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EP Mustangs Basketball Coach Jim Sexton Wins 100th Game

The high school win total for Head Coach Jim Sexton includes victories at St. Laurence and Evergreen Park.

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Jim Sexton holds the game ball from Tuesday night's Evergreen Park win over Reavis, his 100th victory as a high school boys basketball head coach.
Jim Sexton holds the game ball from Tuesday night's Evergreen Park win over Reavis, his 100th victory as a high school boys basketball head coach. (Vern Estes/EPCHS)

EVERGREEN PARK, IL - Evergreen Park Community High School Boys Basketball Head Coach Jim Sexton reached a milestone victory this week when his Mustangs pulled out a victory over South Suburban Conference rival Reavis.

The Mustangs defeated the Rams, 69-42, Tuesday night at home, giving Sexton his 100th career high school boys basketball head coaching victory. Nolan Sexton and Ulises Cardenas both had 17 points to spark the Mustangs' win, while Lonnie Mosley added 10 and Isaiah Mosley had 9.

Jim Sexton's most recent 38 wins have come at Evergreen Park, which hired him before the 2020-2021 coronavirus-shortened season. His previous 62 wins came from his three-year stint from 2017-2020 as the head coach at St. Laurence High School in Burbank.

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