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Crane's Jamier Montgomery and Bolingbrook's Brady Pettigrew made the most of summer basketball

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The biggest breakout players and transfers typically define the summer months of high school basketball. Here are the biggest from the recently concluded summer scene. Breakout senior: Jamier Montgomery Crane’s Jamier Montgomery headed into a pivotal offseason with very little hype. And the road to actually receiving any wasn’t going to be easy. During the two “live” evaluation periods in June, where college coaches determine their next round of scholarship offers, Crane was hardly seen. Crane didn’t play in the Riverside-Brookfield Shootout and was dispatched to play at an off-site location, void of college coaches, during the Ridgewood Shootout. And in July, Montgomery didn’t play for a team on one of the heavily-watched shoe-sponsored circuits. The silky smooth scoring guard, however, took advantage of a small window of opportunity presented to him. Montgomery consistently shined with his independent club team, Young and Reckless, one of the top non-shoe brand grassroots programs in

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