By Nathan Joyce
MaxPreps.com
Bellarmine Prep's Abdul Gaddy, rated as one of the top point guards in the 2009 class, verbally committed to Arizona last week.
Gaddy, who said Arizona was his dream school, chose the Wildcats over Washington.
Gaddy, a 6-foot-3 junior, averaged 20 points and seven assists last season.
"I am very proud and real happy for him more than anything else," Bellarmine Prep coach Bernie Salazar told the Tacoma News Tribune. "He's worked really hard to get himself to this point.
"I think what I am most happy about is he is a good student and he is a real coachable kid, and I think that's what made him so attractive - along with his talent - to these Division I schools. He's a real complete kid."
Gaddy was half of Bellarmine Prep's standout sophomore duo, nicknamed Fire and Ice.
Avery Bradley makes up the other half of the duo. Bradley, a 6-3 shooting guard, averaged 26.3 points per game last year and reportedly has offers from Washington, Oregon State and Pepperdine.
Football: Kickoff Classic on Saturday
For the first time in the in the five-year history of the Emerald City Kickoff Classic, there is no big-name out of state team to highlight the field.
The kickoff classic is the annual football showcase hosted by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association at Qwest Field in Seattle.
This year's schedule is made up entirely of in-state schools, four of which made the playoffs last year. The biggest game in the history of the classic was when Bellevue ended the record 151-game winning streak of De La Salle of Concord, Calif., in 2004.
The schedule: Royal vs. Eatonville, 9:30 a.m.; Selah vs. Franklin Pierce, noon; Lakes vs. Gig Harbor, 3 p.m., Kentridge vs. Inglemoor, 5:30 p.m.; Liberty vs. Newport, 8 p.m.
Also kicking off the prep season is the second-annual Emerald City Volleyball Invitational at Eastlake High School in Sammamish on Friday.
Teams invited include Eastlake, Eatonville, Eisenhower, Franklin Pierce, Lakes, Liberty, Newport and Rainier Christian.
