Clanton Memorial Tournament Begins In Garden City
Twenty three teams from Kansas Colorado Texas and Oklahoma converge on Garden City for the 28th Clanton Memorial Tournament with 19U 16U and 14U divisions. Opening games Thursday at Williams and Clint Lightner stadiums feature Garden City Storm versus Lakin and Garden City Room. 14U plays round robin. 16U and 19U use pool play then brackets. titles decide Sunday noon. Strong regional representation noted including Liberal Hays Colby Goodland Butler County and Hooker Oklahoma and Widefield Colorado entries.
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Kansas
Colorado
Texas
Oklahoma
Garden City
Williams Stadium
Garden City Storm
Lakin
Garden City Room
Clint Lightner
Garden City Recreation
Jared Rutti
Williams
Rutti
Ulysses
Hugoton
Southwest
Liberal
Hays
Colby
Goodland
Butler County
Hooker
Okla
Widefield
Colo
Panhandle Arsenal
Garden City Elite
Kansas State lands receiver DJ Render commitment
Kansas State grabbed DJ Render of Kennesaw Georgia after an unofficial visit and early scholarship offer. Render chose the Wildcats over Chattanooga East Tennessee State Syracuse Wake Forest and Boston College citing fit speed and a sense of home. He projects as a slot receiver but will play where needed and plans another official visit during his senior year. Render is K States third pledge in 2016 joining Skylar Thompson and Nick Lenners.
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TNS
DJ Render
Kansas State
Kennesaw
Render
Manhattan
K-State
Bill Snyder
Andre Coleman
Bender
Chattanooga
East Tennessee State
Syracuse
Wake Forest
Boston College
Rivals
Wildcats
North Cobb
Skylar Thompson
Independence
Lincoln
Neb
Nick Lenners
NBA draft showdown tests size at No 1 choice
The Timberwolves weigh Karl Antony Towns versus Jahlil Okafor for the No 1 pick as teams debate whether bigs still define the era amid Golden State's title run. Kristaps Porzingis, D'Angelo Russell, and Emmanuel Mudiay also figure in Top 3 considerations ahead of Thursday’s Barclays Center event.
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Washington
Cleveland
John Wall
Kyrie Irving
Timberwolves
Kentucky
Karl-Anthony Towns
Duke
Jahlil Okafor
Golden State
Steph Curry
Warriors
Tions
Flip Saunders
Los Angeles Lakers
Mitch Kupchak
Okafor
Kristaps Porzingis
NBA
D’angelo Russell
Emmanuel Mudiay
Ohio State
Russell
Barclays Center
U S depth tested as two sit out yellows in quarterfinal
U S coach Jill Ellis faces lineup questions for the World Cup quarterfinal against China as Megan Rapinoe and Lauren Holiday miss the match on yellow cards. Morgan Brian likely replaces Holiday, Christen Press steps in for Rapinoe, with possible 4-3-3 formation and Abby Wambach awaiting late sub duty.
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U.S
Ottawa
TNL
Jill Ellis
China
Megan Rapinoe
Lauren Holiday
Colombia
Ellis
Holiday
Morgan Brian
Rapinoe
Abby Wambach
Sydney Leroux
Amy Rodriguez
Wambach
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