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game played on Sunday, April 11, 1986, at the

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. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 1986. The game was the 9th annual version of the

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first played in 1978.

1986 game

The game was telecast by

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. The East team had many of the top ranked forwards of the 1986 class, including

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, who went on to win

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; the West team relied on forwards Nick Anderson,

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and Terry Mills, and center

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. The protagonists of the 1986 game were East players

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, a guard who scored 19 points, Steve Hood (16 points) and Reid who won the MVP award (23 points, 8 rebounds); for the West, Derrick Coleman recorded 19 points and 15 rebounds, while Mills scored 20 points along with 5 rebounds. Schintzius and Randall scored 15 points each; Schintzius also had 5 blocks. 1986 game and rosters at page 72. Of the 25 players, 13 went on to play at least 1 game in the

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East roster

1986 roster at pages 4.

West roster

Coaches

The East team was coached by: * Head Coach Stewart Vetter, Jr. of

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) The West team was coached by: * Head Coach J. E. Evans of Keith High School (

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)

References

External links

McDonald's All-American on the webMcDonald's All-American all-time rostersGame stats at Realgm.com
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