Blue Chip Chat: Myles Caragein

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

By Colin Dunlap, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

SCHOOL: Keystone Oaks

POS: DE

HT: 6-2

WT: 265

THE SKINNY: He wears more hats than just a stellar football player, as he is one of the best wrestlers in the WPIAL and also carries a 3.8 grade point average.

COLLEGE TALK: Committed to Pitt. Also considered Iowa, Purdue, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Stanford and Northwestern.

FAVORITE FOOD: "I love just grilling steaks on the grill in my back yard."

DO YOU KNOW HOW KEYSTONE OAKS GOT ITS NAME? "I actually heard this and do know. I think it is from the names of communities in the school district. The key from Dormont, the stone from Castle Shannon and the oaks represent Green Tree."

(That is the correct answer.)

YOU WON A GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. HOW DO YOU USE WRESTLING TO HELP YOUR FOOTBALL SKILLS? "Wrestling helps so much. With the conditioning and the quick movements and your hand work. Wrestling has been vital to my football success."

PERSON YOU'D MOST LIKE TO MEET: "Jerome Bettis. How he pushed through his asthma and had a great career is impressive. That showed a lot of resilience. Plus, I'm a huge Steelers fan."

PEOPLE MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT: "I don't have a break during the year. I wrestle in the summer and also have football conditioning. I never have a day off and go right from one thing to another."