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Peoria team selects players for training camp

September 1, 2006 - American Basketball Association (ABA)
Peoria Kings News Release


Peoria, IL. The ABA Peoria professional basketball team has invited seventeen players back for their training camp set for late Octobver to determine the roster for their inaugural season that begins in November. The players were selected from the 29 players who participated in a hard-fought, no holds barred open tryout camp on the Bradley University campus last Saturday.

Based on their play at the camp, the following players will report back in the fall to compete for roster spots.

Austin Archie - Peoria Manual, John Wood, Culver-Stockton
Ericson Beck - Peoria Central, South Alabama
Carlon Butler - Urbana High, Parkland, Millikin
Marlon Brooks - Peoria Manual, DePaul
Willie Coleman - Peoria Manual, DePaul
Quentin Edwards - Peoria High, Missouri Southern State
Gavyn Ford - Peoria Manual, Illinois Central College
Julian Gorens - Springfield High, Wabash Valley, Arkansas Tech, Atlanta Hawks
Anton Hall - Chicago Manley, Kennedy-King, Missouri (KC)
Robert Johnson - Peoria Manual, Illinois Central College
Cedric Miles - Peoria Manual, Illinois Central College
Ahmid Palmer - Peoria High, Central Florida, Minnesota (Crookston)
Eli Payton - Peoria Manual
David Roos - Peoria Manual, Illinois Central College, Eastern Illinois
Michael Stewart - Chicago King, Bradley
Jermaine Wallace - Peoria Woodruff, High Point University
Ivan Watson - Peoria Manual, Illinois Central College, Tarleton State

Head coach Sergio McClain's team will begin play in November and will play their home games at the Peoria River Plex. For more information, please visit www.prairiebasketball.com or call 217 530 1535 or visit www.abalive.com.

Note: OurSports Central no longer actively covers the American Basketball Association (ABA) as a professional league due in part to its inability to publish and play a schedule and the transitory nature of many of its teams. For information on professional minor leagues, please see OSC's basketball section.

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