Back when he finished a stellar high school football career as the second all-time rusher in the Greater Spokane League and first at Mead, Scott McGlocklin was the strongest athlete at his school.
He could squat 510 pounds, bench press 375 and clean 300.
“I know I couldn’t do that now,” McGlocklin, a 1997 graduate, said. “I weigh about 230 pounds, and had a lot more muscle back then.”
McGlocklin, who was 6-foot and 217 pounds in his playing days, was described as a combination of bowling ball, battering ram and steamroller as a two-way starter at fullback and middle linebacker. Back in the eighth grade, coaches wanted to make him a lineman. But he resisted.
“I was probably more like a steamroller; an asphalt paver,” he said.
Appropriate, really, considering the line of work he would pursue.
He’s living proof how high school athletics can lay a foundation for life.
McGlocklin had opportunities to walk on at bigger schools or options at smaller schools, but he left football behind to seek a degree in civil engineering at Montana State University.
The past five years, he’s been a project manager for Bouten Construction, one of what he considers four big construction companies in Spokane.
