Some District 1 Wings and Forwards to Watch at Philly Live

The scholastic live periods are fast approaching and Philly Live will be among a few main epicenters for college coaches across the region. With hundreds of D1 coaches descending upon the City of Brotherly Love in just about 10 days, take a look at a few frontcourt prospects from District 1 who will be among those with eyes on them.    It was around this time last year that Ragsdale first began to break out, stepping up in the summer for his first taste of varsity-level competition before solidifying himself as a starter and double-double threat for the eventual 5A district champs. The southpaw forward figures to take a further step this coming year, emerging as the Cardinals' perennial focal point with his size, skill, and coinciding two-way versatility. Ragsdale is comfortable scoring inside and out with natural overall touch and a compact release out to the arc. He shows a feel for working himself free within the offense to score efficiently without needing plays called for him, along with bringing a world of versatility to the other end as an active and intuitive defender. Improvements in his ballhandling and playmaking feel will go a ways toward determining his ceiling but Ragsdale has established himself as a surefire scholarship prospect.     It's hard to believe he's already soon to be entering his senior year with Brown having been a fixture in the Coatesville starting five since his freshman season. There's been bumps at times in his development, but the southpaw hybrid forward has been playing his best basketball in recent months while showcasing the blend of defensive impact and offensive upside that makes him such an enticing prospect. Defense figures to be his early calling card at the next level, as Brown possesses an intrinsic blend of size, length, strength, mobility, and motor that make him a nonstop matchup problem and playmaking threat on that end of the floor. He's grown offensively as a faceup scorer and occasional floor-spacer, with a couple standout scoring games in June sure to catch the attention of some D1 coaches.     Similarly to Brown, Brenner has been a key piece to the rotation since his freshman season and now looks to go out with a bang as a senior while solidifying his recruiting stock in the process. Brenner makes his mark as a high-volume shooter from deep with the size, high release, and court sense to consistently generate space for clean looks within the offense. He shows a blend of skill and IQ while putting it on the ground attacking closeouts with a clear passing feel established from the well-oiled Unionville offensive system. He's certainly on track for a scholarship with his size and translatable skillset, but whether he's a true driller or more of a volume shooter, along with his ability to hold up in space defensively, are the key points coaches at the D1 level will be looking at over the course of the next several weeks.     The flashes were there as a freshman and figure to be all that much more frequent heading into year two for Myers, who looks to be the future lynchpin of a CB West program with hopes to return to its glory years of the past decade. A budding mismatch forward, he shows impressive flashes of touch and skill as a scorer both inside and out. Myers is sturdily built already with comfortable mobility in a quickly-growing frame. Naturally more of a faceup '4', he has a chance to develop physically into more of a skilled '5' given his rate of growth in the past year and still being just 14 years old. The future looks bright for Myers with his best basketball still clearly a ways ahead of him.     Few traits are better bets to translate up in levels than size and shooting, which is what makes Golek such an appealing prospect moving forward. A consistently productive scorer on winning teams since his freshman season, the stretch forward looks to take a step up as the go-to guy with the graduation of GV's all-time leading scorer Jake Sniras. Golek is a smart and efficient shotmaking forward who shows a natural court sense while consistently flowing to open space for his trademark jumper. He'll use his size to punish a mismatch near the rim but hasn't necessarily shown the ball skills or wiggle to consistently create his own shot. His athletic development and ability to show he can carve out a role defensively figure to be the key determiners for scholarship-level coaches deciding whether or not to pull the trigger in the next year-plus.

The scholastic live periods are fast approaching and Philly Live will be among a few main epicenters for college coaches across the region. With hundreds of D1 coaches descending upon the City of Brotherly Love in just about 10 days, take a look at a few frontcourt prospects from District 1 who will be among those with eyes on them.