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<p>After careful consideration, balancing both final stats, team success, and individual eye tests, here are my takes on this year's all-tournament teams from the 3A state tournament. It is hard to argue with Cofie as MVP as his impact went beyond his own stats with the amount of attention he drew offensively, even being triple-teamed several times in the post. He finished the job this season and capped his senior year off with the coveted Golden Ball. </p>
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<p>Here are the rest of my picks for first and second-team all-tournament. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1450484' first='Jacob' last='Cofie'] | Eastside Catholic <em>| 18.7 pts 11.3 reb 2.7 ast 2.7 stl 1.7 blk 29.0 min</em></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1450563' first='Jaxon' last='Dubiel'] | Mountlake Terrace | <em>19.0 pts 5.3 reb 2.3 ast 2.8 stl 1.5 blk 30.5 min</em></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1450491' first='Ryan' last='Lafferty'] | Mt. Spokane | <em>20.3 pts 5.0 reb 2.7 ast 1.7 stl 27.0 min</em></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1850299' first='Kaden' last='Powers'] | Rainier Beach | <em>18.5 pts 6.8 reb 2.3 ast 1.5 stl 1.3 blk 31.5 min</em></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1440564' first='Malcolm' last='Clark'] | O'Dea | <em>15.3 pts 11.0 reb 1.0 blk 25.3 min</em></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1685489' first='Yeabsera' last='Aklog'] | Eastside Catholic | <em>18.0 pts 10.3 reb 1.7 blk 1.3 stl 25.0 min</em></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1821289' first='Omarion' last='Boston'] | Lincoln (Tacoma) |<em> 23.7 pts 6.7 reb 1.0 blk 24.7 min</em></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1450489' first='Zaveon' last='Jones'] | Mountlake Terrace | <em>13.5 pts 10.0 reb 2.5 ast 1.5 stl 22.0 min</em></p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2375353' first='Maceo' last='Rivers']</strong> | Rainier Beach | <em>10.0 pts 6.0 reb 1.5 ast 1.8 stl 27.0 min</em></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1450604' first='Eli' last='Williams'] | North Central | <em>22.0 pts 6.0 reb 2.5 ast 28.0 min</em></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1450985' first='Legend' last='Smiley'] | Garfield |<em> 12.0 pts 4.0 reb 1.8 ast 1.0 blk 1.0 stl 23.5 min</em></p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2368911' first='LaVhanta' last='Sandling-Green']</strong> | Lincoln (Tacoma) | <em>12.0 pts 4.3 ast 3.0 reb 1.3 stl 28.3 min</em></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1451032' first='Jeremiah' last='White'] | Rainier Beach | <em>8.3 pts 4.8 reb 1.8 ast 1.5 stl 24.8 min</em></p>
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<p><strong>Bode Gardner </strong>| Mt. Spokane | <em>13.3 pts 4.7 reb 23.0 min</em></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1450982' first='Gelonni' last='“JuJu” Ervin'] | North Central | <em>11.5 pts 8.5 reb 1.5 ast 2.0 blk 28.5 min</em></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1450500' first='Jamari' last='Harris'] | Garfield | <em>9.3 pts 8.5 reb 1.8 ast 1.5 stl 23.0 min</em></p>
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After careful consideration, balancing both final stats, team success, and individual eye tests, here are my takes on this year's all-tournament teams from the 3A state tournament. It is hard to argue with Cofie as MVP as his impact went beyond his own stats with the amount of attention he drew offensively, even being triple-teamed several times in the post. He finished the job this season and capped his senior year off with the coveted Golden Ball.
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