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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Michael O'Brien

Farragut sticks to Wolf Nelson’s philosophy to come back and beat Leo in Emmanuel Little’s first game as coach

Farragut’s Jerrold Brock (3) moves the ball past Leo’s Karon Shavers (4) at the Crosstown Classic Shootout at Rich. (Kirsten Stickney/For the Sun-Times)

Farragut has been one of the state’s most predictable basketball programs over the past three decades.

As with many teams, the level of talent would rise and fall. But rebounding was always the bedrock of Wolf Nelson’s program. Nelson, a math teacher, once told me that in his experience if a high school basketball team gets 30 rebounds it will win the game almost every time.

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