If You Done Done It, It Ain't Braggin'

I will forewarn you that this post is primarily bragging.  And it's not even humble-bragging, it's just regular bragging.  If you don't want to read it, that's fine.  No one has you tied to a chair with your eyes taped open.  Plus, since you're already this far, it already counts as a pageview.  So there.

As you may or may not know, I am the oldest (and wisest, and according to my wife, the second-most handsome) of six brothers (and a little sister, whom I love, but this post is about the brothers) and all of us played football for Grantsville High School.  Recently, the Grantsville Gridiron Club was formed and set up a website.  Part of the website allows you to search for All-State players, with data going back to 1927.  Playing with that feature let me see what I already knew, but what seemed more impressive with all the data right in front of me.  Below is a table that summarizes our contributions to Cowboy Football, but first a few disclaimers:

• I do not believe that accomplishment on the football field trumps other kinds of accomplishment.  It would be even more impressive if we'd all served Church missions, or all graduated from college, or all earned our Eagle Scout (incidentally, not a single one of us is an Eagle Scout).
• I recognize that a big part of this is just the fact that my parents happened to have six sons, in a row, all spaced between 2-3 years apart.
• I am not hung up on my high school glory days.  I just think this is at least a little bit remarkable and thought I'd share it.
• We are not "from Grantsville" (we moved there in 1983) and had no relatives there when we moved there.  Now, we're related to most of the town by marriage, but we had no previous connections.  I mention this for the benefit of those who think you have to have a certain last name to play.  

 Without further ado:

Year	Brother	Team	All-State
1992	Rich*	State Champions
1993	Rich	Quarterfinals	All-State Honorable Mention
1994	Rich	Quarterfinals	1st Team All-State Running Back
1995	Scott*	State Runner-Up
1996	Scott	State Champions	All-State Honorable Mention
	Alan
1997	Alan	State Champions	MVP
1998	Alan	Semifinals	MVP
	Carl	Semifinals
1999	Carl	Quarterfinals	All-State Honorable Mention
2000	Carl	Semifinals	1st Team All-State Linebacker
2001	Kevin	No playoffs
2002	Kevin	First Round	All-State Honorable Mention
2003	Kevin	State Runner-Up	1st Team All-State Linebacker
	Brent
2004	Brent	First Round
2005	Brent	Semifinals	2nd Team All-State Running Back

*Not a starter

• A Mouritsen has been a member of all three of Grantsville's State Championships (I admittedly played a very limited role on the 1992 Championship Team, but Scott and Alan started on the 1996 team and Alan started and was MVP of the 1997 team).
• A Mouritsen was on the team for 14 straight seasons and a Mouritsen started on the team for 12 of those 14 seasons, with two of us starting in three of those seasons.
• All of us achieved at least All-State Honorable Mention and over the 14 seasons, we had two MVPs, three 1st Team All-State, one 2nd Team All-State, and four Honorable Mentions.
• Alan still holds the state record for touchdowns scored in a career with 77 and most touchdowns scored in a season with 42, and probably some others I can't think of right now.
• Four of us were three-year starters.

Ok, end of brag.  Thanks for indulging me.