Basketball, Profiled - Saturday, January 14, 2012 23:04 - 0 Comments

On Target – Emmett Cook In the Spotlight

Jonas Emilsson
www.KramMag.com

Sit down and have a chat with Emmett Cook and it’s easy to tell the kid has nothing but basketball on his mind.

The 6′5″ grade-11 guard lives and breathes the game, which becomes even more evident when he steps on the court to represent the Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs senior boys basketball team.

As a grade-11 athlete he certainly doesn’t look out of place on the court competing against stronger and more experienced players, and the truth is, he fit right in last season when he played a big role for the senior team as a grade-10 student, which is extremely uncommon in any high school league across the country.

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This year, the born and raised Calgarian is averaging close to 20 PPG and 10 RPG. His game-high this season was a 27-point outburst against the Father Lacombe Lasers.

“We took Emmett as a grade-10 last year and it was one of those situations that we knew he had fantastic athleticism, I mean that boy can fly, but we challenged him to become a shooter, and he worked hard,” said Bulldogs’ head coach Morgan Tudor.

By the time he plays his true senior season next year the strength and experience will be on par with his peers, which is a scary thought for the competition. Continue…