Best of the Best Mid-Season Watchlist – Central Valley Conference

<!-- 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 Central Valley Conference made their debut last year with the Best of the Best expanded to eight teams and like many of the new leagues that joined, they are looking to break through with their first opening round win. Here are some of the seniors have stood out as top nominees for this year's roster.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Gavin Burns, McNary<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2468461' first='Aydn' last='Dallum'], McNary<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2747499' first='Anthony' last='Fuentes'], McNary<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2747502' first='Cole' last='Ricketts'], McNary<br>Antonio Alvarez, North Salem<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1602196' first='Rafael' last='Ochoa'], North Salem<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2844568' first='Isaiah' last='Vargas'], North Salem<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2892510' first='Brayden' last='Fleener'], South Salem<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1687840' first='Teagan' last='Scott'], South Salem<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1671256' first='Tko' last='Westbrook'], South Salem<br>Logan Brown, Sprague<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2356234' first='Jack' last='Lapray'], West Salem<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2747493' first='Jacob' last='Sanderson'], West Salem<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2747496' first='Diggs' last='Sladek'], West Salem<br>Evan Wusstig, West Salem</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Analysis: Many of the star players in the Central Valley this year are seniors, so the conference should be in good shape depending on who's available to play. There isn't a lot of size available but there is plenty of great guard play and a lot of scoring, starting with Scott who's one of the top bucket getters in he entire state. Point guard play will be at a premium with the likes of Westbrook and Sanderson leading the way and there are plenty of gritty perimeter defenders available to the squad as well.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->