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I coached against his team in a holiday tournament in Greenview last week. He is now the Head Coach and AD at Madison High School. A 1A school near his hometown of ESL. They smoked us. Real talented team but they play a very tough schedule. We chatted after the game. I said are you the Philip Gilbert from Bradley that’s Top 10 all-time in scoring and scored 1,600 points? He said 1,689 actually. I said close enough. We laughed. Talked about Walt passing him on the all-time scoring list and then chatted about our teams. He’s still in great shape and is a great guy. Very passionate coach. With his Madison team’s win over us they earned a berth in the Championship. Knocking us into the 3rd place game.
The next day we won the 3rd place game, we chatted and wished him luck in the championship. I thought they would run away with it as the team we beat in the 3rd place game only lost by 1 against the other finalist. Surprisingly they went down by 5 at the half. He must have given them a very “inspirational” halftime talk because they came out and won by 25, winning the championship. Pretty cool to catch up with one of the all-time great Braves.
The next day we won the 3rd place game, we chatted and wished him luck in the championship. I thought they would run away with it as the team we beat in the 3rd place game only lost by 1 against the other finalist. Surprisingly they went down by 5 at the half. He must have given them a very “inspirational” halftime talk because they came out and won by 25, winning the championship. Pretty cool to catch up with one of the all-time great Braves.
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