Welcome to the 7th edition of our weekly High School Sports and Recruiting Digest, which aims to save you time by giving you the scoop on the stories you may have missed from the last week. Check out the headlines below for what’s been going on in the world of high school sports, and click the links to see the full stories.
Gamecocks Get 2nd Basketball Recruit from Class of 2009
Point guard Ramon Galloway (6-foot-3, 160 pounds) of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, picked South Carolina while on an official visit last weekend. Galloway also had offers from Virginia, South Florida and Central Florida. Last season he averaged 20 points, 5 assists and 7 rebounds per game.
John Wall Improves His Game
Recruiting specialist Dave Tellep discusses how John Wall (#1 basketball player from Class of 2009) has improved his game, along with his attitude. Thanks to ACC Basketball Recruiting blog for finding this.
#1 Receiver Figuring Things Out
According to Sporting News, WR Rueben Randal from Bastrop, LA, recently said that the schools he is mainly talking to include Alabama, LSU, Miami-FL, Michigan and US.
GSK Holiday Invitational Relaunches Its Website
The GSK Holiday Invitational basketball tournament in Raleigh, NC has relaunched its website. The tournament, which runs from Dec. 26-30, features some of the top prospects in the country, including John Wall, last year’s tournament MVP and #1 ranked player in the class of 2009.
Details of Iowa State’s Basketball Prospects
Cyclone Sports Report breaks down the players that the Iowa State staff has the most interest in at the moment.
Texas Lands Avery Bradley
Avery Bradley, one of the top-rated high school guards in the country (#8/Rivals, #10/Scout), has committed to play basketball for the Longhorns next season, according to his coach, Garry Ward.
Rivals Weekly Basketball Recruiting Wrap
Rivals.com has posted a nice wrap-up of the basketball players (at least 40 by their count) who have committed to schools in the last seven days.
Henson Dominates at Dodge Shootout in Florida
ESPN reports that UNC basketball recruit John Henson (Class of 2009) exceeded expectations at the recent Dodge Shootout in Florida. They also have the scoop on some other players who stood out.
Academic Schools Turning Heads on Football Recruiting Trail
USA Today points out that so called “academic” schools like Stanford, Duke and Northwestern on are pace for their best recruiting class since Rivals started covering recruiting 10 years ago.
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