Congratulations to Kaneland High School's T.J. Weiss. I coached him as a freshman baseball player and he had a world of ability back then. The next season I saw him play on the football field and he reminded me of former Tampa Bay Buccaneer S John Lynch, just flying all over the field, on a play by play, search and destroy mission to find the ball and hit whoever was carrying it HARD. I felt like then that the baseball teams loss was going to be the football teams gain.
The thing I admired about him as a player, other than the potential to be an elite power hitter, was this kid was literally a coaches dream. The kind of kid who if you told him to run through a brick wall, he would do it. And then he would help you build a new wall.
Good luck to T.J., but I know he's going to do well.
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FROM THE ELBURN HERALD:
http://www.elburnherald.com/sports/kaneland/2007-08/misc/misc1005.asp
T.J. treks toward next football step
Senior linebacker Weiss suits up at St. Ambrose U. in ‘08
by Mike Slodki
An encouraging sign for Kaneland High School senior T.J. Weiss: He continues his football career beyond high school.
An encouraging sign for Kaneland Knights football: the program prepares another athlete for more gridiron glory.
An encouraging sign for the St. Ambrose University Fighting Bees: Weiss says, “My favorite part of football is hitting people.”
The Fighting Bees were a top-ranked team in NAIA football playing in the Mid-States Football Association Midwest league.
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