EDMONTON — At a towering 6-foot-10, Max Petryk is the tallest player to suit up for the Ross Sheppard T-Birds senior boys’ basketball team in at least 25 years, maybe ever. He also has Tourette Syndrome which, as you might now agree, is neither the most nor the least interesting thing about him. However, in class sometimes I will roll my shoulder back or every half an hour I’ll make a small grunt in my throat.”Rather than have an ill-timed noise become an issue at school, Petryk was proactive. Dave Youngs said he and fellow boys’ basketball coach Steve Sir almost kicked Petryk out of the gym. “From barely playing in junior high to starting on a high school team, the jump has just been amazing, but there is still a long way to go.

Source: National Post April 28, 2018 02:26 UTC