Basketball-induced exhaustion overcame me for a few days, so over the next couple of days, I'll clean up some state tournament (Kentucky and Illinois) nuggets out of the notebook.
First of all, the awards:
Two of southern Illinois' top players were named to the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association's Class A-2A all-state squad. Byron Bailey, who led Massac County to a state runner-up finish in Class 2A, was a first-team selection, as was Meridian guard Isiah "Hoopy" Jones.
Massac guards Jarelle Johnson and Cory Ayala were honorable mention choices.
In Kentucky, Marshall County's Jessica Holder and Aaron Wilson of Fulton City were named the First Region players of the year by the Kentucky Basketball Coaches Association. The players automatically receive invitations to try out for the Kentucky-Indiana all-star series.
Carlisle County's Brian O'Neill won the boys' coaching award, as did Marshall County's Howard Beth for the girls. Caldwell County's Stephanie Crick won the girls' coaching award in the Second Region.
Several coaches with area ties were selected to join the KABC's "Court of Honor" — Barney Thweatt of Paducah Tilghman and Jim Wallace of Trigg County were the boys' picks from the First and Second regions. The 12th Region selection was Kirk Chiles, who also did wonderful work at Lyon County and Marshall County.
Mayfield's Lanny Lancaster was honored from the First Region at the girls' state tournament.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
The Paducah Sun's Purchase Area Players and Coaches of the Year were announced Wednesday, April 1st was well. Jessica Holder of Marshall County was the girls recipient and Caleb Hardy of Carlisle County was the boys recipient. Scott Sivills received the girls Coach of the Year and Brian Oneill received the boys Coach of the Year.
Post a Comment