Memorial’s Lofton finalist for McDonald’s All American game
Published 11:51 pm Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Port Arthur Memorial senior center Kennedi Lofton and two others from Southeast Texas have been nominated for the McDonald’s All American girls basketball game.
The game will be held March 29 at the United Center in Chicago on ESPNU, with the boys game to follow on ESPN. This is the 16th year for the girls game and the 40th for the boys.
The final game rosters will be chosen from the list of nominees across the country.
Roby Onuarah of West Brook and Alexis Morris of Legacy Christian are the other Southeast Texans nominated. Morris signed with Baylor.
About I.C. Murrell
I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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