McCluer High basketball coach Erwin Claggett must have felt like a NBA coach during the past two weeks as his Comets played a challenging six games in the past nine days.
That's a rough stretch of games for any team at any level, but the Comets came away winning five of those six games.
Last week, McCluer won the championship of the D.C. Wilcutt Tournament at CBC. McCluer defeated Fort Zumwalt East on Monday, Clayton on Wednesday and CBC for the title on Friday night.
The following night, the Comets defeated Illinois Class A power Breese Central in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic at the Chaifetz Arena. Just two days later, they faced Normandy in the final game of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Basketball Shootout.
McCluer led for much of the game, but the Vikings came back to win 63-60, thus handing the Comets their only loss during this six-game stretch.
On Tuesday night, McCluer rebounded with a convincing victory at Parkway West.
The leader throughout the season for McCluer has been junior standout guard Shaquille Boga (pictured), who is averaging 22 points a game. He was also the Most Valuable Player of the D.C. Wilcutt Tournament.
Claggett also made liberal use of his bench, using as many as 11 players in one game. It was an impressive showing by a talented young group of players.
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