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All-name team features some top-tier Dallas high school stars

Plano West running back Sotonye Jamabo (1) tries to repel Plano linebacker David Griffith...
Plano West running back Sotonye Jamabo (1) tries to repel Plano linebacker David Griffith (14) as Griffith makes the tackle during a game last week. Plano won 24-7. Plano will face Allen at home at 7:30 p.m. tonight.
Plano West High School's D.J. Hogg (right), picutred here in a game against Richardson,...
Plano West High School's D.J. Hogg (right), picutred here in a game against Richardson, scored 29 points in Plano West's 77-54 win over McKinney on Tuesday night.(Stewart F. House - Special Contributor)

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Stian Sandbekkhaug

Stats: 17 total letters, 5 syllables

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Last Name Scrabble Index: 27 = 2.25 points/letter

Notable: He is among the area's top scorers in soccer and is leading Frisco Liberty through an amazing one-loss season so far. The double-k's followed by the h make the last name look menacing on paper, but after a little practice, it isn't so tough after all.

Sotonye "Soso" Jamabo

Stats: 13 total letters, 6 syllables

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Last Name Scrabble Index: 17 = 2.83 points/letter

Notable: A dual sport star in football and basketball, Soso Jamabo's name can't help but make fans cheer, and the twitter world was quick to point out that he deserved consideration for our name of the year.

DJ Hogg

Stats: 6 letters, 3 syllables

Last Name Scrabble Index: 9 = 2.25 points/letter

Notable: One of the area's top basketball players, Hogg is only a junior. Like his teammate Jamabo, the Plano West fan base was quick to inform us that these two names deserved consideration for best high school sports name. The pronunciation of the last name can be challenging with people mistaking it for "hog" like the animal, but it's actually a long O sound.

Vezisizwe "Vezi" Magalela

Stats: 17 total letters, 8 syllables

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Last Name Scrabble Index: 11 = 1.375 points/letter

Notable: The 6'6" forward for the Plano West basketball team nominated himself as part of the best names in Dallas. And his twitter handle @Priince_Vezii has a nice ring to it, too. Just for fun, if his first name were played in Scrabble, it would be worth 33 points. Those z's and w's carry big Scrabble value. Over twitter, he told us the full name is Vezisizwe Magalela-Hlabangana. So, if we add it all up, well, that's 28 letters, plus a character space for a hyphen and 12 syllables.

Alexis Zapata

Stats: 12 total letters, 6 syllables

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Last Name Scrabble Index: 17 = 2.83 points/letter

Notable: The Hillcrest soccer player brings a nice A-to-Z mix with the game while also helping the team stay atop the tight District 22-4A race. Fans of Hillcrest's soccer program nominated him for our all-name squad. He has 25 goals, keeping near the front of the Dallas area on the stat sheets.