It was part of the Parade All-American series that originated with boys basketball before branching to other sports. But it didnt matter with the running game so dominant against what had been a formidable Little Hawk defense. King's 'towers' rule All-Staters: The 1992-3 Tribune All-State boys Bloomington South is a great example of a team that didn't necessarily need to overpower teams with size to win a lot of games, going undefeated and winning a coveted Indiana state championship. Ames went 27-0 in 2009-10 their second consecutive state championship Vance Downs was named USA Today National Coach of the Year and the team finished No. This was a two-year stretch under head coach Michael Peck in which Findlay went 61-1. PLAYER OF THE YEAR Louis Bullock Guard Laurel Baptist Senior 6-3 Repeat All-Met. 1 in our boys' rankings. After starring at St. Nicholas, Sealy starred for St. John's University, then played eight seasons in the NBA. Led 33-1 Crimson Tide to No. Peoria Manual High lost its only game of the season to Chicago Carver early in the season, then stormed back to set up a state semifinals showdown with another nationally ranked team in Thornton High. Cage needed 28 rebounds in the final game of the regular season to beat Chicago Bulls forward Charles Oakley for the rebounding title and grabbed 30. 3 scorer in state history. Davis most exciting play was setting up Tremaine Fowlkes for a dunk with an alley-oop pass. 3 in the national rankings and won a Class 4A state championship. Key players: Oscar Robertson, Albert Maxey, Bill Brown, Stan Patton, Edgar Searcy. Wilkins went on to become arguably the greatest player in franchise history. Forward It was Robinson who hit the game-winning free throws against Seton Hall in overtime of the championship game. Key players: Jerry Stackhouse, Jeff McGinnis, Mark Blount, Makhtar Ndiaye, Alex Sanders, Curtis Staples, Jermaine Smith, Mike Brittain, Tavares Johnson. They were featured on "Dateline," "Regis and Kathie Lee," and in People Magazine and ended the season on a 50-game winning streak. Phill Hawkins, The Heights; Ray Hawkins, Kennedy; Bobby Hogan, Find out where your teams stands. 2 in all the major national polls. They were similar, but Livingston had more awards. The only team in the U.S. who could say they were better than Woodlawn in 2002-03 was the Lebron James-led St. Vincent-St. Mary High squad out of Akron, Ohio. Dunbar finished the season 31-0 and beat teams from seven different states in the process. St. Anthony's was a national phenomenon. Dunbar to the DCIAA championship and City Title Game victory over They also had size that could match up with anyone they played, led by 6-foot-6 leading scorer Pete Trgovich, 6-5 senior Junior Bridgeman and 6-7 senior Tim Stoddard. Johnson, who transferred from Montclair Prep, became one of the first players ever selected to the Southern Section first team (1992) and to a City 4-A team (1993, 1994). Three-time all-DCIAA selection. Hurley's son Bobby is now the head coach at Arizona State, and his son Danny is the head coach at the University of Connecticut. Robert Miller, Largo, 6-0, Sr. City's '93 state champions still legendary - USA TODAY High School Sports Fields, 6-foot-3, reportedly had a 50-inch vertical and once jumped over future Illinois star Sergio McClain for a dunk. Abdul-Rauf was one of the most highly recruited players in the country coming out of high school and played two seasons for LSU, where he was an All-American both years, then was the No. And it was Douglas who led his team to the city championship (over DeMatha) and mythical national championship as he averaged 26 points, 6.0 assists, 5.0 rebounds and 4.0 steals. Arguably the greatest player in Calvert Hall or at least the one that came to be the most well-known was still a generation away when the 1981-82 team won the national title. 5 ranking in City High has built a standard of excellence in which making the football playoffs is widely expected. Few high school big men in history can hold a candle to Philadelphia Simon Gratz High star Rasheed Wallace, who averaged 16 points, 15 rebounds and 7 blocks per game as a senior in 1992-93. Averaged 22 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 blocked shots for Every High School Basketball team in the nation is ranked. Dajuan Wagner's son, D.J. Senior Former Hargrave star Luke Hancock transferred to the University of Louisville in 2011 after playing his first two seasons at George Mason. There aren't too many high school basketball players with the electro-shock hops of Simeon Career Academy's Derrick Rose, a future NBA Most Valuable Player who . Key players: Jevon Crudup, Deric Cofield, Steve Aldrich, Scott Fidler, Andy Nicholson, Bryan Harris, Jesse Battles. Key players: Adrian Dantley, Kenny Carr, Billy Langloh, Eric Coard, Ron Satterthwaite, Buzzy O'Connell, Vern Allen. Took Braves to Maryland Class 3A championship game. He had only one losing season in his final 18 years as head coach, retiring after the 2000 campaign. Recruiting Services Consensus Index (RSCI) Rankings - 2000 6 overall in the 2016 NFL draft. Ronnell Felton, Hayfield, 6-2, Jr. In that time, Hurley won 26 state championships, four national championships and was named USA Today National Coach of the Year three times. Key players: Karl Godine, Jarvis Williams, Carl Byrd, Madison Lane. Boyce is on his second stint as Proviso East's head coach after being re-hired in 2016. 1 recruit in the class of 2023. Less than a decade after Buckner walked its halls, Thornridge's basketball program placed another player in the NBA with 7-foot center Kevin Duckworth. Robert Shelton, Louisa, 27.2 Key players: Jerry Lucas, Larry Emrick, Tom Sizer. Rankings represent the player's final standing within his high school class in a given year. The NJSIAA hired a former cop to secretly videotape the team working out. Two-time NBA champion Mario Elie and five-time NBA All-Star Chris Mullin played alongside each other for Power Memorial shortly before it closed its doors for good in 1984. The crew not only finished the job on time in about six weeks, but they also had fun doing it thanks largely to Dwights energy. Wootten died in January 2020, at 88 years old. Then known as Lew Alcindor, he led New York City's Power Memorial High to a 71-game winning streak and three consecutive city championships and was a two-time Parade All-American. He was just one of three future NBA players on the roster alongside junior Voshon Lenard and senior Howard Eisley. Phone: (309) 663-6377 Fax: (309) 663-7479 2715 McGraw Drive Bloomington, IL 61704-6011 Map & directions : Office Hours Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-4:15 pm (closed Fridays in summer) Illinois Elementary School Association National Federation of State High School Associations. Andre Miller, Verbum Dei--The Southern Section Division IV Player of the Year, Miller averaged 23.5 points, seven rebounds and four assists while leading the Eagles to a Southern Section title. We knew going in that Kennedy was going to be a very good team, Sabers said. And the 1994 City Times' boys' all-star team is . McDonald's All-American roster doesn't have a Randy Livingston. Sentinel went 27-0 and won the 1964 state championship behind 6-foot-8 forward Mike Lewis, who averaged 35 points per game and was a Parade All-American before he starred at Duke, where he was an All-ACC selection and All-American. Wilt Chamberlain wasn't the only NBA player to come out of Overbrook High. 6 overall pick in the 2002 NBA draft. James was hired as the head coach at Austin Peay in April 2021. Ames High hasn't won another state title in boys basketball since 2010, but its two stars have remained in the basketball spotlight on the next level. 5 overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft. Every state has its high school basketball legends. City won three state titles during a four-year stretch from 1993-96 while compiling a 47-4 record. Calvert Hall played a national schedule that year that included wins over D.C.'s Spingarn High and a victory in a 1-2 matchup against Camden (New Jersey) High. Key players: Rasheed Wallace, Rondell Turner, Jamahal Redmond, Lynard Stewart, Reds Smith, Terrel Stokes, Alem Watson. Alongside Tom Gola, Wilt Chamberlain and Kobe Bryant, Banks is often thought of as one of the greatest Philly-area high school players of all time. Photo . Mayo had 41 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists in the 2007 Class AAA state championship game a 103-61 win over South Charleston. points, 6 rebounds, 4 steals and 4 assists. Specializing in drafts with top players on the NBA horizon, player profiles, scouting reports, rankings and prospective international recruits. Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award. He was named the Naismith Player of the Year and drafted No. The Ravens rewarded him with a five-year, $98.7 million contract with $64 million guaranteed. 1 pick in the NBA draft after his junior season for sure and maybe his sophomore season and was a three-time Parade All-American and two-time National Player of the Year. The 6-2 guard was explosive on the fast break and could score from anywhere within 25 feet. Not just for the players, but for the coaches as well.. If he had to, he would have brought the water bottles out. Key players: Cade Cunningham, Scottie Barnes, Moses Moody, Caleb Houstan, Day'Ron Sharpe. Key players: Curtis Walls, Lee Wall, Louis Banks, Sean Turner, Larry Cohen, Reggie Lawrence, Kevin Smith, Dennis Brown, Davis Nieves, Vic Carstarphen. Bradley averaged 19 points per game, and playing all over the country in tournaments, he brought home MVP at every single one. The first class was just 19 students and 1 teacher. Eck spent 25 years coaching mostly on the junior-college level, most notably winning an NJCAA Division I National Championship at Hutchinson Community College in 2017. Rnk: . Arnett Young, Largo. The 5-9 senior, who averaged double figures in points and assists, is considered one of the top 15 point guards in the nation and was also selected to the City 4-A team. Oronde Clark, Forestville, 6-5, Sr. Nathan Langley Yates won its second straight Class 4A state title in Texas and won games by an average of 40 points on the way to a 32-0 record. Tragically, Sealy died in a car accident in 2000, at 30 years old. Averaged 23 points, 11 rebounds, 4 blocked shots and 3 assists. They were led by a pair of future NBA first-round draft picks, Muggsy Bogues and National Player of the Year Reggie Williams, and brought another first-round pick off the bench with the late Reggie Lewis. With Ewing on its roster, Cambridge could beat just about anybody. In order to create the most comprehensive Team Recruiting Ranking without any notion of bias, 247Sports Team Recruiting Ranking is solely based on the 247Sports Composite Rating. City assistant coach Michael Sabers, who is Dans son, was only 7 at the time, but he still remembers certain things about the 1993 season and about the summer leading into it. Potomac (Md.) He held the career scoring record for the Aztecs until it was broken by Kawhi Leonard in 2011. a staff of more than 50 full time recruiting reporters and evaluators that rank and compile data on the nation's elite high school . Washington Post baseball coach of the year in 1986. After Khalid El-Amin led Minneapolis North Community High to three consecutive state championships, the school didn't win another state title until 2003, then not again after that until winning back-to-back titles in 2016 and 2017. Key players: Shabazz Muhammad, Ronnie Stanley, Xavier Grimble. 22.5 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists. Forward. 4 in the final USA Today Top 25 poll. WashingtonPost.com: 1994-95 All-Met Boys Basketball Team Derek Barrett, Meade, 5-10, Sr. . Hall of Famers Elgin Baylor and Dave Bing might have something to say about that. Also selected to the City 4-A team for the second consecutive season. Flint Northwestern has not won a state title in boys basketball since Rice, Rison and Grayer led them to back-to-back championships in 1984 and 1985. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. It was just fun. Sentinel lost in the state championship game three consecutive times before winning it all in 1986 the 10th state title in school history. Robertson teamed with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to the 1971 NBA championship. PRO PHOTOGRAPHY. St. Albans In 1995, Randolph Childress averaged 35.7 points and 7.0 assists in the ACC Tournament, leading Wake Forest to the championship and hitting the game-winner against North Carolina in the finals. Daily scores for basketball, ice hockey, wrestling, swimming, gymnastics and indoor track. The template for how tough a high school basketball league can be has to include the Baltimore Catholic League. What happened next with former Washington High star Junior Bridgeman is one of the greatest (mostly) unknown stories in basketball history. Jerry Lucas had one of the more storied amateur careers of any basketball player in history, winning a national championship with Ohio State in 1960, then winning an Olympic gold medal that summer. Key players: Ellis Johnson, Gene Strother. James was briefly suspended this year over an investigation into improper benefits, then reinstated, and the Irish not only won their third state title in four years but also took down national powers Mater Dei, Westchester and Oak Hill. Don't feel too bad for Ellis. He would stand during the anthem but looked downward and recited Islamic prayer. I remember Kidd and Donte Bright being the top 2. I coached at Davenport Central in the early 60s when Cedar Rapids Jefferson and Davenport Central were the No. Can you imagine the sheer terror of trying to guard "The Human Highlight Film" in high school? Joe Covarrubias, Huntington Park--Covarrubias developed into one of the areas top point guards and was selected to the City 4-A team. Greg Williams, W.T. Dunbar. Aaron Nesselrodt, James Wood, 22.4 Cameron Christie, 6-5, Rolling Meadows. Khalid Shakur, Blair, 6-5, Sr. City lost 31-28 in a game that lived up to the hype with Dwight and Banks making one big play after another in front of a standing-room only crowd at Bates Field. Matching 6-foot-10 posts and future NBA players John Thompson and Tom Hooverwould have been just fine. With five players ranked in the 2023 ESPN 100 and four more ranked in the 2024 . FIBA U17 World Cup in Spain 202022 ( Gold ): 7 games: 7.0ppg, 7.0rpg, 1.1spg, 1.3bpg. He was a Ukrainian Super League All-Star in 2009, NBA D-League All-Star in 2013 and NBL All-Star for the New Zealand Breakers in 2013. Juan Dixon was a skinny shooting guard who took college basketball by storm in the early 2000s, leading the University of Maryland to its only national championship in 2002 while being named Final Four Most Outstanding Player. COACH OF THE YEAR That didn't take away from what the team actually accomplished, winning a second consecutive state championship behind 32 points from future Villanova star Corey Fisher in the championship game. Player Pos HT WT Birth City Birth Date . You're not reading that wrong. Duckworth was selected as an NBA All-Star twice and named NBA Most Improved Player in 1988. The best team their school ever had was the next year, when future NBA legend Oscar Robertson was a senior and led the team to 31-0 record and was named Mr. Basketball in Indiana. Loudonville's Corri Vermilya an OPSWA Ohio Ms. Basketball finalist 6-4 The team, which also was featured in the 2018 documentary "We Town," won consecutive Independent Schools state titles in 2016 and 2017. Woodson; Daniel Sancomb, Twenty years ago, another Little Hawk football team performed at a level to which all other City teams now aspire while cruising to the 1993 Class 4A state title. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf became one of the most polarizing players in NBA history in 1996 when he refused to stand for the national anthem before games because he viewed the flag as a "symbol of oppression" and pointed out the long history of tyranny in the U.S. He teamed with Conley to lead Ohio State to the 2007 NCAA championship game, and the two were picked No. Rankings; McDonald's High School Basketball All American Teams; Olympic Team Selections. Key players: Patrick Ewing, Kevin Headley. Oronde Clark, Forestville, 26.2 Power Memorial Academy continued to pump out elite NBA talent long after Kareem Abdul-Jabbar graduated. Toby Bailey, Loyola--One of the top five recruits in the state. Dodson, Herndon; Brion Dunlap, Woodbridge; Dwayne Easterling, Theodore College highlights: None. Key players: Pete Trgovich, Junior Bridgeman, Tim Stoddard, Darnell Adell, Ruben Bailey. Wallace, who went on to star at UNC and play 16 seasons in the NBA, was the big story and was featured in Sports Illustrated that year. McClymonds, which also counts NBA legend Bill Russell among its former players, also featured another star, future MLB outfielder Aaron Pointer. Booker High won two more state championships after moving from the FIAA to the FHSAA, in 1985 and 2006. 2 Philadelphia Neumann-Goretti High. Frank McQueen, Parkdale, 23.9 Shot 47 percent Now known as Blazer High, it is still the only high school from Kentucky to win a national championship in boys basketball, where it capped off the year with a 15-10 win over Canton (Illinois) High at the National Interscholastic Tournament in Chicago. It's not recency bias to just believe what your eyes tell you. Phill Hawkins, The Heights, 22.5 points, 14.6 rebounds and 2.4 blocked shots. That's a truly remarkable feat for coach Greg Wise's squad. First things first. Key players: Wilt Chamberlain, Vince Miller, Marty Hughes, Howard Johnson, Dave Shapiro. That would be none other than Bel-Air Academy shooting guard Will Smith, the star of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and played originally by Overbrook High grad Will Smith. Props to The Sentinel for putting together this powerhouse online package about Carlisle High's four consecutive state championship teams that detailed the lives of the school's players and coaches before, during and after their time in the spotlight. Ellis teamed with future Wichita State guard Evan Wessel and future West Virginia running back Dreamius Smith to win four consecutive state championships from 2009 to 2012 under the leadership of head coach Joe Auer. Key players: Jayson Tatum, Tyler Cook, William Gladson. The nation's top 100 high school basketball prospects as rated by Ken Mink of the Knoxville News-Sentinel, listed with height, home town and the college that. That doesn't mean the school hasn't continued to pump out big-time talent, including Basketball Hall of Famer Paul Pierce, Harold "Baby Jordan" Miner and Jason Hart, who starred at Syracuse and played a decade in the NBA. The polls found on this page were compiled by the AP based on votes submitted by AP member reporters and editors from Ohio . By far the most difficult school to pick just one team from, we give the edge to Morgan Wooten's 1972-73 squad mainly because of the presence of Adrian Dantley and Kenny Carr, who would both become NBA lottery picks. All Time AP Poll Champions & All-Ohio Teams - OHSAA Ranking the top prospects in the Class of 2022. He was just a special, special football player, and that is what took that team over the top. 4 overall in the 2007 NBA draft. Tremaine Fowlkes, Crenshaw--Selected City 4-A Player of the Year, Fowlkes was the leading scorer (25.5 points) and rebounder (15.8) for the Cougars. East Chicago Washington High averaged 95 points per game during the 1970-71 season, led by a bevy of future pro and college talent. Since James went No. . Here are the City/Suburban Hoops Report's current top 10 prospects in the class. Senior Jalen Hood-Schifino Montverde Academy (Montverde, FL) CG. 26. Flint Hill only won one more state championship, in 1995, and made it to the state semifinals in 2005. Key players: Avery Bradley, Tristan Thompson, Cory Joseph. Chandler and Dominguez delivered and became the first and only California team to win a mythical national title in the era of weekly high school polls, along with their state title. He was just so exciting to be around. By his senior season, Bryant was the most heralded high school basketball player in the United States and led Lower Merion to a state championship while averaging 30.8 points, 12.0 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 4.0 steals and 3.8 blocked shots. They likely would have won four straight state championships if the 2019-20 season hadn't gotten shut down. List of U.S. high school basketball national player of the year awards, Gatorade National Basketball Player of the Year, MaxPreps National Basketball Player of the Year, Morgan Wootten National Player of the Year, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_U.S._high_school_basketball_national_player_of_the_year_awards&oldid=1085118520, This page was last edited on 28 April 2022, at 14:30. The team was led by Parade All-American Howard Porter and future MLB pitcher Hugh Yancy. Guard Key players: Joseph Young, Brandon Peters. After Bridgeman left Washington, he was a two-time Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year for Louisville, then played 12 seasons in the NBA. We came up with the 10 best high school basketball teams of all time. Montana isn't known for being a hotbed of high school sports, but the team Missoula Sentinel High put together in 1963-64 was impossible to keep off the list. Flynn, who played collegiately at Syracuse, had the perfect complement in wing Paul Harris, who earned a reputation as an elite shutdown defender against some of the nation's top players. The star player on the 2016 state championship team was all-state guard Tyler Johnson, who became a two-time All-Big Ten wide receiver at the University of Minnesota and won a Super Bowl as a rookie with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2021. 1 overall by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2007 NBA draft and subsequently became one of the biggest busts in professional sports history. It was a player who was on the St. John's Catholic Prep roster a few years before the national championship team in 1998 who we want to single out 6-foot-6 forward Nate James graduated in 1996, then went on to play for Duke, where he capped his career as the co-captain on the Blue Devils' 2001 NCAA championship team. The last week of regular-season play for ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC women's basketball brought some huge crowds, historic victories and unforgettable shots. He really set a spark.. Teammates Scottie Barnes and Moses Moody were also lottery picks in 2021. They were similar, but Livingston had more awards. Last update: 3/2/2023, Minimum Games Played: 5; Learn more about the rankings # School Ovr . 2 overall pick in the 2022 NBA draft after spending one season at Gonzaga. Below is a graphical representation of how our formula works. And the 1994 City Times boys all-star team is no exception: Seven of the 10 players have received Division I scholarships. Use the "Find my Team" feature to quickly locate your team! 1994-1995 All-baltimore City/County Boys Basketball Kingswood-Oxford Wyverns High School: 6'6'' 175: 87: Rutgers Signed. Our list includes 1982 Dunbar Poets, 1993 Oak Hill Academy, 1989 St. Anthonys, 2014 Montverde, 2016 Chino Hills and many more. O.J. Hall of Famer Jerry Lucas was the star player on the second of back-to-back, undefeated state and national championship teams at Middletown High. Dee Brown led the University of Illinois to the 2005 NCAA championship game while Shannon Brown won a pair of NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2009 and 2010. Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett transferred to Chicago's Farragut Career Academy before his senior year in 1994-95 and created one of the greatest high school basketball duos of all time when he paired up with fellow phenom Ronnie Fields, who was one year behind him in school. Fowlkes was runner-up to Jelani Gardner of St. John Bosco for Cal Hi Sports Magazines State Player of the Year. In basketball-crazy Kansas, one high school team stands above all the rest the 1976-77 Wichita Heights High team led by future NBA first-round draft picks Darnell Valentine and Antoine "Big Dog" Carr. 2 Bulldogs, who He averaged 20.1 points, 3.8 rebounds and 6.7 assists. McClymonds went 32-0 that season, becoming the first high school basketball team from the East Bay to go unbeaten since Berkeley High in 1969-70. For more high school stories, stats and videos, visit http://usatodayhss.com. Led 33-1 Crimson Tide to Kidd and Corliss Williamson were 1a and 1b. 4 on Boylan's all-time scoring list, averaged . Best high school hoops players of past 35 years - Inquirer.com Lone Peak's only loss that season came to Florida powerhouse Montverde Academy, but the team's record included six wins over teams that were nationally ranked during the season. If they didnt win the state title, then something went wrong.. Overall, Central's rankings within the state of Alabama is 94th, 7,097th in the United States, and 3rd in the Columbus, . And it was clearly on.. A wiry versatile player with endless length, Christie is a smooth . No. Some 30 years after the first Wichita Heights dynasty, the school would experience another basketball renaissance thanks to a once-in-a-lifetime recruit with 6-foot-8 forward Perry Ellis. You can lose early, but you can't lose late. Led the Miami Valley Conference in points per game, field-goal percentage (57.8) and . The undefeated Arkansas state championship team reached as high as No. Key players: Malik Sealy, Brian Reese, Adrian Autry. Washington went unbeaten on the way to the state championship. Oscar Robertson left Crispus Attucks High and embarked on one of the greatest college and pro basketball careers of all time. Mike Powell The Hargrave Military Academy 1998-99 basketball team was an absolute problem. You could take the frontcourt from Archbishop John Carroll High's 1958-59 squad and line it up against any high school team in the country today and come out on top. McKinley; Jamail Pritchett, Quince Orchard; Chris Rhames, Anacostia; Of the three players from Camden to make it to the NBA in school history, none were on the national championship team. That was just part of an 83-game winning streak for Kashmere, which was led by future Texas A&M star Karl Godine and Jarvis Williams. But with him, it just made it an impossible team to beat really. Pain Branch; DeShurn Weston, Hayfield; Tito Wills, Riverdale Baptist; Barnes and McDermott were actually teammates in the NBA, with both playing for the Dallas Mavericks in 2018. It's also our second-to-last ESPN . Summerville, Osbourn; Reginald Wade, H.D. Wooten finished his career with a 1,274-192 overall record and in 2000 became the first exclusively high school basketball coach inducted into the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame. They got some momentum going and got us out of our rhythm. The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time from Connecticut High Schools Guard It was a learning experience for those guys. Milt Wagner's son, Dajuan Wagner, scored 100 points in a single game in 2001 against Camden County Tech and was the No. Senior Tatum went on to star for Duke, where he played one season before he was the No. Then he played nine games before he underwent season-ending back surgery. When Chino Hills hired Dennis Latimore as its coach before the 2017-18 season, LaVar Ball pulled his youngest son, LaMelo Ball, out of school and publicly criticized Latimore's hiring adding to the Ball family's history of firebombing every bridge they crossed. Quincy High's unbeaten 33-0 season in 1980-81 was part of a 64-game winning streak, with the 1981 team winning the mythical national title and the second state title in school history and first since 1934.