Jalen Lecque, a four-star guard from Brewster Academy (Wolfeboro, N.H.), will skip the Jordan Brand Classic.
Initially reported by Andrew Slater and retweeted by Lecque, the guard will instead focus on preparing for the NBA Draft combine.
Though still in high school, he is likely to be eligible for the draft because he is 19 and a year removed from his original high school class, according to ESPN

In honor of Girls Sports Month, USA TODAY High School Sports is announcing the finalists for 2018-19 ALL-USA Girls Wrestler of the Year, with the winner to be announced in the coming days. Finalists were selected in coordination with Earl Smith from TheOpenMat.com based on performances and coach and scouting analyst recommendations.
BOYS: ALL-USA Boys Wrestling Team
Cast your vote below for who you think is this year’s girls wrestler of the year.
Note: Poll results will not be a factor in final selection

Justin Flowe, the top linebacker in the 2020 class and 247Sports’ No. 3 player in the country, announced his top 12 schools over Twitter on Tuesday evening.
Flowe, who plays for Upland (Calif), included Miami, Florida, LSU, Georgia, Texas, Ohio State, Clemson, Oregon, Arizona State, USC, Alabama and Oklahoma in the group.

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Whichever team he chooses will get the services of an athlete who has already proven himself as one of the hardest hitters in the country. Flowe was an ALL-USA First Team Defense member in 2018, made the California First Team as a junior and Second Team as a sophomore

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Here are the candidates for this week’s Super 25 Baseball Top Star. Players are nominated based off games played in the previous week. Since this week we released the first regular season ranking, candidates are eligible from the previous two weeks.
Vote now for the top performance in the poll below.
SUPER 25:  TOP 25 | REGIONAL
NOTE: Weekly winners will receive a t-shirt and can only win once per season | Voting ends Friday at 2 p

Sydney Parrish, just a few months after leading Hamilton Southeastern to a Class 4A state title, announced on Twitter Monday night that she will play basketball at Oregon after graduating from HSE in 2020.
Parrish is ranked as the No. 11 player in her class nationally, according to ESPN, and she is ranked as the top guard in the country.
The five-star recruit averaged 21 points and 6.9 rebounds during her junior season

USA TODAY High School Sports has a weekly column on the recruiting process. This isn’t about where just the top five-star athletes are headed but rather a guide to the process and the pitfalls for student-athletes nationwide from Playced.com. This week’s article is written by Ross Hawley, the president of the company. Playced

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Drake London has a ready answer for anyone who doubts his quest, for any skeptic who thinks playing both football and basketball at an NCAA Division 1 powerhouse is akin to reaching for a handful of moon rocks.
Or, really, why do this?
“Why not?” he says matter-of-factly. “It’s something I’ve done all my life. I love both sports. It’s what I do