Neese in running for national 3-point contest; online voting underway

Cooper Neese of Cloverdale lets a 3-pointer fly during action at New Castle in January.

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Cloverdale senior Cooper Neese is one of 16 players nationally to be nominated for the American Family Insurance High School 3-Point Competition, which will take place in Phoenix next month.

Participants will be chosen by a four-week period of online fan voting, with the players advancing through a bracket based upon their number of votes.

The voting schedule is:

• Round of 16 (through Feb. 21)

• Quarterfinals (Feb. 22-Mar. 1)

• Semifinals (Mar. 2-9)

• Finals (Mar. 10-17)

Fans may vote once per day (per device) at highschoolslam.com.

Neese’s first-round “opponent” is Justin Cave, a 6-foot-2 guard from Islands High School in Georgia. The site includes stats and YouTube videos for each participants.

Other competitors are Adrian Farrades of Westwood Christian H.S. (Fla.), Evan Wall of Salado H.S. (Texas), Evan Edmundson of Crosby-Ironton H.S. (Minn.), Jalen Foster of Chapparral H.S. (Ariz.), Kaden Herbert of Georgetown H.S. (Texas), Max Moses of Arcadia H.S. (Ariz.), Jake Kelsey of Holly Springs H.S. (N.C.), Noah Vickery of Redding Christian H.S. (Calif.), Conor Harkins of Greenwich H.S. (Conn.), Rylan Collins of Joy Christian H.S. (Ariz.), Ryan Birt of Plano West H.S. (Texas), Drew Bethoney of Bloomingdale H.S. (Fla.), Josh Kollman of Bethell H.S. (Wash.) and Daleth Washington of Indianapolis Herron H.S.