Best Wings I’ve Seen Recently

<p>This article talks about the best wings I’ve seen recently. Pace Academy, Africentric, Tri-Village, and Westerville North will be the schools featured in this article. </p> <p class="p1"><b>[player_tooltip player_id="967174" first="Layne" last="Sarver"] (2022). W 6’6. Tri-Village<img class="size-medium wp-image-1374390 alignleft" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2022/01/3FCB86BC-C7D5-4F44-9005-64ED74383181-crop-1527x1003-1643297084-300x197.jpeg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></b></p> <p class="p1">[player_tooltip player_id="967174" first="Layne" last="Sarver"] was all over the place for the Patriots and he played hard for them as well. He is a long wing with a matured build that can be added to. He has a nice stroke but he is more of a slasher. He had some very strong and aggressive takes. He did a great job at getting his teammates involved. He is very patient with the ball - he likes to get the ball and read the defense, sometimes not for the best because he needs to get it and go sometimes, but when he does decide to go he is tough to stop from getting to the rack. He has a nice pull-up game as well.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p1"><b>[player_tooltip player_id="1163468" first="Preston" last="Steele"] (2023). W 6’6. Columbus Africentric <img class="size-medium wp-image-1374392 alignright" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2022/01/1959719E-4DCA-4DDE-AAEE-156EC1A7D1A1-crop-1845x1211-1643297193-300x197.jpeg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></b></p> <p class="p3">[player_tooltip player_id="1163468" first="Preston" last="Steele"] is a 6’6 wing for Africentric that is very intriguing. He is very strong and moves pretty well. Steele is an old-school kind of player as he posted hard and strong all game for the Nubians and when he got the ball he showed some very nice back-to-the-basket moves. Steele also has a very nice-looking stroke as well. He and Swain make a very nice junior combo for Africentric.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p1"><b><img class=" wp-image-1374396 alignleft" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2022/01/961A0D1D-578C-4E92-92D2-339A24529C2B-crop-1845x1211-1643297275-300x197.jpeg" alt="" width="314" height="206" />[player_tooltip player_id="1312028" first="Caleb" last="Iheukwu"] (2022). W 6’5. Westerville North</b></p> <p class="p3">Iheukwu is an athlete! He is also very long and uses it very well. He had two blocks early on three-point attempts and gets multiple rebounds on both ends as he can get a lot by out jumping opponents. He is inconsistent from beyond the three-point line but his shot looks nice and hit two late for the Warriors to increase the lead when they had it. He also had a very nice drop step two-handed dunk to show off his leaping ability even some more.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p1"><b>Josh Reed (2022). W 6’7. Pace Academy <img class="size-medium wp-image-1374398 alignright" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2022/01/D2BA6E75-A1D9-49D0-9C2C-558815E554B5-crop-4800x3152-1643297392-300x197.jpeg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></b></p> <p class="p1">The 6’7 Reed saw a smaller Trotwood at Flyin’ to the Hoop and decided to expose that weakness and use his strength. He played a lot of PG for Pace in the game and posted up and scored multiple buckets down low for Pace. He has a very nice and strong build. He was a bully all game long and with his size with guard skills he is a mismatch for most guards.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> He was able to defend their guards as well, showing that this kid can guard and play almost every position on the floor. </span></p>