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These Maine experts aren’t surprised by Cooper Flagg’s rise to stardom
In August 2021, Bangor Daily News sports reporter Ernie Clark took a trip to Nokomis Regional High School in Newport to interview an incoming freshman named Cooper Flagg. Despite being just 14 years old at the time, Flagg was 6-foot-7, could dunk with ease …