Seacoast boys basketball duo thriving at Phillips Exeter Academy

EXETER — Cole McClure won the NHIAA Division III boys basketball Player of Year award in both of his first two years at St. Thomas Aquinas. Christian Chartier was one of the better shooters in Division I boys basketball in his two years at Winnacunnet High School. Now the two are teammates, and starting at Phillips Exeter Academy, currently 7-5 in Class A in the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council League. McClure and Chartier moved to PEA to enhance their chances of playing at the highest level they can. "The driving factor (for me) was definitely to get to the goals where I want to get to, and be a scholarship college basketball player," said McClure, a 6-foot-3, 175-pound...