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Message: [QUOTE="BLUEDOGHOUSE, post: 3675391, member: 981"] I remember talking to Mike Savage and John Fontana about CT high school coaches many years ago. They thought the coach that got the most out of his talent and was arguably one of the best high school coaches ever happened to be Herb Neuhauser. Neuhauser coached at the smallest high school in the state. If not mistaken it was East Granby High School. The smallest boys enrollment in the state. According to these legends in 1970 or thereabout East Granby met Cromwell in the state tournament when Jake Salafia had Weston. Cromwell won five titles from 1967-71. If odds could be put on a high school game Cromwell would have been favored by 20+. Cromwell was a powerhouse that year. Neuhauser according to sources studied the tendencies of Weston/Byrd to such a degree that Weston was held scoreless at the half and Byrd had four points. The late Mel Kleckner coach @ East Windsor in the 70's (then on to UConn) once told Bohdan K. of the Hartford Courant that Salafia has nightmares about that game to this day. Cromwell had five guys that went on to major colleges. Not only did they have a Soph Weston but also the twins Dave/Ed Dlugolenski and Keith Byrd. East Granby led for most of the game until the final few minutes when their best player sprained his ankle. Clay Young (who went on the play briefly at University of Hartford) had guarded Weston most of the game and was injured with a few minutes left in the game. Weston scored the final two baskets of the game to ice it for Cromwell. This could have gone down as the biggest upset in CT high school basketball history. One of the biggest anyways. Cromwell went on to beat Wamogo by thirty-two points in the championship game. Sometimes it is hard to gauge who is the best based on state titles and wins at the high school level. So many decisions such as quality of life come into play when contemplating a move at the high school level. I played against all the talented South Catholic teams with Doug McCrory and Mike Thomas when I was in high school. Reilly was a great coach blessed with great talent coming through the doors at South Catholic. As an example Mike was talented and left Enfield to play @ South ect ect...South recruited the best. [/QUOTE]

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