“Is he really coming?”
A Sherman Oaks Notre Dame soccer participant had heard the rumors of a brand new pupil becoming a member of the soccer group on Monday at follow.
Positive sufficient, 6-foot-8 Tyran Stokes, the No. 1 highschool basketball participant within the nation from the category of 2026, confirmed up carrying follow jersey No. 67. He’ll want 10 days of practices earlier than he can play in a soccer sport, however coach Evan Yabu was excited to have him.
He’s purported to play receiver and Yabu noticed, “We don’t have anybody 6-8, 245 kilos.”
Notre Dame’s Tyran Stokes celebrates after a slam dunk within the closing seconds of a 68-61 victory at Harvard-Westlake final season.
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Stokes might use a break from basketball after a busy offseason of touring and video games. Notre Dame basketball coach Matt Sargeant is okay with Stokes attempting soccer. He has three different gamers on the soccer group.
USC basketball coach Eric Musselman appeared like a genius when he went out to the soccer area to look at Stokes. He had come to Notre Dame to look at basketball follow, then heard about Stokes lacking basketball follow.
Basketball participant Zach White mentioned of Stokes attempting soccer, “He’ll do nice if he places his thoughts to it.”
