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March 20, 2008

Boys Hoop All-Stars

Couple things before we get to the All-You-Name-It Teams. Stevie Mejia of Lawrence Academy was named the Gatorade Massachusetts Boys Basketball Player of the Year Wednesday. The 5-foot-9, 170-pound senior point guard averaged 19.7 points, 4.3 assists and 2.8 steals per game this year. He led the Spartans (23-4) to the New England Prep School Athletic Council Class C title game, where they lost 62-43 to St. Mark’s of Southborough. Mejia is headed to URI.
You could have also given the award to 6-9 junior Erik Murphy, who led St. Mark’s to the title. Murphy had 30 in that game and is headed to Florida. He averaged about 20 and 10 this year leading his team to a second straight championship. St. Mark’s has one senior so expect the team to reach the finals again next year.

As of today, Thursday, Frontier Regional is ranked 10th in the state by MaxPreps.

Since Mohawk is the only team to beat Frontier here are other teams, separated by three degrees, which beat the team, which beat the team.
2nd degree: Mohawk lost to Pioneer and Hoosac.
3rd degree: Pioneer lost to Athol.
3rd degree: Hoosac lost to Amherst, Ludlow, Taconic, Drury, Putnam and Mt. Greylock.
Separated by four degrees adds the following teams: Turners, Greenfield, South Hadley, Hopkins, Smith Academy, Wahconah, Easthampton, Longmeadow, Chicopee, Westfield, East Longmeadow, Central, Northampton, Sci-Tech, Cathedral, Holyoke, Commerce, Agawam, West Springfield, Sabis, Palmer, Pittsfield, St. Joe’s

On to the teams, which were harder to pick than I thought. Send me your feedback (mmoran@gazettenet.com) so I can put together an All-I-Missed-The-Boat Team.

First-team All-Western Mass.
G - Joe Ragland, West Springfield, Sr.
G - Alex Berthiaume, Cathedral, Sr.
F - Pat Donnelly, Longmeadow, Sr.
F - Preye Preboye, Central, Sr.
F - Brian Clark, Frontier, Sr.

Second-Team All-Western Mass.
G - Jeric Tyler, Taconic, Sr.
G - Colin Lacey, South Hadley, Sr.
F - Nick Ahmed, East Longmeadow, Sr.
F - Brennan Cooper, Northampton, Sr.
F - Quinton McMillian, Sabis, Sr.

Third-Team All-Western Mass.
G - Kevin Engwer, Drury, Sr.
G - Andre King, Sabis, So.
G - Jamie Bell, Frontier, Sr.
F - Cody Snow, Pioneer Regional, Sr.
C - Ed Carter, Mohawk Trail, Sr.

2009 All-Western Mass. (Top returners with next year’s class)
G - Andre King, Sabis, Jr.
G - Gary Grandonico, Frontier, Sr.
F - Robbie Burke, Hoosac, Jr.
F - Niko Sierra, Longmeadow, Sr.
C - Rashad Wright, Cathedral, Sr.

All-Defense
G - Victor Del Rosario, Central, Sr.
G - Zach Holland-O’Neill, Northampton, Sr.
F - Trevelle Spratling, Taconic, Sr.
F - Brian Clark, Frontier Regional, Sr.
F - Preye Preboye, Central, Sr.

All-Offense
G - Joe Ragland, West Springfield, Sr.
G - Alex Klepadlo, Pioneer, Sr.
F - Brian Clark, Frontier Regional, Sr.
F - Pat Donnelly, Longmeadow, Sr.
C - D.J. Bailey, Palmer, Sr.

All-Division 1
G - Joe Ragland, West Springfield, Sr.
G - Alex Berthiaume, Cathedral, Sr.
F - Preye Preboye, Central, Sr.
F - Pat Donnelly, Longmeadow, Sr.
F - Nick Ahmed, East Longmeadow, Sr.

All-Division 2
G - Colin Lacey, South Hadley, Sr.
G - Jeric Tyler, Taconic, Sr.
G - Kevin Engwer, Drury, Sr.
C - D.J. Bailey, Palmer, Sr.
C - Ed Carter, Mohawk, Sr.

All-Division 3
G - Andre King, Sabis, So.
G - Jamie Bell, Frontier, Sr.
F - Brian Clark, Frontier, Sr.
F - Dan Clark, Frontier, Sr,
F - Cody Snow, Pioneer, Sr.

All-Hampshire County
G - Colin Lacey, South Hadley, Sr.
G - Mike Moynihan, Northampton, Sr.
F - Brennan Cooper, Northampton, Sr.
F - Dana Light, Granby, Jr.
C - Chris Demers, Easthampton, Sr.

All-Franklin County
G - Alex Klepadlo, Pioneer, Sr.
G - Jamie Bell, Frontier, Sr.
F - Brian Clark, Frontier, Sr.
F - Cody Snow, Pioneer, Sr.
C - Ed Carter, Mohawk, Sr.

All-Berkshire County
G - Jeric Tyler, Taconic, Sr.
G - Kevin Engwer, Drury, Sr.
F - Robbie Burke, Hoosac, So.
F - Jake Rand, Taconic, Sr.
C - Trevelle Spratling, Taconic, Sr.

All-Hampden County
G - Joe Ragland, West Springfield, Sr.
G - Alex Berthiaume, Cathedral, Sr.
F - Pat Donnelly, Longmeadow, Sr.
F - Preye Preboye, Central, Sr.
F - Nick Ahmed, East Longmeadow, Sr.

All-Non-Tournament Team
G - Jordan Rote, Mt. Everett, Sr.
G - Derrick D’Amours, Agawam, Sr.
F - Jeff Donnis, Smith Academy, Sr.
F - Mike Kelly, Amherst Regional, Sr.
F - Alex Frazier, Westfeld, Sr.

All-Western-Mass.-Tournament Team
G - Joe Ragland, West Springfield, Sr.
G - Colin Lacey, South Hadley, Sr.
F - Brian Clark, Frontier Regional, Sr.
F - Pat Donnelly, Longmeadow, Sr.
F - Ryan Garvey, South Hadley, Sr.


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