Boys’ Basketball: Funeral services/fund raiser set for Murphy freshman

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Funeral services for DeShawn Newton, a freshman at L.A. Murphy and the team’s starting point guard last season, are scheduled for Saturday in Mt. Pleasant, Tex. A car wash fundraiser to help his family will be held the same day at Bourbon Street Fish on Prairie Avenue in Inglewood.

Newton, who would have turned 15 on May 10, collapsed Saturday during an Amateur Athletic Union boys’ basketball tournament game in Grand Prairie, Tex. and was later pronounced dead at Arlington Medical Center. Autopsy results are pending.

Newton, who lived in Inglewood, averaged 6.2 points and 6.7 assists for the Nobles last season. His assist average was third in state among freshmen, according to MaxPreps.com.

DeShawn’s father, Duane Newton, who played for Cleveland High in Reseda and Alcorn State, said his son will be buried in his favorite North Carolina uniform.

‘That’s where he wanted to sign,’’ Duane said. ‘He was on his way to doing big things.’’

-- Dan Arritt

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