2021 - Evan Meyersick dunks as 7th grader

[AuroranHusker]

We (OWH) try not to cover too many middle school athletics events in this space, but sometimes it's just too good to pass up.

Exhibit A: Evan Meyersick, a 6-foot-3 seventh grader who's averaging 20 points and 12 rebounds per game, recorded his first dunk in a game in the Junior Patriots' win this weekend.

http://dataomaha.com/quick-hit/725#video-omaha-seventh-grader-dunks-in-a-basketball-game

 

[MitchMcGaryMunchies]

POSTERIZED!!!

 

Kid going for the block looks like he can barely get the net

[Red Rum]

My junior high team got dunked on in a game. It was more of a drop step kind of a dunk than a break away. Kinda sucked.

[Norm Peterson]

Back in the days before middle school, when 9th grade was still junior high, I remember a kid who was maybe 6 foot do a one-step, two-foot takeoff and grab the rim. The dunk missed, but the fact he was able to even almost dunk like that was impressive in its own right.

[colhusker]

I was the best dang dunker in Junior high!  Granted it was at open gym on Saturday mornings with the aid of a mini trampoline.

[bobcat402]

a solid hard foul and that kids not getting dunked on again...

[AuroranHusker]

a solid hard foul and that kids not getting dunked on again...

 

Actually, at that level it would be MULTIPLE dunks on said player. The kid wouldn't stop with one. He's so much better, stupid good.

[atskooc]

Having coached junior high basketball, if a team at that level gets dunked on they're probably done for the rest of the game.  They've got their story to tell their friends at school.

 

A hard foul isn't going to stop a kid like that at this level.  Most of his opponents aren't big/strong enough to foul him that hard.