Francisco Cruz, who was instrumental in leading Abraham Lincoln to the 2008 Class 4A boys basketball championship, said he will sign with Wyoming.
The 6-foot-4 Cruz is completing his second season at Western Nebraska Community College in Scottsbluff, where he is averaging 19.7 points.
As a junior at Abraham Lincoln, he was a part of the Lancers’ 2007 title team and then the star of a repeat winner as he averaged 23.5 points and eight rebounds. He was 4A Mr. Basketball by The Denver Post as a senior as well as All-Colorado.
“It’s a great place to go for Francisco and he deserves it,” Abraham Lincoln coach Vince Valdez said of Cruz playing for Wyoming. “He’s a hard worker.”
Neil H. Devlin, The Denver Post
Stroup new NLL Hall of Famer.
Dan Stroup, a former Colorado Mammoth player, has been elected to the National Lacrosse League’s Hall of Fame in his first season of eligibility.
Stroup began playing for the Mammoth in 2005 and stayed through the team’s 2006 championship season. In two seasons with the Mammoth, he had totals of 53 goals, 22 assists and 119 loose balls.
He also played for Baltimore, Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton and Portland during 13 seasons in the NLL. He finished with 529 career points and ranks 12th on the NLL’s all-time goals list with 294. He is an assistant coach for the Washington Stealth.
