Article: McFadden has the name and the game; Fashia McFadden is the third- leading scorer and the leading rebounder on McCaskey's girls' team, which is 14-4 entering tonight's game with Solanco. // NEW ERA PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Coaches don't expect freshmen to contribute on the varsity level because they know freshmen usually can't. The jump from junior high to varsity is too great, the talent level is too strong, the adjustment period is too long.

But the name McFadden at McCaskey might carry undue expectations in basketball. After all, there was Wes McFadden back in the mid- 1970s, a 20-point scorer. And there were Tyron and Tyson McFadden four seasons ago, important playmakers on McCaskey's first District 3 boys' championship team in 54 years.

Now there's Fashia McFadden, a 6-0 forward and center on McCaskey's current girls' team. She is Wes McFadden's niece, and

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