Hillcrest was supposed to be good. With an expected five returning starters from last year’s 26-5 team, including a pair of senior Division I big men and a junior guard ranked among the top 20 prospects in the Class of 2024, the expectations were sky high for the Hawks.
But one of those big men, 6-8 Matt Moore, a UNC-Wilmington recruit, transferred to Joliet West. And the talented guard who broke out last year as a sophomore, Isaiah Green, left for Kenwood.
