I was never remotely interested in high school theater. This had a lot to do with my childhood obsession with sports, but it also had a good bit to do with the fact that my mom was the theater director at my very small high school. I was socially savvy at 14. No way was I joining theater. Sorry, Mom.

There is always that weird divide in high school between the kids who do theater and the kids who play sports, even in 2009. It's a complete cliche (just watch "Glee"), but cliches are cliches for a reason. They tend to be true.

So three cheers for Duke recruit Kyrie Irving, who not only stars in basketball at his school but played a part in his high school's production of "High School Musical." And yes, there's video:

Of course, thanks to "High School Musical", Irving is now a cliche of a different sort -- the jock torn between theater and sports -- but whatever, it's still cool. With the exception of that whole screwing Adam Zagoria thing, Irving seems like a pretty grounded kid. Duke's getting a good one.

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