Post - Michael Rembert and Jerrah Young

St. Rita's Michael Rembert (left) and Jerrah Young (right) formed
a memorable post combo in the Catholic League for three years.

By Frank Rusnak
Between the two of them, they averaged 32 points, 23 rebounds and blocked seven shots a game. The both of them were typically taller than the opponents' tallest player by at least a few inches. If you, as the opponent, were fortunate enough to get past one of these twin towers, rest assured that the other would come swooping from the weak side to swat your shot like an annoying fly.

"It was fun playing with [Rembert] because I wouldn't have such a hard load of playing downlow by myself."

Jerrah Young
St. Rita H.S.

St. Rita's 6'7" Jerrah Young and 6'8" Michael Rembert will both be playing Division I basketball. Young for West Virginia and Rembert for Bradley. These two menacing post players helped the Mustangs to a 20-9 record and the school's first Catholic League title since 1970.

When asked for an opponent that gave this combo difficulties there is a long, deafening pause.

"I guess it'd be Mike Thompson," said Young, about his junior year going up against the current 6'10" Duke player. "When we played him we didn't think he was going to be all that great, but he was a big body and he just killed us on the boards and with dunks."

Outside of Thompson, Young and Rembert pretty much gobbled up all would be challengers such as Ricky Cornett (Notre Dame) and Chris Burras (Illinois State).

Young, one of the top one-on-one defenders in the state, was able to increase his defensive presence with the help of the thicker, stronger Rembert.

"It was fun playing with [Rembert] because I wouldn't have such a hard load of playing downlow by myself," said Young, who averaged 18 points, 15 rebounds and five blocks. "It takes the load off of us by playing together. I'd just come over and swat his shot. His presence would help intimidate a lot of people to change their shots and then it'd be easy to block."

Ht.	Player	High School	College
6'8"	Dwayne Curtis	Chicago Whitney Young	Auburn
6'8"	Michael Rembert	St. Rita	Bradley
7'0"	Demario Williams	Chicago Fenger	Chicago State
6'7"	Jonathan Blakley	Evanston	Dartmouth (NH)
6'8"	Lorenzo Thompson	Chicago Crane	DePaul
6'9"	Kevin Lowe	Andrew	Eastern Illinois
6'6"	Florentino Valencia	Chicago Crane	Toledo (OH)
6'7"	Jerrah Young	St. Rita	West Virginia
6'10"	Ronnie Carlwell	Proviso East	Illinois State