National Basketball · July 31 11:17 AM · 0 Clicks
Prep Poll champ Yates invited to White House
Sam Khan Jr., Houston Chronicle
 The Yates boys basketball team traveled a lot of miles last season and beat every team along the way. Now the Lions will be traveling again, only this time for some presidential recognition. After winning their second consecutive Class 4A state championship and finishing ranked No. 1 nationally by five major high school polls, the Lions have been invited to visit the White House and President Barack Obama.
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In his introductory remarks Wednesday at the news conference for the Kirk Herbstreit Varsity Series, Intersport spokesman Joseph Salituro said that Shiloh Christian coach Josh Floyd had made a phone call to explore the possibility of his team's inclusion in the Labor Day high school football extravaganza. Floyd got his wish, but his private-school team, the defending Class 4A state champion in Arkansas, is facing Euless Trinity -- a team that won the 2009 title in the top division of the highest classification in Texas. 
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