Two players transfer from charter schools

Two of the area's standout basketball talents recently transferred to other schools.

Shaquille Duncan left Prep Charter last week and enrolled in classes at Frankford on Jan. 30.

Jabril Trawick transferred from Freire Charter to Abington Friends on Tuesday. Neither player will play basketball at their new school this season.

"It was just a whole bunch of stuff at Prep Charter," said Duncan, who lives in the Frankford section of Philadelphia.

The 6-foot-9 junior center didn't go into detail about the things that bothered him at the school. He would say only that he was unhappy there and tired of the nearly two-hour daily commute to the school.

Huskies coach Dan Brinkley could not be reached for comment.

"I was up at 5:30 a.m. to go to school," said Duncan, who averaged 8.3 points this season. "I would get home every day around 9:30 p.m. or 10. I wouldn't go to bed until around [midnight]"

Trawick transferred to Abington Friends because, he said, he had wanted to go there all along. The 6-3 sophomore guard attended Abington Friends as a freshman. His family said he transferred to Freire Charter for financial reasons.

Trawick's uncle, Lean Shamsid-deen, a former Abington Friends assistant coach, began the season as Freire Charter's coach. Shamsid-deen was replaced as the Dragons coach after 12 games. The family says Trawick's transfer had nothing to do with the firing.

"I was unable" to finance the tuition, Shamsid-deen said of Trawick's not staying at Abington Friends. "So we took a step back. We are thankful to get him back there.

"I was [at Abington Friends] for 131/2 years. I feel very fortunate and lucky. Everybody doesn't have the opportunity to go to Abington Friends."

Trawick averaged around 13 points for the Dragons.