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Stanford WBB signees Maya Dodson and Kiana Williams will be playing in the McDonald's high school all star game this week. Some info is in the thread linked below. Times there are presumably Eastern.

http://boards.rebkell.net/viewtopic.php?t=91434

Let's hope for no injuries this year!

The woofing gods were listening. Dodson took an arm to the face and exited with a bloody nose. Certainly not as bad as last year's concussion issues, but our McD's AA once again didn't escape unscathed! East (with Dodson) beat West (with Williams) 80-74 in OT. Only tuned in to the last minute of OT, so not sure how either played, but a good sign that Williams was on the court during the final minute of IT, and Dodson was prominently featured by the commentators.
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Before the game, I joked that, if the Sun Bowl was considered a "meaningless game" such that the possibility of a career-impacting injury warranted non-participation, that description would seem to apply in spades to the McDonald's HS all-star games, as Anna Wilson could attest.

Apparently, that's not a joking matter after all.  I'm fine with McDonald's picking high school All-American teams, but can think of no particularly good reason for playing the games involving those teams, while spending the past several months witnessing a very unfortunate example of a good reason NOT to.  Hopefully, we don't have yet another such example now.

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[quote author=CompSci87 link=topic=16734.msg190834#msg190834 date=1490763548]
Stanford WBB signees Maya Dodson and Kiana Williams will be playing in the McDonald's high school all star game this week. Some info is in the thread linked below. Times there are presumably Eastern.

http://boards.rebkell.net/viewtopic.php?t=91434

Let's hope for no injuries this year!

The woofing gods were listening. Dodson took an arm to the face and exited with a bloody nose. Certainly not as bad as last year's concussion issues, but our McD's AA once again didn't escape unscathed! East (with Dodson) beat West (with Williams) 80-74 in OT. Only tuned in to the last minute of OT, so not sure how either played, but a good sign that Williams was on the court during the final minute of IT, and Dodson was prominently featured by the commentators.
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Before the game, I joked that, if the Sun Bowl was considered a "meaningless game" such that the possibility of a career-impacting injury warranted non-participation, that description would seem to apply in spades to the McDonald's HS all-star games, as Anna Wilson could attest.

Apparently, that's not a joking matter after all.  I'm fine with McDonald's picking high school All-American teams, but can think of no particularly good reason for playing the games involving those teams, while spending the past several months witnessing a very unfortunate example of a good reason NOT to.  Hopefully, we don't have yet another such example now.