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| December 4, 2008
STATE FARM SPONSORS BASKETBALL SHOOTOUT Five Back-to-back Games in One Day BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Kentucky high school boys’ basketball calendar just got another event stronger. State Farm announces its sponsorship of the State Farm Shootout, a new, mid-season event taking place on January 31, 2009 at Bowling Green High School. The event will be a day of non-stop hoops action with five back-to-back games between squads from Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio. Teams from Henderson County, Louisville Male, Louisville Eastern, Murfreesboro Siegel from Middle Tennessee, and Huber Heights Wayne from outside Dayton, Ohio will travel to compete against Warren East, Franklin-Simpson, Allen County Scottsville, Greenwood, and Bowling Green respectively. See the full schedule here. “Giving our area teams a chance to meet some fresh competition and developing relationships with strong athletic programs outside our area are the main reasons we wanted to support this new tournament,” State Farm agent D.C. Clement said. Spectators can expect loads of giveaways from State Farm throughout the day while watching talented future college players. Local athletes to keep an eye on include Greenwood's 6'2" junior forward Dee Anderson, Warren East's 6'3" sophomore guard Mark Biggs, Bowling Green's 5'11" senior guard Tevin Barksdale and 6'3" junior guard D.J. Ray, and 6'8" senior center Jim Murphee, 6'1" senior guard Courtney Dalcourt and 6'6" junior forward Terry Bryant from Franklin-Simpson. Allen County has 6'9" senior center Phillip Hayes and 6'5" junior forward Kevin Bunton heating up the court. Visiting players
to watch include Male's 6' junior guard Kevin Glenn and 6'6"
senior center O.J. Bell, Eastern's 6'1" junior guard Delquan
Thomas, Wayne's 6'5" sophomore forward Markus Crider and sophomore
point guard Travis Trice, and Siegel's 6'5" junior forward
Kerry Hammonds and 6'6" junior forward LeVon Tate.
For more tournament
information, contact D.C. Clement at 270-791-0052 or dc@dcclement.net.
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