Waltrip's 98 State Championship Run

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Mostly unrelated side note. 

Pretty famous Waltrip alum, although much older; graduated in about 1983, none other than..."The Undertaker" of pro wrestling fame.  Real name Mark Calaway.  Played college basketball before becoming a wrestler.

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[quote name="Dick Vitale" post="1393702" timestamp="1365783365"]
YES, it was true!! He was 20 years old at the time and was a teammate of then Duke freshman William Avery, when they were featured as juniors at Oak Hill Academy, TWO years prior to his arrival at Waltrip..He was declared ineligible during the 98-99 season.
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so that 98 championship still counted or was it forfeited?

[Dick Vitale]

[quote name="freeze 1914" post="1394461" timestamp="1366041217"]
[quote author=Dick Vitale link=topic=110910.msg1393702#msg1393702 date=1365783365]
YES, it was true!! He was 20 years old at the time and was a teammate of then Duke freshman William Avery, when they were featured as juniors at Oak Hill Academy, TWO years prior to his arrival at Waltrip..He was declared ineligible during the 98-99 season.
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so that 98 championship still counted or was it forfeited?
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It counts as far as the UIL goes, but when it all happened HISD officials took down the state championship banner in Delmar Fieldhouse. 

[Guest BigCountry66]

[quote name="BLUEDOVE3" post="1393642" timestamp="1365775996"]
Could not resist this one:

http://lubbockonline.com/stories/011199/LD0629.shtml
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Gotta love Drexler's comment about only wanting him if he has good character and wanting to avoid any headaches.  That was how coaches and recruiters thought a couple of decades ago.  Boy, how times have changed. smh