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Three years ago, Guerdwich Montimere helped lead Dillard to a berth in the boys' state basketball tournament.
Today, some of Montimere's former coaches believe the 2007 graduate has resurfaced — as Jerry Joseph, a high school sophomore playing basketball in Odessa, Texas.
"I'm 100 percent sure," Boyd Anderson assistant coach Cedric Smith said. "I would bet my paycheck."
Smith says he and coach Louis Vives of the South Florida Elite saw Montimere at an AAU tournament in Arkansas last month.
Vives approached him, shook his hand and addressed him by the name Guerdwich.
"He acknowledged me like he didn't know me," Vives said.
Now, they aren't the only ones concerned that a 22-year old may be posing as a high school sophomore.
Last week, officials at Permian High began an investigation into Joseph's background after the school received an anonymous e-mail.
According to a report in the Odessa American, that investigation prompted Permian officials to contact the Ector County Independent School District police, who contacted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/highschool/basketball/browardboys/fl-basketball-switcheroo-0504-20100504,0,7901267.story
Today, some of Montimere's former coaches believe the 2007 graduate has resurfaced — as Jerry Joseph, a high school sophomore playing basketball in Odessa, Texas.
"I'm 100 percent sure," Boyd Anderson assistant coach Cedric Smith said. "I would bet my paycheck."
Smith says he and coach Louis Vives of the South Florida Elite saw Montimere at an AAU tournament in Arkansas last month.
Vives approached him, shook his hand and addressed him by the name Guerdwich.
"He acknowledged me like he didn't know me," Vives said.
Now, they aren't the only ones concerned that a 22-year old may be posing as a high school sophomore.
Last week, officials at Permian High began an investigation into Joseph's background after the school received an anonymous e-mail.
According to a report in the Odessa American, that investigation prompted Permian officials to contact the Ector County Independent School District police, who contacted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/highschool/basketball/browardboys/fl-basketball-switcheroo-0504-20100504,0,7901267.story