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<p>The 2023-24 season has just kicked off and quite a few of last year's top players are back. There's a solid group of experienced seniors but there are some talented underclassmen ready to challenge for honors as well. It's time to unveil our pre-season all-state teams and here are our picks for the 6A classification.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">(Players listed alphabetically within each team)</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>First Team</strong></p>
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<figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><a href="https://prephoops.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/atkins-e1678087561364.jpg"><img src="https://prephoops.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/atkins-e1678087561364.jpg?w=300" alt="[player_tooltip player_id='1276625' first='Jalen' last='Atkins'], Jr, Barlow" class="wp-image-1833029" /></a></figure>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">[player_tooltip player_id='1276625' first='Jalen' last='Atkins'], Jr, Barlow</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">[player_tooltip player_id='1276628' first='Brayden' last='Boe'], Jr, Mountainside</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">[player_tooltip player_id='1276626' first='Isaac' last='Carr'], Jr, Central Catholic</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">[player_tooltip player_id='1052572' first='Terrence' last='Hill Jr'], Sr, Roosevelt</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">[player_tooltip player_id='1174265' first='Jaden' last='Steppe'], Sr, Tualatin</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>Second Team</strong></p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">[player_tooltip player_id='1910894' first='James' last='Kefgen'], Jr, Liberty</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">[player_tooltip player_id='1565735' first='Jackson' last='Leach'], Sr, West Salem</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">[player_tooltip player_id='1278329' first='Aidan' last='Rice'], Sr, Beaverton</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">[player_tooltip player_id='1269430' first='Jackson' last='Weiland'], Sr, South Medford</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">[player_tooltip player_id='1110583' first='Marley' last='Zeller'], Sr, Central Catholic</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>Player of the Year</strong></p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center">[player_tooltip player_id='1174265' first='Jaden' last='Steppe'], Sr, Tualatin</p>
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<p>Analysis: While Central Catholic is our pre-season #1 pick the Rams are led by two great players whereas #2 ranked Tualatin has a singular top guy, which gives Steppe our nod for 6A Player of the Year. Atkins and Boe were First Team All-State last year which made them easy selections to repeat and with Hill coming back home a bona fide D-I recruit and making Roosevelt a top contender, his choice was pretty straightforward as well. In splitting Carr and Zeller, we went with Carr on the first team and Zeller on the second.</p>
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<p>As always, players who are projected league Player of the Year winners are All-State honorees in our book, which gives Kefgen, Leach, and Weiland the nods on the second team. What's interesting about these selections is that even with a couple of out-of-state transfers (Winters Grady, Boden Howell), there are still so many non-seniors represented - the 2024-25 honorees will very much look the same as well.</p>
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The 2023-24 season has just kicked off and quite a few of last year's top players are back. There's a solid group of experienced seniors but there are some talented underclassmen ready to challenge for honors as well. It's time to unveil our pre-season all-state teams and here are our picks for the 6A classification.
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