Goble-Rolfe
showdown
hits legendary status
BY ED WRIGHT
Jan. 28, 2010, 11:30
p.m.
I'm not positive, but I believe more people voted in the Plymouth High
School male athlete segment of "Who's the Greatest Athlete at the Park
from 2000-09?" than voted in the recent Detroit mayoral election.
What's more impressive is that you can only vote once on my
website. I'm not sure we can say the same for the Detroit election.
Ronnie Goble, who hit running backs and fast balls with equal
ferocity during his four-year stay at Plymouth, survived a valiant
effort by Colin Rolfe, amassing over 1,600 votes.
Rolfe collected over 1,300 votes and lost. Amazing. I think that
number of votes would have made him governor of Rhode Island back in
2008.
Either of these student-athletes would have been worthy of the
honor. Both excellent students, they were the best at what they did at
Plymouth during the past decade.
Goble, who was a two-way, every-down player on the football team
and a heart-of-the-lineup slugger/center
fielder
for the Wildcats' baseball squad, is currently a linebacker at Bowling
Green State University.
Rolfe, who possessed the finest offensive skills of any high
school soccer player I've ever seen in addition to being an outstanding
forward on the Wildcats' hockey team, was named to the Big East
All-Conference team this past fall, one year after being named the
league's "Rookie of the Year" as a freshman.
Like I said, either one was worthy.
Goble will join Canton's Shawn Little in the "Who's the Greatest
Male Athlete at the Park - 2000-09?" final, which will kick off Friday.
The third finalist will be determined at midnight Thursday.
The female finals, which will run from Feb. 2-5, includes
Salem's Jordan Falcusan, Plymouth's Janet Hanchett and Canton's Allison
Schmitt.
Thanks to everyone who has taken part in the poll.
The eventual winners will receive either a full-expenses-paid,
one-week stay in Hawaii or a PlymouthCantonSports.com T-shirt. I'm
discussing the matter with my accountant as I type.
What's that? My accountant says he's figured out the prize, and
it's good news for the winners -- a one-of-a-kind
PlymouthCantonSports.com T-shirt.
Hey, it's been a little chilly in Hawaii the past few weeks any
way.
ED WRIGHT COLUMN
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Local teams hit the high school basketball
lottery
Unscientific
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don't make sports games like they used to
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excelled in 2009
Danny Cassidy will be remembered as
a
humble, happy young man who had the jump shot to be envied.
Steelers-Lions
rivalry brings out the best in junior gridiron heroes
Let's bury that crazy John
Glenn-Plymouth play
On
crazy finishes, sharp cornerbacks
and unheralded mid-fielders
Let's hear it
for the band, high school volleyball and 88-cent Corn Flakes
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