Shane Murray gets a big old puff piece on his transition from high school QB/Safety to full-time Safety. Apparently it has something to do with being from Hazelwood.
Murray had heard the talk, he knew darn well that a move to safety was something that not only could happen, but more than likely something that would happen.
“I always heard that, you know, I always heard from everyone that they thought I would eventually be a safety here,” Murray said.
“Change is fine with me, it doesn’t bother me at all. I’m a guy who wants what is best for the team, and right now they need a safety and they want me to be a safety. So I’m going to go out and play there to the best of my abilities every day.”
It isn’t just his ability, though. The Pitt staff looks at Murray as the personification of what his Hazelwood roots are all about. Murray is a tough guy on the field, never shying away from contact. Watch him in a scrimmage and it becomes quickly evident that Murray is seemingly always around the action, that he is forever looking to lay a hit that will force the “oohs” from the crowd.
That penchant for mixing it up is undoubtedly the Hazelwood in him.
Uh-huh.
Meanwhile as the Big 33 game limps along trying to get enough star high school players from Pennsylvania and Ohio not to enroll early in college (Jovani Chappel) or just be interested enough to commit the time, they are taking a more proactive stance. Instead, announcing cuts of invited players for not submitting paper work or showing up for press conferences.
Baldwin’s Jason Pinkston and Beaver Falls’ Lance Jeter have been removed from the Pennsylvania Big 33 all-star football team.
Big 33 officials and Pennsylvania’s coaches made the decision on Pinkston and Jeter recently. Leigh Ann Urban, Big 33 director of operations, said the move was because of a “lack of interest” from Pinkston and Jeter.
The Big 33 game, which pits Pennsylvania against Ohio, will be June 17 in Hershey. Jeter, a receiver, and Pinkston, a lineman, were selected to Pennsylvania’s team in January.
“We have deadlines for players to return paperwork,” Urban said. “They didn’t return anything.”
Pinkston is a Pitt recruit; Jeter has not made a college decision. He might choose to play basketball in college.
Urban said neither Pinkston or Jeter showed up for a news conference to announce the Pennsylvania team. Jeter also did not attend a workout this past Sunday at Gateway High School.
“It was decided that they just didn’t seem to want to play,” Urban said.
That’ll teach ’em. These games have been slowly fading as more kids either enroll early or just decline to participate. At some point they are going to end.
