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Mustang Athlete Of The Week: Ulises Cardenas

The latest EPCHS player of the week scored in double figures in the Mustangs recent wins over Leo and Reavis.

Ulises Cardenas scored 13 points to propel the Evergreen Park Mustangs to a Feb. 5 Sunday Showcase overtime win over Leo.
Ulises Cardenas scored 13 points to propel the Evergreen Park Mustangs to a Feb. 5 Sunday Showcase overtime win over Leo. (Tim Moran/EPCHS)

EVERGREEN PARK, IL - Ulises Cardenas, a junior on the Evergreen Park Community High School boys basketball team, is this week's Mustang Athlete of the Week. Cardenas earned the honor after pouring in 13 points in a win over Leo at the EPCHS Sunday Showcase and followed that with 17 points in a big conference home win over Reavis.

"Ulises is having a great junior year and is a big time threat from 3 point range," said EPCHS Boys Basketball Head Coach Jim Sexton, who nominated Cardenas and noted that the junior has already connected on 65 three-point shots this season.

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