Football: Ute recruit Cravens can hoop, too
Nice article today in the Californian newspaper about Siaki Cravens, the 6-foot-1, 218-pound tight end who signed to play football for the University of Utah last week.
Turns out, Cravens is a pretty good basketball player, too. Maybe coach Jim Boylen will be interested.
Check out the article at http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/02/14/sports/highschool/calhighschool/10_02_432_14_08.txt
Playing for Temecula Valley High, Cravens scored 26 points and had 12 rebounds (not bad for a 6-1 forward) in his final high school game, a 78-60 loss to Canyon Country. Canyon Country features 6-9 center Cody Anderson, who has signed with Montana State in basketball.
Cravens lettered four years in both football and basketball at TVHS, and was all-CIF, all-valley and all-league in basketball.
According to his bio on Utah's Web site, he enjoys performing magic tricks.
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OK, I will admit it.
I've stopped trying to call someone at Kahuku High School in Hawaii every day to get the latest on Benji Kemoeatu, the four-star offensive lineman who committed to Utah then apparently de-committed and signed his letter of intent to play for West Virginia.
He didn't send the letter because his parents weren't around to sign it.
Well, according to Kevin Kinder of the West Virginia-based Web site bluegoldnews.com, the parents are home now, but the letter is still home, too.
"Benji has not sent in his letter of intent, but West Virginia is still on top," his father, Manako, told Kinder on Wednesday. "He has been talking to a couple of people on the East Coast, but he still has the [oral] commitment to West Virginia. He is still thinking about the whole process."
The Web site noted that one of the big factors in Kemoeatu's decision is the proximity of his older brother, Chris Kemoeatu, who plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers. I'm told Pittsburgh is about an hour away from Morgantown, W.V.
However, I talked to Chris Kemoeatu's agent, former Judge Memorial star Kenny Vierra, now a San Francisco attorney, the other day.
Vierra told me that Chris Kemoeatu is a restricted free agent this year and an unrestricted free agent after the 2008 season. The likelihood that he's in Pittsburgh a year from now isn't high.
The other Kemoeatu brother in the NFL, Ma'ake, plays for the Carolina Panthers.
Turns out, Cravens is a pretty good basketball player, too. Maybe coach Jim Boylen will be interested.
Check out the article at http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/02/14/sports/highschool/calhighschool/10_02_432_14_08.txt
Playing for Temecula Valley High, Cravens scored 26 points and had 12 rebounds (not bad for a 6-1 forward) in his final high school game, a 78-60 loss to Canyon Country. Canyon Country features 6-9 center Cody Anderson, who has signed with Montana State in basketball.
Cravens lettered four years in both football and basketball at TVHS, and was all-CIF, all-valley and all-league in basketball.
According to his bio on Utah's Web site, he enjoys performing magic tricks.
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OK, I will admit it.
I've stopped trying to call someone at Kahuku High School in Hawaii every day to get the latest on Benji Kemoeatu, the four-star offensive lineman who committed to Utah then apparently de-committed and signed his letter of intent to play for West Virginia.
He didn't send the letter because his parents weren't around to sign it.
Well, according to Kevin Kinder of the West Virginia-based Web site bluegoldnews.com, the parents are home now, but the letter is still home, too.
"Benji has not sent in his letter of intent, but West Virginia is still on top," his father, Manako, told Kinder on Wednesday. "He has been talking to a couple of people on the East Coast, but he still has the [oral] commitment to West Virginia. He is still thinking about the whole process."
The Web site noted that one of the big factors in Kemoeatu's decision is the proximity of his older brother, Chris Kemoeatu, who plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers. I'm told Pittsburgh is about an hour away from Morgantown, W.V.
However, I talked to Chris Kemoeatu's agent, former Judge Memorial star Kenny Vierra, now a San Francisco attorney, the other day.
Vierra told me that Chris Kemoeatu is a restricted free agent this year and an unrestricted free agent after the 2008 season. The likelihood that he's in Pittsburgh a year from now isn't high.
The other Kemoeatu brother in the NFL, Ma'ake, plays for the Carolina Panthers.
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