Prep talk: Dwayne Polee gets treated like a legend in every gym
It was like running into Michael Jordan sitting in a gym. That’s how much respect Dwayne Polee commands when spotted in a Los Angeles gym. He was a legendary high school basketball player at Manual Arts, pulling off perhaps the greatest performance in a City Section championship game in 1981 when he scored 43 points before 14,123 at the Sports Arena during an 82-69 win over Crenshaw. Polee is 61 and as people who know him like to say, “One of the nicest human beings you’ll ever meet.” Oldtimers who spot him immediately want to discuss the days when Crenshaw, Manual Arts, Fremont and Dorsey made the City Section a powerful influence in California high school basketball. If you don’t know much about Polee, trust those who saw him play and swear he was one of the best high school players they’ve seen from Los Angeles.
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