{"id":35151,"date":"2013-02-21T08:00:41","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=35151"},"modified":"2013-02-21T08:00:41","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T13:00:41","slug":"mcdonalds-january-high-school-basketball-players-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2013\/02\/21\/mcdonalds-january-high-school-basketball-players-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald&#8217;s\u00c2\u00ae January High School Basketball Players of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-34919\" alt=\"Mad Ants logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2013\/02\/Mad_Ants_logo-345x200.jpg\" width=\"345\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News release from the Mad Ants:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>McDonald&#8217;s\u00c2\u00ae High School Basketball Players of the Month &#8211; January<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>(February 19, 2013) &#8211; The Fort Wayne Mad Ants and McDonald&#8217;s have partnered to recognize two outstanding high school basketball players in the Fort Wayne community. In January, McDonald&#8217;s and the Mad Ants selected VJ Beachem and Courtney Smith as the McDonald&#8217;s High School Players of the Month. Both players will be recognized at an upcoming Mad Ants home game.<\/p>\n<p>VJ Beachem, a senior at New Haven High School, helped lead the Bulldogs to a 7-1 record in the month of January. VJ has signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Notre Dame for the 2013-14 season.<\/p>\n<p>Courtney Smith, junior at Concordia Lutheran High School is a key player for the Cadets team. Courtney helped the Cadets win the Class 3A state title last season, along with taking them to the Regional Title game this season.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20090525\/90413.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The 2009 Parnell Avenue Memorial Day Parade on May 25, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='4b496516bd171d1f6b47400c5099a387' data-image-id=\"2048\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20090525\/90413.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20090525\/thumbs\/thumbs_90413.jpg\" data-title=\"2009 Parnell Avenue Memorial Day Parade\" data-description=\"The 2009 Parnell Avenue Memorial Day Parade on May 25, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009 Parnell Avenue Memorial Day Parade\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009 Parnell Avenue Memorial Day Parade\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2048\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20090525\/thumbs\/thumbs_90413.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20090525\/90415.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The 2009 Parnell Avenue Memorial Day Parade on May 25, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='4b496516bd171d1f6b47400c5099a387' data-image-id=\"2049\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20090525\/90415.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20090525\/thumbs\/thumbs_90415.jpg\" data-title=\"2009 Parnell Avenue Memorial Day Parade\" data-description=\"The 2009 Parnell Avenue Memorial Day Parade on May 25, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009 Parnell Avenue Memorial Day Parade\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009 Parnell Avenue Memorial Day Parade\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2049\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20090525\/thumbs\/thumbs_90415.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/24844.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Mad Ants at Headwaters Park East and the Three Rivers Festival.  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