Senior at Cleveland's John Hay High School in slam dunk finals
Posted: 03/06/2013
CLEVELAND - It started three weeks ago with a story on NewsChannel5. Now John Hay High School's Maurice O'Field is close to making his dream come true, competing on the national stage in Atlanta.
O'Field was one of 16 high school basketball players across the country to be chosen to compete in the American Family Insurance National Slam Dunk & Three-Point Championships.
The competition is conducted online on Facebook in a bracket challenge. You can help Maurice reach his goal by going to Facebook.com/HighSchoolSlam You are allowed to vote just once a day for the player of your choice.
Winners of the Facebook competition will be announced Wednesday, March 20 and will travel to Atlanta April 4 to 5 to compete in the championship airing April 6 at 2 p.m. ET on CBS.
O'Field will attend Middle Tennessee State to play basketball next fall.
Follow Mike Cairns on Twitter @MikeCairns5
Copyright 2013 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
PRINT- Nominate Student Athlete
Click here to nominate someone for our high school student athlete of the week
HS Football Stories
-
Mentor softball is state bound
This has been the year of the Mentor Cardinals. The Lake County school set a school record with 10 district championships during the current school sports season.
-
OSHAA public vs private showdown again
Coaches and administrators in Ohio have complained for years that non-public or parochial schools have an advantage when it comes to drawing students -- in particular athletes.
-
Vadini calling hours and funeral updated
-
Mentor HS wins first-ever state title
-
Mentor defeats Toledo Rogers 76-67
-
VASJ beats Leipsic, 87-63 for D-4 title
-
Watterson defeats St. Vincent-St. Mary.
