Mark Komlanc remembers it well. Full gym at Warren G. Harding High School. The line to get in was close to Mollenkopf Stadium.

All to see a Division IV Canton Regional semifinal, which a large snowstorm forced the two teams to play somewhere besides the Canton Memorial Fieldhouse.

The John F. Kennedy boys basketball coach remembers a young freshman by the name of Zach Rasile. The then-McDonald freshman averaged around 20 points a game and was one of the best 3-point shooters this area has seen in some time.

Guard the arc. Don’t let him spot up and shoot. Let him drive or have that mid-range jumper.

Two years later, the teams met in McDonald High School. Rasile, now a junior, was stronger and quicker, not just reliant on a 3-point shot. His mid-range jumper and driving to the basket were just as much a part of his game as the long-range shot.

“Seeing to his freshman year to his junior year, phenomenal,” Komlanc said. “The amount of improvement he had. He was already a great player. A lot of people would be OK with being a great shooter. He wasn’t. I saw it in the gym. I knew he was in the gym. You could see the improvement. Not a whole lot of people could come out as a freshman and start and score 20 points a game, see the big picture of being better and how they can work on it — improving their game.”

Rasile has 2,718 career points, ranked fourth in Ohio high school history. He just passed Geno Ford on Friday. The 6-foot Rasile has 442 career 3-pointers, the all-time leader in Ohio history. He already set the most for a season his sophomore year with 142.

Rasile shot 87-of-201 from 3-point range, but 150-of-278 from 2-point range. He averages 38.4 points per game, with 5.7 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 3.6 steals. He’s shot 129-of-155 from the foul line.

“This year he’s attacking the rim at an all-time level, just doesn’t rely on the 3 ball,” said Bristol boys basketball coach Craig Giesy. “Just a great passer, ball handler, got better every, single year.

“He shoots a lot of shots, but at the same time he’s been getting double teamed, triple teamed, box and one seemingly his whole career, especially the last two years.”

The Bristol coach said Rasile is the kind of player you want to represent this area. Rasile was the Northeast Inland district representative last season for Mr. Basketball.

“He carries himself so well,” Giesy said. “He’s very hard to dislike. If you go watch him play, there’s not too many people who say, ‘I don’t like him.’ He’s mature. I’ve never seen him get wrapped up into foul calls or into other extracurricular things that don’t matter to the game. He’s always had did a good job of having a level head. It’s kind of how he plays the game.

“I think it’s great for our area. I think it’s great for Trumbull County, small-school basketball. It’s great for that as well, being an ambassador of small-school basketball being at Bristol. I think he represents us really well, the area and small-school basketball.”

Lakeview boys basketball coach Ryan Fitch, whose Bulldogs played McDonald earlier this season, said Rasile is a complete player, mastering all facets of the game and quietly going about his business.

“The best thing I like about him is the type of kid he is,” Fitch said. “If he wasn’t a good player, you wouldn’t know he wasn’t on the floor. He doesn’t say a word. He has no negative body language. You wouldn’t know he was out there if he wasn’t the best player on the court.

“That kid is always working on his game. He’s always trying to improve.”

As for Mr. Basketball, the last one to win it from this area is Bob Patton, Jr., from Liberty in 1990.

“Every time you hear good basketball players, they’re mentioned in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton,” Fitch said. “It would be really nice to see a kid like that, especially the type of kid he is. I couldn’t say enough about him. I would take him as my son right now, hands down.

“I think it would be great for this area to see someone win it from here so people start to notice basketball a little bit more.”

Komlanc said people should take advantage to see Rasile play.

“I think a lot of people are going to regret not taking the opportunity to go and see him if they haven’t seen him,” Komlanc said. “He’s going to be gone. You’re not going to get to walk into the McDonald gym and see him play in any gym in this area for a while to get an opportunity to see someone of that quality. I hope people take advantage of it while he’s still here and get out and watch him.

“You don’t get a whole lot of opportunities to get in the gym and watch a kid like that.”