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Name: Jimmy Ferguson
Age: 24
Residence: Tyrone
High school: Tyrone Area
College: Saint Francis
My favorite sport: Golf
I usually attend games with: The Wharton family
Favorite high school team: Tyrone
Favorite college team: PSU
Favorite pro team: A tie between Red Sox and Steelers
My favorite sports memory: Shooting 30 on the back nine to win districts my senior year at Tyrone.
The local athlete I’ve most enjoyed watching while growing up: My dad, Greg Ferguson Sr.
My all-time favorite local coach: Dick Stever in basketball
The most famous athlete I ever met: Former Red Sox pitcher Derek Lowe
My most prized autograph or picture is of: A book and a picture signed by Tim Tebow
If I have a claim to fame as a fan, it would be: I got to play golf alongside Derek Lowe.
If I were the boss of local sports, the one rule I would enforce would be: Don’t limit your kids to playing just one sport. Let them experience other forms of athletics. Some of the best athletes ever played two or three sports.
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