c.2016 all-area boys basketball

2016 News Tribune All-Area Boys Basketball Team
FIRST TEAM
THOMAS
MADISON
BRANDON
MYER
JAKE
SKELLY
JAXSON
TURNER
JOEY
ZWAK
Hermantown
Superior
Grand Rapids
Esko
Duluth East
Senior guard
Senior forward
Junior guard
Senior guard
Senior guard
• One of the region’s most athletic and
versatile players, Madison averaged
about 20 points, six rebounds, four
assists and three steals per game
• All-Area Player of the Year averaged
20.7 points and eight rebounds for
21-win Spartans, who were undefeated
against Northland opponents
• Do-it-all point guard paced resurgent
Thunderhawks in scoring (about 18.2
points per game), assists (5.0) and steals
(2.5)
• Lightning-quick athlete is best known
for his lockdown defense as well as
averaging 13.6 points and 4.3 assists per
game for 27-win Section 7AA champs
• All-Lake Superior Conference
first-team pick finished with more than
1,500 career points as Hermantown
advanced to third consecutive Section
7AAA final
• Future Minnesota Duluth player is
6-foot-7 but not shy around the
perimeter — he was 44 percent
(55-for-126) from 3-point line and 85
percent (121-for-143) from free-throw
line
• Proficient shooter made 62.6 percent
(112-for-179) of 2-point field-goal
attempts, 42.3 percent (55-for-130) of
his 3-point tries and 84 percent of his
free throws (84-for-100)
• Esko’s Mike Devney called Turner, who
compiled a 108-21 career record and
appeared in four consecutive state
tournaments, the best point guard,
athlete and defender he’s ever coached
• Skelly, who totaled a career-high 39
points in a February win over Zimmerman, helped Grand Rapids go 20-8 and
earn No. 2 seed in Section 7AAA playoffs
• All-Polar League pick and coaches
association all-star, who will play Division
I football at North Dakota, finished with
1,139 career points and program-record
485 assists
• All-Area football Player of the Year
“will go down as one of the best
basketball players to ever come out of
Hermantown,” Hawks coach Joe
Schmitz said
• All-LSC first-team selection has a
penchant for drilling big shots and
helped Superior win 42 games over past
two seasons
• Veteran point guard ran the show for
the Greyhounds and led team in scoring
(18.1), assists (3.1) and steals (2.1)
• A streaky shooter who averaged more
than two 3-pointers a night while
making 34 percent (66-for-196) of his
long-range attempts
• Border Battle participant was more
than an outside threat, as evidenced by
the 26 free throws he attempted in a
February win at Mounds View, a total
that ranks among the state’s top 10 in a
single game
SECOND TEAM
CHRIS
CARLSON
DARNELL
GOGGLEYE
ADAM
TRAPP
JORDAN
WETTERLIND
ARCHIE
WINANS
Barnum
North Woods
Esko
Proctor
Senior guard
Senior guard
Sophomore center
Senior forward
Mountain
Iron-Buhl
• Capable of changing games any
number of ways, Carlson helped one of
the Northland’s best small-school
squads to another 20-win finish
• Averaged 19 points, five rebounds, five
assists and 5.2 steals while shooting 37
percent on 3-point attempts and 59
percent on 2-point field-goal tries
• Polar League first-team performer “is
one of the quickest players I have ever
coached,” longtime Bombers coach Rich
Newman said
• One of the area’s most dangerous
gunners averaged 18.1 points, 3.9
assists and 2.6 steals to highlight a
Grizzlies team that went 26-3 and
reached Section 7A final
• Buried 18 3-pointers over
back-to-back games in January,
including a school-record 10 vs. Two
Harbors, and averaged eight 3-point
attempts a night
• All-Arrowhead Conference honoree
was selected for trio of all-star games,
including Border Battle
• 7-2 lefty impacts games in ways few
others can, and averaged 14 points and
seven rebounds a night as Eskomos
steamrolled to another state tournament
• Blocked 3.9 shots per game and finished
with Esko single-season record of 117
blocks, a statistic in which he’s already the
program’s career leader
• Finished with program-record 1,581
career points and spurred Rails’ recent
turnaround, which included 19 wins this
winter — their record improved each of
Wetterlind’s four seasons
• Proctor’s second-leading scorer at
about 16 points per game was first on
the team in rebounding (8.9), assists
(4.1) and charges taken (21 total)
• Combination of size and athleticism has
made Trapp a hot commodity among
• All-LSC first-teamer shot 57 percent
Division I schools — “He gets up and down on 2-point field-goal attempts and 75
the floor with anybody,” Devney said
percent from free-throw line
Senior guard
• Established a new program standard
with 2,326 career points while averaging
20.8 this season as Rangers reached
state tournament for first time since 2005
• Winans did more than just score,
producing 9.2 rebounds, 5.2 assists and
3.9 steals per game
• Shot 50 percent (228-for-460),
including an efficient 59 percent
(184-for-311) on 2-point tries, and was
drawing Division III interest from schools
such as St. Scholastica