Icelandic Haukur Palsson ('92) -at the pic-, from Montverde Academy, and danish Thomas Laerke ('91) and croatian Marko Petrovic ('91), both from Findlay Prep, will play today the final of the ESPN Rise National High School Invitation, held in Coppin State (Baltimore, USA). Both schools arrived to the final after winning the two first games.

In the opener Montverde Academy beat Montrose Christian (51-49), while yesterday they won Winter Park after an overtime (62-56). Palsson didn't score in both games. At the other side of the bracket Findlay made its debut winning Charlotte Christian (65-50) with 12 points from Petrovic and 7 from Laerke. Yesterday (Petrovic 9 Laerke 0) they won Mountain State (68-53), a team that previously eliminated Oak Hill (59-53), where 2.16 latvian center Martins Abele ('90) nailed 2 points. 

 

Photo: Brian Tietz