Jaron Alexander signed a letter of intent to play basketball at
Barclay College in Haviland, Kan. at a press conference Thursday at
Harper High School.
While Kansas sounds like a long way from Harper, the Longhorn
senior said one of the reasons he chose Barclay was because of how
familiar the area seems.
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