CUMBERLAND — Casey Roberts, who led Allegany to the conference championship, and scoring champ David Hobel of Mountain Ridge were voted boys basketball co-Players of the Year in the Appalachian Mountain Athletic Conference.
The voting was done by the head coaches of the eight-team league.
Roberts and Hobel head the all-conference first team, which includes Jeremy Green and Preston Hartman of Keyser, Jordan Grady of Allegany, Robbie Miller of Hampshire and Jordan Helmick of Fort Hill.
Named to the second team were Cody Ellsworth of Allegany, Devin Lee of Fort Hill, Will Hughes of Hampshire, Matt Wilmer of Keyser, Ed Herpel of Northern and Travis Meyers of Frankfort.
Honorable mention went to Dan Shockey of Southern, Matt DeRosa and Cody Morton of Mountain Ridge, Logan Wolford of Frankfort and Thomas Holtschneider of Northern.
Allegany won the conference with a 13-1 record, followed by Mountain Ridge at 12-2 and Keyser at 9-5. Final conference standings and statistics are in today’s Scoreboard page.
• Roberts, a 6-foot-2 guard and one of seven juniors at Allegany, led the Campers to a 22-4 overall record and the 1A West section and 1A West Region championships as well as the AMAC title.
He led the Campers in scoring, and was second in the area, with a 20.3 average, and also made a team-high 37 three-point goals.
Roberts also averaged four assists, four rebounds and 2.6 steals per game. He shot 48 percent from the field, and 35 percent from three-point range.
In conference play, Roberts was second in scoring, just six points behind Hobel, with 283 points and a 20.2 average. He was also second in foul shooting, making 55 of 70 tries for 78.5 percent, and fifth with 22 three-point goals.
• Hobel, a 5-foot-8 guard and one of only three seniors at Mountain Ridge, led the Miners to a 19-5 overall record, and won the area and conference scoring and foul shooting championships.
He led all area players with a 21.9 scoring average, and also had area highs in foul shots made (157), foul shots attempted (190) and free throw percentage (82.6). He was third in the area with 60 three-point goals.
Hobel also averaged five assists, 4.8 steals and 4.3 rebounds per game.
In conference play, Hobel won the scoring title with 289 points in 14 games for a 20.6 average, and led all foul shooters by converting 77-of-96 tries for 80.2 percent. He was runner-up in three-point goals with 32, just one behind Miller of Hampshire.
• Green, a 6-foot-1 senior, led Keyser to an 18-7 overall record, including 10 wins in the final 11 games.
Green was seventh in the area in scoring, averaging 15.7 points, and also hauled in 7.2 rebounds per game.
In the conference, Green was sixth in scoring with a 14.2 average.
• Hartman, a 6-foot-2 senior, led the balanced Golden Tornado attack with 15.6 points per game, which was fifth-best in the area. He averaged a double-double for the 25-game season, as he also pulled in 11.1 rebounds per game.
Hartman was fifth in the conference in scoring with a 14.7 average, and ninth in three-point goals with 16.
• Grady, a 6-foot-4 junior forward, was a key to Allegany’s success, especially with his presence inside and along the baseline, and averaged a double-double with 13.3 points and 10.6 rebounds per game.
Grady was 10th in the area in scoring and also had one of the top shooting percentages, at 51 percent, in leading the Campers to the state tournament.
In conferene play, Grady ranked 10th in scoring with 13.2 points per game.
• Miller, a 6-foot-2 senior guard at Hampshire, led the conference in three-point goals and perhaps the area in three-point shooting, hitting at 44 percent.
Miller was 11th in the area in scoring with 13.7 points per game, and was second in three-point goals with 58. He also 6.1 rebounds and averaged 3.6 assists.
In league play, Miller was seventh in scoring at 13.5, and had a conference-high 33 three-point goals.
• Helmick, a senior center at Fort Hill, led the Sentinels in rebounding and was second in scoring.
A quick-leaping, aggressive player in the lane and around the glass, Helmick averaged 12.5 points, 7.8 rebounds and one steal per game. Also a good foul shooter, Helmick at one point led the conference before finishing 78-for-119 for 65.5 percent for the season.
In the conference, Helmick was seventh in scoring at 13.6.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)