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Nov. 17, 2008: Southeast Raleigh 34, Cary 14
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N.C. State men's basketball coach Sidney Lowe will learn Monday if Durham Mount Zion basketball player Tracy Smith will join the Wolfpack.The 6-foot-8 forward totaled 21 points and six rebounds last season for the Warriors.Smith, from Detroit, is expected to choose from among NCSU, Oklahoma State and Southern California.He is ranked No. 45 on scout.com's top 100 list of high school seniors.State already has a commitment from 6-9 J.J. Hickson of Marietta (Ga.) Wheeler. Hickson is ranked No. 21.Johnny Thomas (6-5) of Greensboro Day is expected sign his national letter of intent with the Pack next week in his hometown of Morehead City.KANSAS STATE ON TOP: New Kansas State men's basketball coach Bob Huggins didn't take long to make his mark.The former Cincinnati coach has assembled the best recruiting class in the country so far, says Dave Telep of scout.com.There is another signing period in the spring and another school could pass Kansas State, but it is at the top right now.Heading the Kansas State group are 6-8 Michael Beasley of Fitchburg (Mass.) Notre Dame and Durham's 6-4 Dominique Sutton of Lenoir Patterson school.Bill Walker, who was declared ineligible for high school play this winter, is ranked No. 8 in the country even though he is not playing this season.Walker has enrolled at Kansas State and is expected to be eligible for the second semester.Telep has Duke's class ranked No. 3 behind Syracuse.Virginia Tech is No. 12 and Florida State and Wake Forest are 20th and 21st.DUTCH TO ANNOUNCE: Clayton track standout Johnny Dutch is expected to announce his college choice Tuesday.Dutch has won the N.C. High School Athletic Association 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles the past two consecutive years.He was ranked No. 1 in the country in the hurdles for much of last year.He has narrowed his list of possible schools to Tennessee, South Carolina, and Florida.PACK ADDS TACKLE: N.C. State picked up a football commitment from Alexander Central tackle Kyle Linney last week when he was on campus for the Wolfpack's game against Georgia Tech.Linney also had offers from South Carolina and East Carolina and has been chosen to the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas all-star game.Linney is the Wolfpack's 15th known commitment.
High schools editor Tim Stevens can be reached at (919) 829-8910 or tstevens@newsobserver.com.
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