Last year, as juniors, Marty Lesner and Kenan Pekovic of Rolling Meadows were role players for a senior-led Mustangs team that finished the year with a 30-5 record.

Now this season they are the senior leaders, in the starting five for Meadows, hoping to take a big step forward.

Wednesday evening at the 37th annual Fenton Chuck Mitchell Thanksgiving tournament turned out to be step one for Lesner, Pekovic and their teammates. They shook off a strong challenge from Wheaton Warrenville South in the final minutes to score a 42-37 victory.

The Mustangs (1-1), who graduated their entire starting lineup, rebounded from a disheartening loss Tuesday, 94-44 to Evanston, to get the win.

“That (loss to the Wildkits) was terrible, that was not us,” said Lesner, who scored 10 points, grabbed seven

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