A Sea Of Red

Justin Jackson, who played for HCYA, the same homeschool program as the Sanders brothers, just won the MVP of the McDonald's All-America game, scoring 23 points. He is a 6'8" forward who signed with UNC in November.

Current Flame Ryan Kemrite, who played for rival Houston homeschool program SATCH, played against Jackson several times, and reportedly outscored him on each occasion, which in no way implies he is in Jackson's class as a player, but may be something he can tell his grandchildren.

On the greeting to his Twitter Jackson describes himself as a 6'8" CHRISTIAN who happens to be good at basketball. I still believe the day will come when someone like him will choose to come to the mountain and set a trend for others to follow.

Too bad he couldn't get into a real basketball school if he is that good.

Great kid. I haven't talked to him in about a year or so since my son has moved from the HCYA to the SATCH program. But he loves the Liberty experience even though we were never under serious consideration. He has a wardrobe full of our gear. I'm not sure what it is like on the East Coast, many of the best athletes are going the homeschool route down here in Texas regardless of sport. And HCYA in particular has proven itself to be a great way to get a major college scholarship. The poor public schools have a tough time competing with the homeschool teams down here.

It's definitely not the same on the East Coast there was a homeschool in the same league as my high school and they were awful just a bunch of awkward, uncoordinated big men and un-athletic trigger happy shooters. Around here, especially in Philly and Baltimore, the really good players that end up playing at major colleges go to private schools (Catholic schools for the most part).