to collegiate just to play sports? Facilities? Are you kidding me? Public schools have better facilities than collegitate. There is no reason, and if we recruited tons of players from the school would be going d1. Guess what? None of the football or basketball players are going d1. These are just smart, talented kids who work harder than anyone else, and play in the exact vision anyone would have for a team.
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bballfan says:
March 16th, 2010 at 6:41 pm
Menudo, no kid from collegiate goes to a crappy juco or crappy school. These are kids who are getting the best education in the city and work extremely hard to win state titles then go to good schools to be purely students. Take last years team, one player was an outstanding student who got a great academic scholarship to tulsa and the other went tot vanderbilt. These are good, smart kids who work harder than everyone else
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Just a question says:
March 16th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
Why does the “recruitment” question just pinpoint WCS every time. Hate to mention the competition, but did anyone read the article about the Independent girls basketball team and the 3 move ins that started playing after Christmas Break…Those girls played MAYB and AAU ball for Rhonda Moore who is the Rule 10 head coach at Independent…I guess you have to have a winning season for it to raise some eyebrows?
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Post Pong says:
March 16th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
WELL!!! If Independent does it then that makes it all OK! The Rule 10 coaches at Collegiate are above all that!
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spartan says:
March 17th, 2010 at 1:00 am
No one is at JUCO and ok aren’t you just proving the point that we don’t recruit… If we did then wouldn’t we be pumping out kids to BCS conference schools? Like the sensible people on this thread, Collegiate has smart students with great work ethics. They buy into the team concept and lay it all on the line to win for their team and school. There is a reason WCS is so successful in Academics and Athletics.
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ks07 says:
March 17th, 2010 at 5:33 am
Nobody in Kansas is “pumping out” BCS type athletes. There are only a handful in the whole state of Kansas.
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crack says:
March 17th, 2010 at 7:35 am
Trailmix, why are you the only one talking, Spartan if I remember you have a kid going to Coffeyville, Tre Bailey ring a bell? You get the facts right. Wow I’m a public schooled kid and I knew me than you two. LOL
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haha says:
March 17th, 2010 at 11:48 pm
as a high school athlete,
why are the PARENTS scared of competion?
it only makes us(ATHLETES) better.
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bballfan says:
March 20th, 2010 at 3:03 am
Tre bailey is not going to coffeyville, public school kid.
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paul says:
March 22nd, 2010 at 1:24 pm
The recruiting of athletes complaints from some schools in WCS conference,or should I say former conference are bogus.If there was one shred of proof anywhere do you really think the state would not have dropped the ax on WCS?
It started when WCS won at football or basketball.The schools they competed against never cared if WCS won tennis or gold but had heart attacks when football and basketball was won.It is unfortunate that some small thinkers have to look at only negative to come up with reasons for losses.Conway wins and wins,did they cheat? Andale same and Moundridge and Smith Center and McPherson and East and Heights and so many other yet everyone goes crazy when a good group plays together for many years and works their tails off .They have to pay thousands to go there and do pretty tough academic work and up in the hours all year to be good at sports yet always have to hear they cheated and recruited.The state is looking to remove all private schools .Why not just give everyone a state title and remove all competition? Everyone could also get straight A’s and all he world would be perfect. Smith Center is not afraid to play anyone nor is McPherson .Not One single recruiting violation in the history of WCS,zero. Believe me if the state had one ounce of proof they would lower the ax at once. Now what will happen is a push to get all privates play each other,it is not like Texas who has schools who do recruit and also hundreds more private schools.I should remind you that every single students parent still pay their fair share of taxes for public schools
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cowley county says:
March 22nd, 2010 at 10:14 pm
and not only do people go to junior colleges to play their freshman year some go there to stay draft eligable…. ever think about that ping pong??
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