'12 IA PG James Harrington (Running track in college)

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Cedar Falls (IA) Cedar Falls
AAU: Iowa Barnstormers

Ht: 6-foot-1
Wt: 160 lbs

Profiles: ESPN | Rivals | Scout
 

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Iowa Barnstormers Black Class of 2012: James Harrington, 6-1 PG Cedar Falls, IA (Cedar Falls HS). Athletic point guard who led his team to the state tournament as a freshman. All State and All Conference selection as a sophomore. Ranked #3 class of 2012 by Iowa preps and also ranked by Van Coleman. He has been hearing from UNI, UNLV, Creighton, South Dakota State and Indiana State among others.

From an older Scout article
 
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CEDAR FALLS - The race to land Cedar Falls' James Harrington is picking up speed.

Harrington, the Tigers' multi-sport star, has received a basketball scholarship offer from Indiana State, according to his father.

Todd Harrington, a former football player at Northern Iowa, said new Sycamore head coach Greg Lansing made the offer during a recent unofficial visit to ISU. Before coming to Indiana State, Lansing spent part of his career as an assistant coach at Iowa.

It is the first scholarship offer for James Harrington. Schools such as UNI, Nevada, Colorado, Northern Colorado have expressed interest in him as a basketball player.
Track and field is another possibility. The younger Harrington has made an unofficial visit to Wisconsin.

Todd Harrington said James could make a decision on his future sometime during his junior year at Cedar Falls, which is 2010-2011.

"His first love is basketball," said James Harrington's father. "I'd say he doesn't seem to be in a hurry. As a dad and a parent, I'll certainly try to counsel him to hopefully take his time and look at all the options before you jump into a quick decision."

On the basketball court, James Harrington has been a varsity player for the Tigers since his freshman year. He helped Cedar Falls reach the state tournament in 2009. Last winter, the Tiger point guard averaged 18.7 points a game, made the Iowa Newspaper Association all-state squad in Class 4A and guided Cedar Falls to a substate final.
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http://wcfcourier.com/sports/high-school/cf_tigers/article_e42fa3d0-871e-11df-be78-001cc4c002e0.html
 
as noted above, this kid is a pretty good sprinter too, he was the Iowa state champ in the 200 meter run (class 4A, largest class in Iowa) this Spring. Pretty fast time. He false-started in the 100 meter finals, otherwise would have placed there too. He'd be a great recruit for 2012. Hope we're a finalist for the kid.

Finals
1 Harrington, James 10 Cedar Falls 21.92 -1.4 10
2 Ebertowski, Austin 11 CB, A Lincoln 21.95 -1.4 8
3 Gilmore, Kenny 11 DVPT, Central 22.32 -1.4 6
4 Henderson, Ronnie 12 CR Washington 22.35 -1.4 5
5 Toole, Eric 11 Lewis Central 22.41 -1.4 4
6 Pearson, Darius 10 SC, West 22.53 -1.4 3
7 Mincy, Tevin 12 SE Polk 22.62 -1.4 2
8 Ward, Kippie 10 DSM Lincoln 22.93 -1.4 1
 
Took an unofficial visit to Michigan State this past weekend. I'm not sure what sport he was visiting for as he is a standout football, basketball and track athlete.
 

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Guys, some highlights of James. Love his quicks.

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"For football, it's been Iowa, Michigan State, Nebraska, Wisconsin, and some other Big Ten schools," Harrington said. "Most of the interest has been at receiver."

"For basketball, I have the offer from Indiana State and then I'm hearing from Nevada, Colorado, Cal-Poly, Iowa, and some of the Missouri Valley schools," said Harrington.
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From a recent Rivals article. I'm wondering if Lansing and Miles would be kind enough to share James if he'd come to State. I know it is rare that kids play both hoops and football, but it could be done.
 
Jason Svoboda said:
From a recent Rivals article. I'm wondering if Lansing and Miles would be kind enough to share James if he'd come to State. I know it is rare that kids play both hoops and football, but it could be done.
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Could they split rides--each give a half and Harrington gets a whole?
 

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Sycamore Proud said:
Could they split rides--each give a half and Harrington gets a whole?
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Don't think the scholarship would be the issue... it would be if Lansing would want allow him to play or not. Kid is a top flight athlete and excels in both sports -- it would be awesome to have a dual-sport star at State.
 
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