We see from the area, and locally, some big names on the Southeast United States nominees list for the McDonald’s All-American basketball game, and we see Raven Preston, with the Quality Education Academy, Michael Zanoni, from the Greensboro Day School, and Dawson McAlhany, from Bishop McGuinness… Congrats to these young men and woman for making the list, for this years McDonald’s All-American Basketball Game, and they are now officially nominated, and pull for them to make the final cut and end up on the team, and in the game….Good job Raven, Michael, and Dawson, and all three of you deserve…
The 42nd Annual Boys Game will tip-off on Wednesday, March 27 from Atlanta’s State Farm Arena and will be broadcast on ESPN2. The 18th Annual Girls Game will precede the Boys Game and will broadcast live on ESPN2. On the girls list of nominees from Northwest Guilford High School are two Virginia Tech commits for 2019, center Liz Kitley and guard, Cayla King….Also nominated are two local girls from Kernersville’s Westridge Academy, Kirsten Deans and Jordan Tuff…. When you total up to list of McDonald’s All-American Game nominees from all 50 states, the list is 800 names long, but here…
*****On a sidebar, what about Jaylen Alston, from Eastern Guilford High School???***** We have the 2018 McDonald’s High All-American Basketball Game Nominees listed below and locally we have a nice collection of talent that has been recognized/assembled with Andy Pack, from the boys team at Northern Guilford High School, then there’s John Newman III and Will Dillard from the boys team at Greensboro Day School, you have Aaron Wiggins and Jaylen Hoard, from the boys team at Wesleyan Christian Academy, plus there’s CJ Cappuccio and Ryan Moon, from Bishop McGuinness and that gives us seven local men, with a chance…
Coach Freddy Johnson(Greensboro Day School) will have big Kennedy Meeks(West Charlotte High School) at his disposal in tomorrow night’s McDonald’s All-American Basketball Game and they should be some real good ‘outlet passes’ based upon what we have been hearing….. “Kennedy Meeks (is) a Sean May lookalike when he was a junior or senior in high school,” Roy Williams said on his radio show recently. “He’s got to get his body into shape but (has) great hands. (He is) probably the best outlet passer that I’ve ever recruited. The way we like to run, if we can get the perimeter guys…
Freddy Johnson(Greensboro Day School) named to coach the East team in this year’s 2013 McDonald’s All-American Game in Chicago Freddy Johnson(Greensboro Day School) has been maned the head coach of the East team in this year’s McDonald’s All American Basketball Game to played in Chicago, Illinois….Steve Shelton and Jeff Smith from the Greensboro Day School will be Coach Johnson’s assistant coaches for that game….Two North Carolina high school players, Isaiah Hicks(J.F. Webb HS) and Kennedy Meeks(West Charlotte HS) have been maned to the East squad that will be coached by Freddy Johnson…. Game to be on April 3 at the…