copying an idea

While talking with a friend the other day, he brought up an interesting proposal.
He said that ESPN has been doing a feature looking for the Mount Rushmore of sports. I had seen the feature and felt it was pretty cheesy, especially since Ohio was snubbed as one of the five finalists. And when you consider Ohio has such incredibly wonderful sports figures who would deserve to grace a Mount Rushmore of sports: Newcomerstown natives Cy Young and Woody Hayes are two that immediately come to mind; as well as Paul Brown, Jim Thorpe and Jack Nicklaus, not to mention Jesse Owens and Pete Rose. Ohio is the birthplace of pro football, for crying out loud, how could it not be one of the top five in the country!?
Anyway, that’s a different story.
My friend suggested I do a Holmes County Mount Rushmore of sports, which at first sounded like a great idea.
But if I can get as hacked off as I did about Ohio being snubbed, I could only imagine how upset locals would get if I forgot to include so-and-so or what’s his name.
So, in the interest of conflict avoidance, I have chosen to do two Holmes County Mount Rushmores: One east and one west, a 7-Lick Hill for the east and Mast Hill for the west, if you will.
I figured it was easier to do two than one anyhow, since there were four easy choices for each end of the county.
At Rushmore West, the quartet would be: Jack Van Reeth, Lisa Cline, Joe Norman and Colt Sponseller.
Rushmore East would consist of: Dave Schlabach, Perry Reese Jr., Jr. Raber and Jena Stutzman.
Eight more accomplished coaches/athletes you will never find, no matter how hard you look.
So, there you have it. Let the debating begin.