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June 4, 2008

Closing with controversy

The Philadelphia-area private school that hosted one of the nation's top high school basketball recruits is apparently set to close the school and the basketball programs, perhaps as early as tomorrow.

American Christian Academy, located in Aston, Pa., will not only drop its varsity sports programs, but will close entirely, amid criticism from a former coach that it was one of those diploma mills that the NCAA has taken increasing interest in in recent years.

The school, which is run by the First Baptist Church of Aston, had been home to Tyreke Evans, the Most Valuable Player at this year's McDonald's All America Game. Evans, who was the subject of an intense recruiting war, has committed to play basketball at Memphis next fall.

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