North Mecklenburg High School's Duane Lewis has been at the school for 22 years. He has won state title's in 2005 and 2022. He has amassed a 449-150 record in his time at the Huntersville, North Carolina school. He has had numerous players go onto play at the highest level of college basketball and players that have had long careers overseas.
Justin Byerly has spent the past 15 years covering North Carolina prep and grassroots basketball. He has previously worked with The Recruit Scoop and Rivals.com. In addition to that he has contributed to The USA Today, Charlotte Observer, The Asheville Citizen-Times and The Sun News. He has held The Justin Byerly Upstate/WNC Showcase the past two years and has helped student-athletes from North Carolina and South Carolina receive college scholarships. He owns The Byerly Report scouting service that has over 100 college subscriptions. Justin resides in Asheville, North Carolina with his wife Danielle and four children.
