Cross Keys senior Shafik Ali

Cross Keys High School senior point guard Shafik Ali recently signed a college basketball scholarship to play for Coach Rob Southall at Elms College in Chicopee, Mass.

Ali is the first basketball player from Cross Keys to receive scholarship aide since 2005. He led the 6-16 Indians in scoring with 11.5 points per game in the 2020 basketball season. The accomplished three-point shooter played for first year Cross Keys head basketball coach Julius Thompson.

The Blazers are a Division Three program playing in the New England Collegiate Conference and is located outside Boston, Mass.