It’s the closest thing to a college program because the program is at such a high level. “My parents didn’t want me to go to New Trier either,” said Chase. But my parents didn’t like New Trier because of the way my older siblings were treated there.” “In eighth grade our whole plan was to go to New Trier as players. I told him it was good and that he should give it a try. And over the summer Colin told me that he was going to move with his mother and he asked me how it was here. “I told Ephraim that I was moving here, and he told me that his dad was thinking about moving to Evanston too. “But the best options we all had turned out to be moving in here. “We didn’t intend to play together,” said Duncan, who played his first two years at La Lumiere Prep in Indiana before switching to St. The Wilmette Junior High trio, however, reached the decision to come and play for the Orange and Blue pretty much independent of each other. Player movement has become more commonplace each year at the high school level, as families and players seek better opportunities for themselves. Evanston is the defending champion at the round-robin event that also includes Antioch, Prospect and the host team. Tuesday against Libertyville at the 45th annual St. Another transfer, 6-foot-7 Nic Raic, is making the move from Libertyville but might be sidelined by a bad knee for the first part of the season.ĭuncan, who is suiting up at his third school in four years, figures to handle the point guard duties for the new-look Wildkits, who open their season at 7 p.m.
Viator), Chase (Chicago Sullivan) and McDonald (Loyola Academy) will be joined by Josh Thomas (Stevenson) on a roster that only features one returning starter from last year’s 21-10 squad, Prince Adams. Hunter Duncan, Ephraim Chase and Colin McDonald, who played together at WJHS in seventh and eighth grade, are three of the newcomers who took different paths to Beardsley Gym.ĭuncan (St. Maybe it would just be easier for potential critics to think of the upcoming season as a reunion celebration for the Class of 2019 from, of all places, Wilmette Junior High. Beardsley Gym at Evanston Township High School Credit: ETHS
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