Fil-Canadian to boost RP Youth
Fil-Canadian hotshot Matthew Wright hopes to join the Nokia RP Youth team in its campaign in the 2008 FIBA Asia junior men’s championship in
Wright is a 6-foot-2 shooting guard who starred for the Martin Grove team in the Toronto District Secondary School Athletic Association.
He had been hoping to play for a US NCAA Division I school but was prevailed upon by Toronto buddy Norberto Torres to join the RP youth team.
Torres led the team to their SEABA championship conquest last month. The 6-foot-7 behemoth, whose father is from Bulacan, has decided to take up college studies at
Torres is convinced Wright will be a welcome addition to the team also looking to shore up its front court.
Through the first quarter of the year, Wright, a 16-year-old Grade 11 student, led the Martin Grove Bears in scoring, averaging 21 points a game. He topscored in 18 of their first 26 games. – Nelson Beltran
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