 As a sophomore in the fall of 1995 , he was moved up to the varsity basketball team from the junior varsity due to injuries . As a junior , his presence was significant enough that one opposing team practiced with a coach holding a broom in the air to simulate playing against him . He helped his team reach the Class 4A @-@ state Region II final . As a junior in baseball , Young threw a no @-@ hitter against McKinney High School in Spring 1997 . However , he missed a large part of the season after getting off to a 6 – 0 start because of a stress fracture in his foot . Nonetheless , he was already considered a top professional prospect , and he was named as one of seven Highland Park players on the all @-@ district team . By the summer of 1997 , he was able to play for the Dallas Mustangs who were the defending national champions in the Connie Mack World Series , and he earned the win in the fifth place game of the World Series . 
