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Sunday, January 20, 2013

Lemont Football Coach, Player Get Star Experience at Under Armour All-American Game

Ethan Pocic, the LSU football recruit, spent time in Florida this month with some of the best high school football players in the country. He was joined by his Lemont coach, Eric Michaelsen.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Lemont Football Coach, Player Get Star Experience at Under Armour All-American Game

Ethan Pocic, the LSU football recruit, spent time in Florida this month with some of the best high school football players in the country. He was joined by his Lemont coach, Eric Michaelsen.

Ethan Pocic, the lumbering Lemont graduate and LSU-bound football recruit, was lauded by his coach for his toughness and willingness "to play through pain and sickness." That toughness is what helped the 6-foot-6, 290-pound left tackle land at LSU, one of the most consistently great college football teams in the country. At the Under Armour All-American Game earlier this month, that toughness was on display: Pocic fought through a virus he had and then dislocated his finger on the second play, though decided to sit out the rest of the time. "They told me, 'It's just an All-Star game, stay healthy,'" Pocic said, recalling his experience.  Although he didn't get to play the rest of the game, Pocic said he had a fantastic time in Florida. He …

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