North Laurel boy’s basketball head coach Nate Valentine put together a gauntlet of a schedule for the 2022-23 season. That’s part of what comes with having a nationally-ranked recruit committed (now signed) to play basketball at the University of Kentucky. 6-foot-3 CG Reed Sheppard is a four-star prospect and one of the 50 best seniors in the country. Now in his final year at North Laurel, it’s time for his high school swan song, which in his case means traveling all across the eastern United States to take on the best of the best.