My School

By Mike Moore, JTV Sports There were a number of things Rich Karasek called Khari Willis, a handful of terms he used to describe one of his most dynamic players Lumen Christi has ever known. Electric. A winner. A competitor, just to name a few. But there was one phrase that seemed to stand out, and maybe most accurately define one of the Titans’ best athletes to suit up in the green and gold. “When you consider what he was able to do on the football field and the basketball court,” Karasek said of Willis, “he’s a once-in-a-lifetime guy.” With endorsements like that, and a winter full of highlights and special play, Willis was an easy choice for the JTV Male Player of the Year. “As a player, he was the guy that pushed the pace of the game. He could explode down court at any time,” Karasek said of his senior guard. “He made everyone around him better.” The latter part of that comment may have been the most telling, and the one that told the story of what made Willis so instrumental to everything Lumen did. He had the skill set to score more than 20 a game,…