Springfield's all-time best athlete?

[Yappi]

Who is the best athlete to ever come out of Springfield High School?

[tallmadge H2 dad]

My vote goes for Carla Brookbank. Unbelievable!

[Irish87]

I would have to agree on Carla.
Some other names you here a lot about, around Springfield:

Bo James
Anthony Gary

[hs sports fan]

I believe that Chip Woods should also be mentioned. He was a 4-year letterman in 3 sports (football, basketball, & baseball). My dad was the basketball coach there for 5 years, beginning with Chip's freshman year. He scored over 1,000 points in his career.

[SPRAG]

In the past 25 years I would say that on the boy's side of you'd have to consider Anthony Gary if individual accomplishments are considered for wrestling and football - also in this category would be Bo James. Chip Woods should be considered though because he was an All-League Player in 3 seasons - football, basketball and baseball.

Best girl's athlete, without a doubt, is BECKY VOSSBERG. State honors in volleyball, basketball, track for three years, then softball her senior year (pitched them to the Regionals) - phenomenal athlete and a great student. Missy Jones was also another great 3 sport athlete. Carla Brookbank should definitely be mentioned, but don't forget Alana Barker - helped pitch the Lady Spartans to and unprecedented four straight State Titles in softball.

Forced to choose one - BECKY VOSSBERG!

[FirestoneFan]

Randy Angerstein, maybe or Dean Andrick

[Buckeye29]

I agree that Carla was very good, but my vote would have to go to Kevin "Meatball" Metzger. Dude had it all man, not to mention he can sing and dance.

[spartan71]

as far as singing i could have been lead singer for poison but i declined the other 2 i was a B student at best. thanks though buck29 i needed a laugh

[Irish87]

I think I'm gonna puke. :rolleyes:

[spartan71]

look who's talking..:shrug: .. Bruce "IRISH87" Springsteen!:cool:

[Bdevil4life]

Anthony Gary was/is a bad a** wrestler

[headhunter34]

Anthony Gary was/is a bad a** wrestler

High School: Put an exclamation point on an outstanding two-sport athletic career by pinning his opponent in 1:37 to capture the 189-pound national high school championship… Placed first in state his junior and senior seasons…State runner-up as a sophomore…Also starred on the gridiron where as an all-state halfback and rewrote the Springfield record book for points (372), all-purpose yards (5,278), rushing yards (3,939) and touchdowns (58)…Garnered seven separate Player of the Year awards including honors from the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Akron Beacon-Journal and the Dapper Dan Club…His football jersey number, 26, was retired in 1995

Can anyone top that?

[Buckeye29]

High School: Put an exclamation point on an outstanding two-sport athletic career by pinning his opponent in 1:37 to capture the 189-pound national high school championship… Placed first in state his junior and senior seasons…State runner-up as a sophomore…Also starred on the gridiron where as an all-state halfback and rewrote the Springfield record book for points (372), all-purpose yards (5,278), rushing yards (3,939) and touchdowns (58)…Garnered seven separate Player of the Year awards including honors from the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Akron Beacon-Journal and the Dapper Dan Club…His football jersey number, 26, was retired in 1995

Can anyone top that?

Great post, one thing you forgot is that I don't think he even started wrestling until his sophmore year. He was definatly like a man playing among boys, and he was fun to watch on the football field. Sorry Kev, I change my vote.