By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
It's been a good week for recent Topeka High graduate Jalen Smith.
Smith, who was named to TopSports.news' second-team All-Shawnee County boys basketball team as a senior, made an oral commitment Wednesday to play next season at Cloud County Community College and he has also been selected to play in a Kansas City-area all-star game on Saturday.
Jalen Smith
Smith is scheduled to take part in the Cascade Sports Wave Of The Future Kansas City Metro Black Lives Matter Classic at 10 a.m. Saturday at Lee's Summit North High School in Lee's Summit, Mo.
Smith averaged 15.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.6 steals as a senior.
Smith will play in the Class of 2021 game while all-star contests are also on tap for the class of '25 (11 a.m.), class of '24 (12 p.m.), class of '23 (1 p.m.) and class of '22 (2 p.m.).
Former Topeka High coach Eric King, who coached Smith as a junior and senior, will serve as a coach in the Classic.
