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AFL clubs North Melbourne and Western Bulldogs have taken contrasting approaches at the selection table ahead of their crunch Saturday night clash.The Kangaroos made one change for the Etihad Stadium showdown that will shape the top eight, recalling Majak Daw in place of injured forward Jarrad Waite.The Bulldogs opted for four changes to the team who were beaten in Geelong, promoting fit-again veterans Dale Morris and Matthew Boyd as well as Nathan Hrovat and Lukas Webb.Injured midfielders Tom Liberatore and Jack Macrae were both enforced omissions for the Bulldogs, while Jed Adcock and Koby Stevens were dumped.Hawthorns reigning Norm Smith medallist Cyril Rioli, Adelaide skipper Taylor Walker and Fremantle ruckman Aaron Sandilands headline some of the high-profile returns in round 20.The ladder-leading Hawks made one change for Saturdays MCG clash with Melbourne, recalling fit-again Rioli at the expense of Blake Hardwick.The Demons dropped Josh Wagner, Matt Jones and Chris Dawes, with debutant Sam Weideman, Clayton Oliver and Tomas Bugg earning call-ups.Walker, Reilly OBrien and Cam Ellis-Yolmen will return for Adelaide on Saturday night, when Sam Jacobs (ankle), Mitch McGovern and Scott Thompson (both managed) will miss the home clash with Brisbane.Sandilands will return from broken ribs against West Coast on Sunday, when Eagles counterpart Nic Naitanui will also make his comeback from an achilles tendon issue.Sandilands, Hayden Ballantyne, Michael Apeness and Ethan Hughes were included in an extended Fremantle squad, with suspended defender Zac Dawson the only confirmed omission.The Eagles swung the axe, adding Naitanui, Thomas Barrass, Elliot Yeo, Jack Redden, Xavier Ellis, Lewis Jetta and Jackson Nelson to a 25-man squad.Eric Mackenzie and Malcolm Karpany were dropped, while Sam Butler (groin) and Liam Duggan (calf) are sidelined with injuries.Meanwhile, Collingwood and Richmond both settled on two changes for their Friday night meeting.The Magpies called on Mason Cox and Jarryd Blair to replace Darcy Moore (hamstring) and Jordan De Goey (omitted), while the under-fire Tigers included Ben Griffiths and Andrew Moore in place of Reece Conca (hamstring) and Kane Lambert (omitted).Sydney named an unchanged side for Saturdays SCG match against Port Adelaide, who squeezed Jimmy Toumpas out of their team to accommodate Charlie Dixons return.Dylan Shiel (groin) and Adam Kennedy (omitted) will miss Greater Western Sydneys trip to the Gold Coast, with Nick Haynes and Lachie Whitfield to tackle the Suns in their absence.Veterans Dale Thomas and Sam Fisher are set to return for their respective sides on Sunday at the MCG, when Carlton face St Kilda in Andrew Walkers farewell game.Off-season recruit Scott Selwood is set to play his first game for Geelong on Sunday when they face Essendon at Etihad Stadium.The Cats also promoted Lachie Henderson, Josh Caddy, Shane Kersten and Darcy Lang in a 25-man squad. 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Until this past summer, the 17-year-old had no clue what the word bola meant, either.Both discoveries were crucial on her road to becoming one of the nations surest shooters and a Division I womens basketball prospect.Ask Oppenheimer, and shell tell you that her Spanish is a work in progress. Its good enough to order some of her favorite dishes -- arroz con pollo, platanos maduros and empanadas -- but not much else.It got a lot better during the summer when the 5-foot-9 guard and Syracuse commit represented Puerto Rico in the FIBA Americas U18 championships in Chile. Averaging 11.6 points per game, Oppenheimer helped lead Puerto Rico to a fourth-place finish and a spot in next years U19 world championships in Italy.It was insanely amazing, Oppenheimer said of playing in such a big international tournament, which was won by the United States. We qualified for worlds, and I was told that was only the second time Puerto Rico has done that.Oppenheimer, a senior at Montini Catholic (Glenview, Illinois), is the daughter of Josh and Adrienne. Josh is an assistant coach with the NBAs Houston Rockets, and Adrienne is a former college volleyball player. It is Adriennes Puerto Rican roots -- her parents were born on the island -- that led to Nikki playing for the national team.Adrienne, who has cooked her daughter hundreds of Hispanic meals during the years, is fluent in Spanish. But thats not the case with Nikki or her older sister, Gabriella. Nikki has learned Spanish through school, but its been hard to teach her at home, said Adrienne, who was born in Los Angeles. Since Josh doesnt speak Spanish, I would feel bad to speak it at home to the girls.Mostly what I taught the girls at home were commands -- sit down, stand up. Nikki knows those, but she never got conversational.Now, Nikki wants to minor in Spanish at Syracuse, and her time with the national team has rekindled her Puerto Rican heritage.During a 10-day training camp in Puerto Rico, which was held before the team left for Chile, Oppenheimer immersed herself in the islands culture.Some of the girls didnt speak English so that was a bit of a struggle, but we got along great, Oppenheimer said. During training camp, I stayed with the family of one of the girls. It was great.On the court, Oppenheimer coped as her bilingual coach would mix the two languages freely during speeches and instructions.They say bola instead of ball, and they said muevete when they wanted me to move, she said. Things like that.Love for basketballAdrienne, who was a 5-10 right-side hitter in volleyball, met Josh during their days at Northern Arizona University. Known for his perimeter shooting, Josh played nine years of pro ball, mostly in Europe and the Middle East. When his playing days ended, he embarked on a career as an assistant coach. When he landed at DePaul, he and his family settled in the Chicago suburb of Glenview.Early on, it was apparent that Gabriella, who is now a triple major at the University of Alabama, studying economics, finance and communications, wasnt interested in playing sports. When the family would go to games, Gabriella loved the dancers and the halftime show. That wasnt the case for her little sister.Even at 3 years old, Adrienne said, Nikki wouldnt take her eyes off the game.Oppenheimer has been playing some form of basketball since she could walk, starting with her Fisher-Price hoop. Josh taught her the correct shooting form, and Nikki took things from there. When she was 7, Nikki noticed a sign at the park across the street that said Free Coed Basketball Clinic.Nikki was old enough to read the sign but not oldd enough to understand the coed part, Adrienne said.dddddddddddd When I explained to her that it meant that boys and girls could play, she immediately wanted to sign up.The next day, Nikki went to the gym with her mom. Sneakers laced up so she would be ready to ball as soon as she walked in, she was disappointed to find no other girls had shown. It was just Oppenheimer playing against all those boys.I was a little nervous and intimidated at first, she said. But once we started playing, I was fine.When she started to think about high school, Oppenheimer opted not to go to Glenbrook South, which was five minutes away from home. One of the reasons the Oppenheimers settled in Glenbrook was because they were impressed with the school district. But Nikki had other ideas. She wanted to go to Montini Catholic -- which is a half-hour away in Lombard, Illinois -- because of its reputation as a basketball powerhouse.Adrienne took Nikki to a few Montini games, sitting behind the bench run by coach Jason Nichols, who has a hard-driving style. When Adrienne asked Nikki, who was in seventh grade at the time, if she could take that type of coaching, the kid didnt flinch.I saw that he was really hard on his players and that he yelled a lot, Nikki said. But I was used to that with my dad. I knew I could take it.Getting yelled at is never the best thing, but I knew the reason behind it. I knew he was trying to get us better. I like that he will keep coaching us even if we are up by a lot. He teaches us to play the right way so we can be prepared for college.A developing starOppenheimer isnt only a basketball player. She has a 4.3 GPA and is interested in becoming a sports agent. She loves to read for fun -- Looking for Alaska by John Green is one of her favorite books. And she loves dogs. She has a feisty 10-pound Maltese/poodle mix that somehow survived getting hit by a car.Oppenheimer has shown similar toughness in her basketball career, battling for time at an elite program such as Montini, which is loaded with college prospects on a yearly basis.As a freshman, Oppenheimer contributed to a team that won a state title. She became a starter last season, and her reputation as a shooter with range out to the NBA 3-point line precedes her everytime she walks on the court.The first thing that came across when I met her was her jumper and her ability to knock down shots and stretch defenses, said Dave Yates, who has coached her for three years in AAU ball with Midwest Elite. Ive seen her miss a couple of shots and still have confidence and then make the next four in a row. Having that type of confidence is rare for kids.Her shot is very pure. Its one of the best shots Ive seen in 10 years coaching girls.Because every team that plays her is aware of her skills, Oppenheimer has become proficient at shot fakes, putting the ball on the floor and hitting a midrange jumper and also coming off screens, Yates said. Nichols, her high school coach, said Oppenheimer has improved at Montini.I really started to see her game evolve last year, Nichols said. She knew how to create her own shot from the moment she walked on campus. But last year she became a more willing passer off the bounce, making the right reads.Her better days are ahead of her. I think by the time she is a sophomore at Syracuse, she will be a big-time contributor.Nikkis father, who is commuting from Houston to Glenbrook as often as possible, said his daughter can be an elite level shooter in college.But he is also proud of her demeanor.Shes the most unselfish player Ive ever seen, Josh said. All she cares about is winning. 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