Payton-Best commits to Bethany
Thomas Stone High School graduate Jalen Payton-Best committed to NCAA Division III outfit Bethany College (W.Va.) to play lacrosse and basketball on April 7. Seated, from left, are Jalen’s mother Tynisha Payton and Jalen Payton-Best. Standing are Thomas Stone head boys basketball coach Dale Lamberth, assistant principal Diane Roberts, Principal Chrystal Benson, athletic director Brad Criss and head boys lacrosse coach Adam Lowe.