Best of the Best Mid-Season Watchlist – PIL

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The 3rd annual Best of the Best Tournament will take place this year from May 30-31 at Reynolds High School where once again 8 teams representing all the leagues in 6A and an all-star team from 5A will battle it out to see who is the best conference in the state of Oregon.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We've reached the mid-way point of league play and a number of seniors have established themselves as firm nominees for the roster of their leagues. The PIL are the two-time champs of the Best of the Best and these seniors have stood out as top nominees for the roster in 2026.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1606557' first='Dache' last='Acelar'], Benson<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2747483' first='Andrew' last='Haas'], Cleveland<br>Patrick Duque, Cleveland<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2393008' first='Sigi' last='Stacey'], Cleveland<br>Hayden Shoemaker, Franklin<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2693425' first='Qai' last='Gresham'], Jefferson<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1602193' first='Jaamir' last='Roberson'], Jefferson<br>[player_tooltip player_id='3258348' first='Thomas' last='Carney'], Lincoln<br>Miles Novy-Hildelsey, Lincoln<br>Harlan Novy-Marx, Lincoln<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2286311' first='Weiming' last='Zhu'], McDaniel<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2747480' first='Andrew' last='Kim'], Roosevelt<br>Jayden Metcalf, Roosevelt<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1602195' first='Lucas' last='Moreira'], Roosevelt<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2958327' first='Juma' last='Whatley'], Roosevelt<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2844556' first='Ahmad' last='Surur'], Wells</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Analysis: The bulk of the talent - and subsequent all-league teams - will largely be non-seniors this year from the PIL, but the league should have enough with their seniors to effectively defend their titles. Novy-Hildelsey and Haas currently project as first team all-conference and their combination of size and toughness will be hard for opponents to handle. Benson's Acelar is the only returning first team all-league guy from last year and he's had a solid senior season and overall, the roster should be filled with plenty of quickness and athleticism.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->