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Austin Swartz smiles when asked about life with the Cannon School boys’ basketball team. “Yes, things are definitely going well,” Swartz, the Cougars’ high-scoring 6-5 senior guard, said Saturday. Swartz scored 25 points as the Cougars outscored Chambers 91-85 in a Phenom Hoops MLK Classic game played at a frenetic pace. Cannon School (18-6) has won five in a row. The Cougars are 12-3 since mid-December. They beat one of their key CISAA rivals,

Charlotte Country Day, by 35 points last week. “We’re playing well, and we’re having fun,” said Swartz, a top-50 national recruit who plans to play in college next year for the Miami Hurricanes. “We consider ourselves to be one of the best teams in the state. It’s something we’ve worked toward.” That work began last February, when Cannon School lost a game it didn’t expect to lose – against Ravenscroft School in the 4A private school playoff semifinals. The Cougars didn’t shoot well and fell 52-50. “I don’t know if we overlooked them or not, but we didn’t expect to lose that game,” Swartz said. “I think that loss has made us more focused this season. We’re locked in.”

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