What Junior Glue Guys Brought Teams Together at Holiday Events?

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>***Use Code “ScottyB30” for 30% off your annual subscription***</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>What junior glue guys made an impact over the holidays?&nbsp; During a nine day period I covered games from Jacobs, Elgin, Wheeling, Hinsdale Central, Jack Tosh, Collinsville, Pekin, Duster-Thomas, and Pontiac.&nbsp; These are from those events!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>David Udoiwood (Geneva – 2027)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Udoiwood played a key role in their win in the opening round.&nbsp; Does a little bit of everything with his passing, capabilities as a shooter, and athleticism.&nbsp; He had 11 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2125596' first='Charles' last='Schlicht'] (Grant – 2027)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Like the toughness and overall well rounded game this junior brought to the table.&nbsp; Solid rebounder, active defender, and capable shooter.&nbsp; Nose for the ball.&nbsp; He had 16 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2403910' first='Logan' last='Wessel'] (Mt. Carmel – 2026)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Big second half in the Caravan's opening round win at Pekin.&nbsp; The wing has good positional size and can shoot it off the catch from three.&nbsp; Attacks in transition and is a good free throw shooter as he had 18 points.&nbsp; In the championship game he had another nice outing with 13 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Jake Nawrot (Hersey – 2027)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Most of the focus is going to be on Luxem and Pomis for Hersey, but Nawrot is so important to their success.&nbsp; The fast rising 2027 quarterback is a utility big man on the hardwood.&nbsp; Can deck it from the mid-post, run the floor, and finish out of the dunker spot as he had 16 points while also doing a nice job on the glass in the game we saw.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Graham Schwab (Oswego – 2027)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This is the definition of a glue guy when you look it up in the dictionary!&nbsp; He is all over the place making plays!&nbsp; Schwab did just that in their first round loss as he had 21 points off his pure energy and motor!&nbsp; Whenever a play needed to be made he was there.&nbsp; Put backs, loose balls, steals, etc.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2829810' first='Miles' last='Burnison'] (York – 2027)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Like what we saw from this junior small forward as a connective piece who can get on the glass and deck it from the mid-post.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2425956' first='Perry' last='Tchiegne'] (Benet – 2027)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This is what you call a top prospect that is in a glue guy role.&nbsp; Tchienge is a scholarship level player in the 2027 class, but with so many stars at Benet he utilizes his versatility to step in wherever he is needed.&nbsp; Plus passer, really defends, and is a slick ball handler.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->