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Avery, in his third year as a starter, completed 11 of 13 passes for 230 yards and three scores and rushed for 47 yards and another TD on just three carries before exiting with 6:54 left in the third period and his team leading 35-0.
By Snow....Talks about his trip to Ohio State this past weekend for the Minnesota game. Besides Ohio State, Courtney is hearing from Illinois, Louisville, Cincinnati and several other MAC schools. Says he has still not made a decision on whether he'll play football or basketball in college, but says he does not plan on playing both.
By Bill Greene...talks about his junior season...Bowling Green and Army have offered and is receiving interest from Colordao, Illinois, Ohio State and Louisville. Talks about the two OSU games he has been to this year.
Lexington High School junior quarterback Courtney Avery was honored Sunday evening as the News Journal Offensive Player of the Year during a football awards banquet at the Brown Derby Roadhouse in Ontario. (Rob Hardin/News Journal)
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ONTARIO -- Courtney Avery would rather discuss Lexington's historic season than divulge his college plans.
This much is certain: Lexington's record-setting junior quarterback and the News Journal/Brown Derby Roadhouse Offensive Player of the Year soon will have to make a decision regarding his future.
Will he play football in college? Or will he decide to play basketball?
Avery isn't saying.
"Am I a football player or a basketball player? I'm an athlete who plays football and basketball," Avery said when pressed on the subject Sunday night at the annual News Journal football awards banquet at the Brown Derby Roadhouse in Ontario. "I haven't made any decisions yet."
Talks about the visit to OSU last weekend...also hearing from Indiana and Illinois for football as well as Eastern Michigan, Western Carolina and James Madison for basketball.
Courtney Avery, a cornerback from Lexington, Ohio, has pledged to Stanford for the Class of 2010.
The 5-foot-9, 165-pound prospect picked the Cardinal over offers from Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan, Toledo, Ball State, Akron, Ohio and Army, ESPN's Bill Kurelic reports.
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