
Whites Creek’s Ruot Monyyong picked up an offer to play college basketball at Iowa State this week – his first from a major Division I institution.
Whites Creek’s Ruot Monyyong burst onto the Middle Tennessee prep basketball scene this season, helping lead the school to its most successful season in nearly a decade.
Following his impressive 2015-16 campaign in which he averaged a double-double for the Class AA semifinalist Cobras, Monyyong is starting to make waves on the collegiate recruiting circuit.
The 6-foot-9 junior, who played junior varsity for the Cobras in 2014-15 after transferring from Hunters Lane, recently received an offer from Iowa State — his first from a major Division I institution.
Monyyong, who has also received recruiting interest from Memphis and Tennessee State, averaged 18.3 points, 14 rebounds and six blocked shots for Whites Creek, which advanced to the Class AA state semifinals before losing to Brainerd.
Baseball battle in the Boro: Some of the best baseball teams from five states will bring their talents to Murfreesboro this weekend for the 23rd annual Warrior Spring Classic hosted by Riverdale.
Thirty-seven teams from Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana will participating in the tournament on 10 high school fields across Middle Tennessee.
Riverdale, Siegel, Mt. Juliet, MTCS, Oakland, Smyrna, Wilson Central, Blackman, Stewarts Creek and Shelbyville will all play host to games.
Athens and Hewitt Trussville (Ala.), Fishers and Nobelsville (Ind.), Mason and Bishop Fenwick (Ohio) and Ballard and McCracken (Ky.) will put their game to the test against local teams like Central Magnet, Franklin and Lebanon, as well as some perennial state powers such as Houston and Farragut.
Action for the tournament kicks off Friday at 12:30 p.m.
Next-level play: Mt. Juliet native and Father Ryan student Ben Schultheis has been playing for The Thunder AAA Hockey Club in Nashville for the past two years, but had a chance to show off his skills at a higher level last week.
The 16-year-old Schultheis spent last week in Plymouth, Mich., at USA Hockey Arena with some of the best young players in the country at the Team USA Under 17 National Team Development Program.
In all, 48 players from 17 states were invited to participate, with Schultheis being the lone Tennessee selection.
But he wasn’t the only representative from Tennessee at the camp.
Brentwood native and NTDP alum Blake Geoffrion (2004-06) was one of the two guest coaches who led the 26 forwards, 17 defensemen and five goaltenders.
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