Carpinteria’s Ranger one of Southland’s many McDonald’s All-American nominees

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Carpinteria standout Jacob Ranger is one of 1,500 players from across the nation to be nominated to play in the McDonald’s All-American game in March. Ranger, who recently became Carpinteria’s all-time leading scorer, will be presented with a certificate honoring his nomination at a local McDonald’s on Thursday.

But Ranger isn’t the only SoCal player to make the cut. Check out the entire boys’ and girls’ nomination lists for the 2008 McDonald’s All-American teams:

• Boys
• Girls

These lists will be cut down on Feb. 15 and the final, 24-player teams will be announced near the end of the month.

The McDonald’s All-American Boys’ Basketball game will be played at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisc. at 6:30 p.m., March 26. It will be televised by ESPN. The girls’ game will be played at 4 p.m. on ESPNU.

-- Austin Knoblauch