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33 EMass athletes nominated to play in McDonald's All-American Games

Print | Comments () Posted by Braden Campbell January 20, 2011 05:07 PM

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Today McDonald's announced its list of nominees for the 2011 McDonalds All-American Basketball Games. Thirty-three of the 2,000 announced nominees are from EMass schools.

Among those on the list of fourteen boys and nineteen girls from the area are Coyle & Cassidy star Brenna Gonsalves and St. John's Prep's Pat Connaughton.

The final 24 girls and boys will be named on Feb. 10 at 5:30 p.m. on ESPNU. The girls will play at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday March 30 at at Chicago's United Center, and will be broadcast on ESPNU. The boys will play at the same venue at 9 p.m., but will air on ESPN.

Boys

Joe Bramanti, Andover; Ryan Canty and Chirs Sherwood, Brimmer & May; Jimmy Zenevitch, Central Catholic; James Kennedy, Cushing; Joe Mussachia, Manchester Essex; Dennis Clifford, Milton Academy; Samir McDaniels and Kachi Nzerem, New Mission; Tevin Falzon, Newton North; Khem Birch, Sam Cassell Jr., Myles Davis, Grandy Glaze, Angel Nunez and Tyler Strange, Notre Dame Prep; Pat Connaugton, St. John's Prep; Patrick Ackerman, Worcester Academy.

Girls

Natalie Gomez-Martinez, Andover; Amber Dillon, Brookline; Gabie Polce, Central Catholic; Brenna Gonsalves, Coyle & Cassidy; Nicole Beresford, Marshfield; Julie Frankian, Millbury High School; Briana Hunt, Sophie Bikofsky and Kendall Burton, Newton North; Tori Faieta, St. Mary's; Mariah Lesure, Tabor; Clare Sullivan, Rivers; Blake Dietrick, Wellesley; Samantha Mangano, Winchester.

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