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“I told him (my dad, Eric), no doubt, I want to be the best athlete ever to have come through the school,” Lake City High senior Zach Johnson recalled last week. “Not just the best football player, not just the best basketball player, the best track athlete,” he said. “When they say who was the best athlete ever? I want that to be me.”

The football standout who won state titles in two “other” sports in addition to helping his football team win its first outright league title in 27 seasons — that’s a heckuva school year in sports.

I don’t remember much else from those early morning visits with Krause, but I remember him mentioning the collapsible rim. Dunking had been re-allowed in college basketball for a few years by then, and was becoming quite popular. With more players dunking these days, and with more ferocity, those old rims would have never stood a chance.