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Report: Mo'ne Davis to play for high school varsity hoops team

Published Dec. 5, 2014 11:48 a.m. ET

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Mo'ne Davis' star continues to grow.

Philly.com reports the Little League World Series sensation has made the high school girls varsity basketball team at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy as an eighth grader.

"Mo'ne is way too good for middle school basketball," said Tina O'Malley, girls' athletic director at the school.

The 5-foot-4 Davis is "in a very good position to be a starter," coach Tony Tucker told the website on Thursday.

"Her natural instincts for the game are very good," he said. "A lot of her instincts only come about from players who probably have been playing a little longer or who are a little older than she is.

"And her skill level for the point-guard position is very good at this point. She's able to penetrate and get to the basket, but at the same time, she can shoot. Her shooting is not as consistent as it will be, but at this point, it's very good for her age."

Springside Chestnut Hill is a member of the Inter-Academic League, which allows eighth-graders to compete on the varsity level. When the Blue Devils face a PIAA team, O'Malley said, Davis and the other two eighth graders who made the varsity will have to sit out.

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