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Tucson’sΒ Maddie Pothoff, the leading age-group tennis player in Southern Arizona, has made a verbal commitment to play for the Alabama Crimson Tide. Pothoff, who is home-schooled, is ranked No. 17 overall in the girls class of 2016. Alabama finished No. 6 in the nation last season. Pothoff finished third of 64 girls in a USTA Thanksgiving championship in Austin, Texas.Β 

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