'Wouldn’t trade it for the world': OSU's Justin Ahrens enjoyed growing up in small town

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“I remember him saying, ‘Mommy, it’s like magic. I just know where the ball’s going when I shoot.’ ”

VERSAILLES — The remnants of a basketball life can be found throughout the Ahrens house.

“It was crazy,” Justin said of his upbringing. “It was awesome, though. I love it. Being a sports family, we were always competing in everything.”Kevin and Susan Ahrens come from large families. He counts five siblings and she has six brothers, so after having four children of their own , they were undecided on whether to have one or two more when fate gave them a surprise: twin boys. On Nov.

It’s a fitting testament to the town of fewer than 3,000 residents situated slightly northwest of Piqua, where Main Street runs east-to-west and features front porches bearing ceramic tiger statues as a nod to the school mascot. The football stadium, dedicated Sept. 19, 1930, is set just below street level and adjacent to a bowling alley. Not far away sits the Versailles Inn, currently being renovated after a devastating fire, and Gus’s Café, open for business through lunch.

Then he came out of his room one day and announced he had found his own team thanks to a friendship with Dwayne Cohill, a Cleveland-area prospect in his class. It was a starting point, and it led to friendships with Robby Carmody and Darius Bazley, a one-time Ohio State commitment who skipped college basketball and is now with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

“He was my best friend growing up,” Justin said of his twin, who is finishing a degree at Wright State University’s Lake Campus in Celina. “Obviously when we were younger, we had our arguments and bickered just because we were probably tired of being around each other, but when we got to high school and middle school and were playing sports, it was awesome.”

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