The 2022 Rankings Small School All-Stars (First Team)

<p>The 2022 Rankings All-Star Team is a collection of all the players ranked by their position. Based on their positional rankings, we came up with the following teams:</p> <p>First team: PG [player_tooltip player_id="891899" first="Mozae" last="Downing-Rivers"], CG [player_tooltip player_id="891900" first="Fontaine" last="Williams"], SG [player_tooltip player_id="952433" first="Jordan" last="Brown"], SF [player_tooltip player_id="787626" first="Mark" last="Mitchell"], PF [player_tooltip player_id="891906" first="Trey" last="Moala"], and C [player_tooltip player_id="1075931" first="Jace" last="Linenberger"].</p> <p>Second team: PG [player_tooltip player_id="889463" first="Max" last="Alexander"], CG [player_tooltip player_id="891909" first="Christian" last="Bowen-Webb"], SG [player_tooltip player_id="946262" first="Seth" last="Madron"], SF [player_tooltip player_id="787613" first="Gradey" last="Dick"], PF [player_tooltip player_id="1075927" first="Henry" last="Thengvall"], and C [player_tooltip player_id="1075929" first="Keaton" last="Williams"].</p> <p>Third team: PG [player_tooltip player_id="891903" first="Cooper" last="Jackson"], CG [player_tooltip player_id="891917" first="Zaid" last="Dajani"], SG [player_tooltip player_id="1131273" first="Kernan" last="Bundy"], SF [player_tooltip player_id="891898" first="Aidan" last="Shaw"], PF [player_tooltip player_id="1076261" first="Landon" last="Wagler"], C [player_tooltip player_id="1076411" first="Fred" last="Criqui"].</p> <p>Recognizing that many of our ranked players could play several different positions (and some of the top players defy a position category), this is by no means a grouping of the best players into teams. But just for fun, we made teams of the players based off their rankings.</p> <p>Now, as you will notice, just one of the players above ([player_tooltip player_id="1076411" first="Fred" last="Criqui"], St. Marys) comes from a school in the 3A classification or smaller.</p> <p>So to give the small school guys their due, here’s the 2022 Small School First Team, the top player at each of our six positional classifications from a 1A, 2A or 3A school (listed by position, name, state ranking/positional ranking, size and high school):</p> <p>Small School First Team:</p> <p>Point Guard: [player_tooltip player_id="1076403" first="Brett" last="Sarwinski"], #30/#7, 5-foot-10, Galena HS (3A):</p> <p>Sarwinski scores, distributes and defends and leads at an elite level. He had his team on the doorstep of a state championship a year ago, and figures to be back. He was big in big games and does what it takes. He averaged 17.8 points as a junior, en route to first-team 3A honors.</p> <p>Combo Guard: [player_tooltip player_id="891932" first="Cason" last="Richardson"] #23/#8, 6-foot-1 Hesston HS (3A):</p> <p>Richardson is the highest rated player in the state from a small school. He led his Hesston team to a win over Sarwinski’s Galena team, putting in 16 after ripping TMP for 36 in the semifinal. He does some of everything to make sure his team wins: 16 points, 7 boards, 4 assists, 57% from the field, 34% from deep, and 75% from the line.</p> <p>Shooting Guard: [player_tooltip player_id="1075928" first="Harrison" last="Voth"], #32/#4, 6-foot-1 Cheney HS (3A):</p> <p>Fall means football season for Voth, a high-level quarterback. But Voth is also the fourth-rated shooting guard in the class, with emphasis on the ‘shooting.’ He’s a knock-down shooter from deep and an athletic all-around talent. He earned honorable mention 3A last year and will be one of the best 3A guards this year.</p> <p>Small Forward: [player_tooltip player_id="1076412" first="Brady" last="Klotz"], #55/#13, 6-foot-4, Royal Valley HS (3A) (pictured):</p> <p>Klotz is big and versatile. He can dominate in the lane, and impact the game from the perimeter, particularly with his smooth stroke. As part of a really talented starting five for Royal Valley last year, Klotz produced a reliable 12.9 points and 8.3 rebounds. Look for those numbers to balloon quite a bit his senior year. He really made waves this summer with SSA Hoops Elite.</p> <p>Power Forward: [player_tooltip player_id="1139918" first="Charlie" last="Russell"], #57/#6, 6-foot-4, Wakeeney-Trego HS (2A):</p> <p>The only non-3A player on this team, Russell impressed by doing great work for against big-school competition with Western Kansas Elite. That got him noticed, but his high school numbers demonstrate how effective he is. He is productive across the board: 15.5 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.4 steals as a junior.</p> <p>Center: [player_tooltip player_id="1076411" first="Fred" last="Criqui"], #50/#3, 6-foot-7, St. Marys HS (3A):</p> <p>As was mentioned above, Criqui happens to be the only small school player who ranked in the top three at any position. So Criqui gets this spot as well as a spot on the all-state third team. Criqui has really attracted attention for his work on the club circuit this summer and is poised for a big senior year with lots of talented guards to work with at St. Marys.</p>