WPIAL Shooting Stars in December

<p>As the season has gotten into full swing this month, there have been a good amount of players "lighting it up" throughout the Western Pennsylvania region. Some of these young men are scoring over 30 and 40 points per game to start the high school season. In my opinion, a tremendous lack of defensive effort and desire has been attributed to the escalation of points for a variety of basketball players this winter. Not taking anything away from the scoring abilities of these guys, because regardless of the reasons behind the high output on the stat sheet they are still the ones putting the ball in the basket during a four-quarter contest. Below we touch the surface of a mixed bag of seniors, juniors, and sophomores in the Western PA area. These hardwood hoopers spread through positions such as point guard, shooting guard, combo guard, and wing forward. Let's check out this elaborate list of scorers...</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Matt McDonough, 6’1, senior, combo guard, North Allegheny High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1187896" first="Evan" last="Berger"], 6’0, sophomore, shooting guard, Thomas Jefferson High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1188019" first="Terek" last="Crosby"], 6’2, sophomore, wing forward, Yough High School</p> <p>Jackson Juzang, 5’11, senior, combo guard, Winchester Thurston High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="991219" first="Jake" last="DiMichele"], 6’3, senior, combo guard, OLSH High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="991215" first="Eli" last="Yofan"], 6’3, senior, combo guard, Fox Chapel High School</p> <p>MJ Smith, 6’3, senior, shooting guard, Cornell High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1186050" first="Ben" last="Guffey"], 6’2, junior, shooting guard, Bethel Park High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="991346" first="Vinnie" last="Cugini"], 6’2, junior, shooting guard, Aquinas Academy High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="991193" first="Devin" last="Carney"], 6’0, senior, combo guard, Butler High School</p> <p>Makhai Valentine, 6’2, junior, wing forward, Steel Valley High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1188039" first="Brody" last="McQuiston"], 6’3, sophomore, wing forward, Shenango High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1116023" first="Connor" last="Spratt"], 6’1, junior, point guard, Seton LaSalle High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1283491" first="Nick" last="Crum"], 6’1, senior, shooting guard, Penn-Trafford High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1186052" first="Adam" last="Bilinsky"], 6’3, junior, wing forward, Norwin High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="991235" first="Markus" last="Frank"], 6’5, senior, wing forward, Quaker Valley High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="991365" first="Dante" last="DePante"], 6’2, junior, combo guard, Central Catholic High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1180863" first="Brevan" last="Williams"], 6’4, senior, wing forward, Greensburg Central Catholic High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="991349" first="Bryce" last="Epps"], 5’10, junior, point guard, South Allegheny High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1188543" first="Jaden" last="Gales"], 6’5, senior, wing forward, Bishop Canevin High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1169523" first="Scott" last="Bilovus"], 6’1, senior, shooting guard, West Allegheny High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1186412" first="Landon" last="Butler"], 6’3, junior, shooting guard, Latrobe High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="991401" first="Brandin" last="Cummings"], 6’3, sophomore, combo guard, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School</p> <p>Caden Smith, 6’3, senior, shooting guard, Franklin Regional High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="991237" first="LA" last="Pratt"], 6’5, senior, point guard, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School</p> <p>Tyrell Wafford, 6’1, junior, wing forward, Westinghouse High School</p> <p>Tahjere Jacobs, 6’0, senior, point guard, Jefferson-Morgan High School</p> <p>Ashton Giannetti, 6’2, senior, wing forward, Carrick High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1283488" first="Gavin" last="Cote"], 6’5, senior, shooting guard, Peters Township High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="991233" first="Steve" last="Antuono"], 6’2, senior, shooting guard, Ellwood City High School</p> <p>Charlie Meehleib, 5’11, sophomore, wing forward, Elizabeth Forward High School</p> <p>Joey Dudkowski, 6’2, senior, shooting guard, Pine Richland High School</p> <p>Isaiah Gonzales, 6’3, sophomore, wing forward, Kiski Area High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1186053" first="Cadin" last="Olsen"], 6’2, senior, shooting guard, Armstrong High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="991376" first="Tasso" last="Sfanos"], 5’10, junior, point guard, Mars High School</p> <p>Brandon Coury, 6’1, senior, shooting guard, Burrell High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1188549" first="Lorenzo" last="Jenkins"], 6’3, senior, wing forward, Blackhawk High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="991407" first="Quinton" last="Martin"], 6’3, sophomore, wing forward, Belle Vernon High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1185929" first="Bakari" last="Wallace"], 6’2, junior, wing forward, Uniontown High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="991230" first="Ryan" last="Lang"], 6’2, senior, shooting guard, Knoch High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="991371" first="Madden" last="Clement"], 5’11, junior, shooting guard, Butler High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1188546" first="Isayah" last="Mosley"], 6’5, senior, wing forward, Montour High School</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="991224" first="Devin" last="Whitlock"], 5’10, senior, combo guard, Belle Vernon High School</p> <p>Lorenzo Gardner, 6’2, senior, wing forward, Monessen High School</p> <p>Dante Riccelli, 6’1, senior, point guard, Connellsville High School</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Here at Prep Hoops Pennsylvania, we will continue to monitor the progress of these outstanding young performers, while following a tremendous amount of other talented players throughout the area.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>