Week 5 Top Performers: Big School

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Let's unpack the faces of week five's top performers. A week filled with big victories, big events and big eye opening performances. Week five is the week fans start serious talk about "sectionals". Week five starts to turn the corner for high school basketball and begins the sprint through the month of January. 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