Jack Kushner (above) has been a key starter for West Chester East all season long as a freshman. (Photo: Josh Verlin/CoBL)
By Josh Verlin
Last February, Jack Kushner sat in the stands at Temple University’s Liacouras Center, watching West Chester East play in the program’s first-ever district championship appearance. An eighth grader at Sts. Peter & Paul, Kushner was there to watch his older brother M.J. Kushner, then a senior and reserve forward on the Vikings’ squad, but he couldn’t help thinking one thing.
“I was like, ‘this is my last year to watch all these games,” he recalled. “This is the last game I can come to before I’m going to be on that court.’”
Lofty thoughts for a middle schooler. Especially lofty considering the Vikings had high hopes after their playoff run, which ultimately fell short in that District 1 5A title game (to Sun Valley) and then lost to Archbishop Ryan in the opening round of the PIAA Class 5A tournament. They returned 6-foot-9 wing Andrew Carr, a Division I recruit now signed to Delaware, talented combo guard Tym Richardson, and point guard Mike Dedda, all seniors.
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