Dominique Redding and Kelcey Roegiers-Jensen are talented and dedicated players who have led parallel and intertwined lives. Basketball is how they met more than seven years ago, and basketball is the tether between them. Both are considered among the elite high school seniors in Florida. Redding plays for Clearwater, and Roegiers-Jensen for Boca Ciega. In August 2000, the Times introduced readers to them in the first installment of a periodic series.
PART 9: A bond beyond PART 8: Finally ready to go PART 7: Will they go their separate ways? PART 6: Mom comes through in clutch PART 5: Ball taking new bounces for best friends PART 4: Success at the Summitt PART 3: Looking back, taking stock PART 2: Going in different directions PART 1: A basketball bond
[Times photo: Carrie Pratt]
Clearwater forward Dominique Redding and Boca Ciega guard Kelcey Roegiers-Jensen have received thousands of letters from schools interested in recruiting them.