Dayton Daily News education reporter Scott Elliott writes about schools, kids, teaching and learning.
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Dayton’s dynamic duo
I think its pretty amazing that a small city like Dayton had two hometown girls make the 12-player roster for the World University Games.
Brandie Hoskins and Meghan Duffy both played on a nationally competitive select team called the Dayton Lady HoopStarts before high school and then starred together at Ohio girls basketball powerhouse Chaminade-Julienne High School.
Hoskins is now at Ohio State and Duffy stars for Notre Dame.
Fifty players tried out for the University Games team. Here’s a Dayton Daily News story when they both made the team.
As expected, Team USA trounced everyone en route to the Gold. Here’s a story on the gold medal game from ABC News.
Dayton has had a good run of producing top women’s basketball talent. But landing two players on a team this good is pretty tough. I saw these two play together in high school and they were fun to watch. So as basketball season approaches, keep an eye out for these two.
There was a nice story on Duffy in the South Bend Tribune this week. The championships were held in Turkey and I had to chuckle at the story’s account of Duffy forking over $12 for a McDonald’s meal because she didn’t like the local food.
Come on, live a little! There’s a lot more to Turkish food than lamb. I had many delicious dishes during the week I spent there.
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By Charlene
August 29, 2005 2:04 PM | Link to this
Thanks for doing this Scott. IT seems some people don’t recognize how unusual this is. They are great young ladies who continue to make us proud.