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Next Man Up: Cam’Ron Fletcher makes it out of St. Louis guided by a mother’s love and a chip on his shoulder

[Ed. Note: This is the fourth installment of KSR’s “Next Man Up” series profiling Kentucky’s 2020 signees. Previously, Jack Pilgrim wrote about Lance Ware, while Aaron Torres profiled BJ Boston and Devin Askew]

After making the near four-hour trek west to St. Louis, Missouri on a sunny, brisk February afternoon, the Vashon High School front office staff politely asked if I could wait just a few more minutes while the star of the evening was making his way back to campus.

An antsy Cam’Ron Fletcher, one of Kentucky basketball’s six high school signees in the class of 2020, had gone to get a last-minute haircut and run a few final errands to get ready for his final home basketball game of his career.