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April 7, 2009

Seton Keough players draw attention with title

Basketball season is finally over for No. 1 Seton Keough, which polished off a fabulous post-season by winning the ESPN RISE National High School Invitational Sunday with a 44-42 win over Riverdale Baptist, The Washington Post’s No. 1 team.

But Gators coach Jackie Boswell is still getting phone calls – some from college coaches interested her players. Although the tournament was held during a recruiting dead period and no college coaches were at the game at Georgetown Prep, some saw it on TV and liked what they saw.

Boswell said she has gotten inquiries about senior point guard Katelyn Fischer as well as sophomore guard Amber Singletary, who was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. Fischer, who got suprisingly little attention from Division I coaches, scored 10 points in the ESPN RISE final while Singletary finished with 13 points including some key baskets down the stretch.

“For Amber, I’m not sure she realizes how big it is yet,” said Boswell, “but we just tried to reiterate how much of opportunity it is. Amber kind of stepped up at the end of this year. After the Jericho Christian loss in mid-January, I really laid into them and I think mentally, they realized, 'This is unacceptable to us. We’re not living up to our best.' I think Amber really figured out what her role was and she really stepped up.”

That has certainly put Singletary on the map with college coaches – and she has two more years to go.

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