Kizer, Shegog Chosen For All-American Game

Potomac (Va.) senior center Lynetta Kizer and Brooke Point senior center Chay Shegog, two of the area's top recruits, were selected yesterday to participate in the McDonald's All-American Game.

Both Kizer and Shegog will play next season in the Atlantic Coast Conference, with Kizer having committed to Maryland and Shegog to North Carolina.

The McDonald's game will be March 26 at Milwaukee's Bradley Center.

The 6-foot-3 Kizer is averaging 20 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocks for Potomac (13-8). Kizer received more than 30 Division I scholarship offers.

"When I found out I was like, 'That's crazy.' I was kind of shocked. But I was excited, too," Kizer said.

The 6-5 Shegog had Connecticut, Duke, Maryland and Tennessee on her final list before electing to play for the Tar Heels. She is averaging 20.5 points, 9.2 blocks and 15 rebounds for Brooke Point (9-12).

"It's a big honor and I'm just happy that I was blessed enough to get chosen for the game," Shegog said. "I won't say it was all I wanted, but it was like at the top of the list."

The pair also has been selected to participate in the Women's Basketball Coaches of America High School game on April 5 at the University of South Florida in Tampa.

Frenetic Finish

It was one of the more bizarre finishes in recent memory last Friday. After Forestville senior forward Anton Burley rebounded his own missed free throw and scored to tie the game at 69, Potomac Coach Anthony Dorsey pulled his team off the court and refused to play overtime.

Dorsey was upset that game officials allowed the basket to count even though Burley's missed free throw came with one second remaining on the clock, and the clock never started when the ball was touched.

Because Forestville's gym is smaller than a regulation high school court, the timekeeper is seated at a table in the bleachers and was unable to see the play over standing spectators, Forestville Coach Irv Hay said. The clock never started ever after Burley scored and Dorsey wanted the basket waved off.

"If it were me, I'd have played it and protested rather than not play," Hay said. "Playing under protest is one thing, but just not to play? I don't know about that."

County supervisor of athletics Earl Hawkins said that because Potomac left the court before time expired, the game will be considered a forfeit, with Forestville getting the victory.

Forestville is 6-13, 5-12 in the Prince George's 3A/2A/1A league; Potomac is 3-18, 3-14.