Yeah...That’s why I said I was not 100% sure about Basketball. I’m 100% certain he didn’t play Soccer because I played my Jr. & Sr. years and he was not on the team.
The player you are speaking about was a three sport athlete that played football, soccer, and baseball at Essex in the 80s. He was a quarterback from 8-12th grade and a center midfielder for Coach Stanker 8-10th grade. He caught for the baseball team and Coach Ashton all 5 years as well.
His little brother Jason Gross was also a three sport star athlete having played football. basketball and baseball before graduating in ‘92. They both were first generation college goers as well, Butch at William and Mary and Jason at Longwood University. They married Middle Peninsula NN girls and both have athletic children that play/ played multiple sports at EHS and King William.
Butch is a career educator in his 16th month as principal at LHS and Jason is a combat decorated nurse. Larkin and Hannah Gross were all state athletes at EHS and Tristan Gross still plays sports for EHS. Larkin is a 2 time All American at MU and now a National Champ in golf. Hannah is attending UVA. Butch’s daughter Arria is now starring at KWHS in golf and she is involved in AFROTC at KWHS. Sheri Gross is a counselor at HHMS in KW and Angela Gross is a former decathlete from University of Maryland in her 4thor 5th as a successful principal at Tappahannock Elementary. For the record, Mr. Gross never actually played in a Varsity basketball game at EHS but he did in fact tryout for and make the team for Raymond Whittaker.