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Russell “Rusty” DeWitt, classmate, teammate, high school friend. It is a name I will never forget.

In 1984, my senior year of high school, we had a decent basketball team. Not one that was going to win a conference championship, that would be wrapped up by Baraboo who would finish the season undefeated.

If one looked down the bench of players seated along the sideline, you would eventually come to Rusty at the end of the pine. He was the kid who everyone cheered for when he got a...