NHR Junior All State Team
First Team Gary Trent Jr (Apple Valley). The five star recruit gave the Eagles 26.7 points, six rebounds, two steals, and two assists a game shooting an impressive 54 percent from the field on 540 attempts. The Eagles lost only…
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Gary Trent Jr (Apple Valley). The five star recruit gave the Eagles 26.7 points, six rebounds, two steals, and two assists a game shooting an impressive 54 percent from the field on 540 attempts. The Eagles lost only two of 32 games this year earning third place in state and Trent had some monster scoring outputs including four 40 plus point performances and nine over 30 plus points. Had he not been sick through most of February the numbers would have been even better which is scary.
Goanar Mar (DeLaSalle). Has a third state title with the Islanders but this time Goanar was the guy that led the team to the title with a team high 19.9 points and 9.9 rebounds a game. We will just say he’s a 20/10 guy that also led his team with 74 steals and was second on the team averaging nearly four assists per game. All around numbers and we didn’t even mention that he is one of the state’s elite defenders consistently guarding the other team’s best regardless if they were a two, three, four, or a five.
Nathan Reuvers (Lakeville North). The Panther big helped lead his team to second place in state putting up 19.8 points and 8.2 rebounds a contest shooting 58 percent from the floor, an outstanding 41 percent at the arc on 130 attempts, and 81 percent at the foul line. Big shot maker in each and every one of his playoff games going against Lucas Walford, Matthew Hurt, Reed Nikko, Osseo, and then Hopkins. His progress from a guy that scored in double figures three times as a sophomore to being one of the state’s best scorers was fun to watch.
Brad Davison (Maple Grove). Davison led his team to the state tournament with 25 wins in 30 games and he changed his approach up mid-season transitioning from a pure distributor when Tywhon Pickford was playing (and the second leading scorer) to a 21.1 point per game scorer AND a guy that averaged 7.5 assists a night. Not many players could do that plus despite attention Brad shot 52.3 percent from the floor, 37.8 percent at the arc, and 86 percent at the foul line averaging eight foul shots a game.
McKinley Wright (Champlin Park). The Rebel lead guard scored 19.7 points a contest while being one of the best rebounding guards (8.3 a contest) that I have seen since watching high school basketball closely in Minnesota 13 years ago. Wright also gave the 21-win Rebels 5.8 assists and 2.5 steals a contest and is one of the most clutch late game performers in the state of Minnesota.
Second Team
Myles Hanson (Chaska). What Myles and the Chaska Hawks did is what we were expecting from them in 2016-17. His 24.1 points a game with a 21-6 Chaska record is far above what we expected and only shows how consistent Myles continues to be. He is viewed as a explosive player by many but out view is one of the most consistent and improved players in the state on both ends.
Bryce Irsfeld (Browerville). Bryce led the Tigers to 26 wins scoring 27.5 points per game with 7.4 assists, 4.4 rebounds, and nearly three steals a game. Took Bryce to the state tournament for only the second time in school history and did so in section play with a memorable game winner.
Jordan Horn (Tartan). The Tartan lead guard led his team in scoring (17.3 a night) and assists while pushing the Titans to a 24-5 season that came up one game short of a state tournament berth. Horn was in double figures in 28 of 29 games saving his best for the final game putting up 31 against NSP.
Trae Berhow (Watertown-Mayer). The Royals leader gave the 18-win team 25.7 points and 10.4 rebounds becoming one of the best competitors on both sides of the ball in the state of Minnesota. Had a season high 40 points in a memorable 60-59 win over state bound Annandale and that performance is still being talked about regularly.
Theo John (Champlin Park). Theo gave the 21 win Rebels 14 points, 8.6 rebounds, and 3.3 blocks a game improving all of his numbers from a year ago when he gave his team 8 points, 5 rebounds, and 3.6 blocks as a sophomore. Strong improvements over a 12 month span.
Third Team
Owen Chose (Eden Prairie). Owen turned himself into the EP leading scorer as a deadly wing that made 51 percent of his field goals against the state’s top schedule. Made 38 percent of his treys scoring 18.1 points per game for a team that made the state tournament.
Isaac Johnson (Minneapolis North). Gave the state champion Polars just under 13 points and five boards a game and ranked in the top three on the team in scoring, rebounding, and assists. Also was the guy North put on top opposing wing scorers defensively.
Jack Sorenson (Lakeville South). The Cougars again fell short of where they wanted to be finishing 18-10 on the year but improvements were made. Sorenson led the Cougars with 22.7 plus points a contest playing in all but three games and topping the 40 point mark (41) in a win over Tartan.
Ishmael El-Amin (Hopkins). The likely winner of the 6th man of year award if Minnesota had one, El-Amin put up 16.6 points a game shooting 54 percent from the floor and a very impressive 45 percent from behind the arc on 93 three-point attempts.
Jericho Sims (Cristo Rey Jesuit). Sims gave an improved Greyhound team 23 points and 12 rebounds a game leading them to 18 wins bringing the ball up the floor, often scoring inside or out, and then going back to d-board and doing it all over again.
Fourth Team
Jesse Bergh (Lake Park-Audubon). Playing in his second season of basketball the 6-foot-9/6-foot-10 Bergh scored 23 points a game with 12. 4 rebounds and 4.1 blocks a game. His team came from nowhere to win 26 games and he shot 65.4 percent from the field.
Jeremiah Coddon (Woodbury). Explosive guard who scored 18 points a game on a balanced team that flipped their record around from 6-21 last year to 24-4 this season. Saved his best games for top opponents scoring 26 against Nate Albers and Mounds View, 27 against CDH, 23 against Walt McGrory and Edina, and 35 against NSP.
Jimmy Vollbrecht (Jordan). Injuries led to Vollbrecht having to do more than he expected this season leading to his 25.3 points and dozen rebounds a game for a 17-9 team that seriously lacked depth. Jimmy’s game expected from inside-out this year.
Chase Grinde (Spring Grove). Chase put up 23 points and four rebounds a contest for a 28-2 Lions team that was considered the second best in Class A until they were upset by Goodhue in the second final. Top the 30 point barrier five times including the 36 in the playoffs vs Wabasha-Kellogg.
Dillon Haider (Melrose). The defending champs didn’t return to state but they did win 26 games and Haider led the team in scoring (17.6 points) and assists plus was a top three rebounder for the Dutchmen.
Fifth Team
Walt McGrory (Edina). Hornet leader put up 17.8 points, 5.6 rebounds, 4.9 assists, and a steal a game for Edina who was 18-11 this year and played in the section final. Scored a season high 31 against Minneapolis South.
Weston Bakaer MaGrath (Marshall). Was one of two Marshall players voted all Big South (along with Andrew Hmielewski) after putting up several doubled-doubles and helping a deep Tiger team to a 25 win season. Also his dunk film has impressed all over social media.
Noah Gindorff (Crosby-Ironton). The Ranger big led his squad to the section title game with 19.2 points, 9.1 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 2.6 blocks a game shooting a ridiculous 71.5 percent from the floor for a 22-5 team.
Parker Fox (Mahtomedi). Fox and the Zephyrs won 19 games before falling in round one of the sections. Parker became a reliable scorer facing the basket and shooting or attacking the heart with his explosive length. He scored 22 a night.
Simon Wright (Hopkins). The worker for the state champions Simon scored 11.3 points with team high rebounding numbers. Wright did everything he was asked to do on both ends while shooting 37 percent at the arc.
Sixth Team
Jarod Wilken (Annandale). The 6-foot-5 forward led the Cards to the state tournament for the fourth straight year putting up 15.2 points and 11 rebounds a contest.
Gavin Baumgartner (Wayzata). Gavin scored 11 points a game led the team in several categories and was often one of the key defensive players for a Trojan squad that won 2 games against one of the state’s best schedules.
Kade Hart (Faribault). The Falcon big put up 16 points, 11 rebounds, and four blocks a night for a team that climbed to .500 on the year and is steadily getting better with Hart leading in the middle.
Broc Finstuen (Pine Island). Broc put up 20 points, 11 rebounds, and six assists a game for a Panther team that was .500 on the season and Broc had to do a giant share of everything to get to that point.
Jaran Roste (Alexandria). Roste played a lot of roles for the Cardinals pretty much doing whatever is asked from defending a post to bringing the ball up the floor. Scored between 18-19 a night.
Oakley Baker (NRHEG). Now in the leading role Baker put up 21.3 points, 8.8 rebounds, and 3.3 assists a contest for an 18 win basketball team in southern Minnesota.
Zac Olson (WEM). Led the Bucs to 24 wins in 28 games while scoring 22 points with 8 rebounds a contest. They were top ten much of the year with Olson leading the way.
Rob McClain (Red Lake). Led Red Lake to the state semi-finals averaging 16 points, 12 rebounds, seven assists, 4.5 steals, and four blocks a game. Did everything including run the point.