Mars graduate Chuck Young is seen here pitching for the Planets during his senior season in 1995. Young was a dominant pitcher and also starred as a linebacker for the school's football team. He will be inducted into the Mars Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday.

This excerpt is from the fourth artciles in a series of five profiling the Mars Athletic Hall of Fame's Class of 2018.CHESWICK — There may not have been anything imposing about Chuck Young's appearance. At 5-foot-10, 205 pounds, he looked not unlike a lot of high school baseball players.Then he took the mound.A left-hander, Young dominated opposing batting orders, throwing three no-hitters and striking out 131 batters in his scholastic career, which culminated in the spring of 1995 when he helped Mars to a lengthy playoff run.Young also helped Mars football go from a struggling program to a playoff contender his last two years of high school. He will be inducted into the Mars Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday.But Young's future was in baseball.“A scout for the Seattle Mariners had seen me pitch for a few years and he said they were prepared to draft me out of high school,” Young said. “But my dad didn't think I was ready. Nobody on his side of the family had ever earned a college degree and he wanted me to go to college. I ended up going to Pitt on a full scholarship.”Young, though, would never pitch an inning for the Panthers. He admits it was due to a lack of focus.

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