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Brothers are quarterbacks of different teams
Brothers are quarterbacks of different teams
MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- You don't often see brothers starting as quarterback on any level. In the NFL it's just Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos and the New York Giants' Eli.
O'Shay Sathe is the senior quarterback at Whitefish Bay Dominican High School. His kid brother, Collin, a 14-year-old freshman, calls the signals for Rufus King.
So how did two brothers wind up playing the same position at different schools?
"I'm kind of more of a small school, private guy, and that's why I chose Dominican, and that's why my parents helped me choose Dominican too -- and he was kind of a bigger school guy. He kind of liked the atmosphere around Rufus King, and so that's why he went there," O'Shay Sathe said.
While Collin has helped lead the King Generals to first place in the city conference, he threw four TD passes against Bradley Tech on Saturday -- O'Shay's Knights have followed a different path. After playing varsity for his first two years, the elder Sathe had to go down to the junior varsity level last year, because Dominican didn't have enough players out for football.
"I was upset last year when he had to be moved down to JV. He's been one to dominate and be at the top of the game," Collin Sathe said.
"If I had to do it all over again I'd probably choose the same thing that I did. Dominican is a great school. I love it here. And I'm not jealous of him. I'm really proud of him though, because I didn't expect him to be on varsity his freshman year, and now that he is and he is leading the conference, it's actually, really -- I'm proud to see him do that," O'Shay Sathe said.
The brothers are very close. O'Shay is a natural born leader who has taken pride and ownership in his younger brother's fledgling career.
"I was kind of the guy that talked him into being a quarterback. He was a center in the fifth grade, and he was ready to quit because he didn't really like being a center. Nobody likes being on the line, but he was about to quit and I just told him, 'just go out for quarterback, you'll like it,' and then next year he did, and he was MVP of the league, and ever since then he has kinda took off. We have a pretty close relationship. I love him and he loves me. So I don't know, I could tell you a lot about him," O'Shay Sathe said.
"It's always a kid's dream to have a great big brother, and I'm fortunate enough to have one like O'Shay. And for him to be like, kind of a mentor to me. He has been teaching me a lot -- not only football, but baseball -- not only baseball and football, but also academically. It's been giving me life lessons to live off," Collin Sathe said.
The respective coaches love their quarterbacks as players and as young men.
"He is by far one of the greatest assets and leaders on the team. He's a quick learner. He's very intelligent. He's very emotional and he's very enthusiastic. He wants to win, and he's a great competitor," Chris Bennin, O'Shay's coach at Dominican said.
"The best thing I can say about Collin is he's definitely coachable, but you can tell, when the game is on the line, or even in practice sometimes, he's going to put his head down and he's going to try to run through a guy rather than slide or rather than wait for the whistle or anything like that," Tom Wozniak, Collin's coach at Rufus King said.
Collin's father sees that every day because he's an assistant coach at Rufus King.
"I'm a very proud father. That they both are quarterbacks, they are both having a great year, but the fact that they are two very polite and gentleman," Jeff Sathe said.
Being so close, the Sathe brothers know each other well.
"He's in love with the ladies -- that's one thing! He considers himself a ladies' man," O'Shay Sathe said.
"I try not to be all cocky about it, but the ladies just can't resist this face!" Collin Sathe said.