Bloomington North's JaQualon Roberts named to Indiana basketball coaches Supreme 15
Bloomington North's JaQualon Roberts and Linton's Joey Hart were named to the Supreme 15 All-State boys' basketball team by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association.
Roberts, who has signed with Vanderbilt, averaged 19.6 points and 7.4 rebounds per game in helping lead the Cougars to 19 wins and a spot in the elite eight in Class 4A. He also finished 14th on the all-time Monroe County boys' scoring list at 1,245 points.
In addition, North sophomore Luke Lindeman was named Underclass Large School All-State. Bloomfield's Peter Comes and Linton's Logan Webb were named Senior Small School All-State.
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Senior honorable mention also went to North's Dawan Daniels, South's Gavin Wisley, Lighthouse Christian's Coda Snyder, Bedford North Lawrence's Colten Leach and Mooresville's Nick Patterson. Underclass honorable mention went to Ian Hall of Orleans, Blake Neill of Bloomfield, Trey Rominger of Paoli, Landon Sichting of Indian Creek and Braden Walters of Linton.
The "Supreme 15" is the top honor awarded, and players were voted to that group without regard to school size.
The rest of the Supreme 15 includes Xavier Booker, Indianapolis Cathedral; Markus Burton, Penn; Myles Colvin, Heritage Christian; Zane Doughty, Ben Davis; Joey Hart, Linton-Stockton; Logan Imes, Zionsville; Mason Jones, Valparaiso; A.J. Lux, Crown Point; Sam Orme, Carmel; Ian Raasch, NorthWood; Sheridan Sharp, Ben Davis; Jaron Tibbs, Indianapolis Cathedral; Brandon Trilli, Munster and Ashton Williamson, Gary 21st Century.
Lindeman is joined on the Large School All-State team by Trey Buchanan, Westfield; Kody Clancy, Scottsburg; David Cundiff, Munster; Micah Davis, Franklin Community; Aaron Fine, Noblesville; Taray Howell, Evansville Bosse; Jevon Lewis Jr., Fort Wayne Wayne; Braylon Mullins, Greenfield-Central; Dominique Murphy, East Chicago Central; Tyler Raasch, NorthWood; Ron Rutland, Indianapolis Attucks; Tre Singleton, Jeffersonville; Robert Sorensen, Guerin Catholic; Jaymen Townsend, Marion.
The other all-state squads are listed below.
Academic All-State
The IBCA also released its Academic All-State teams for boys and girls with 69 athletes honored, among them Lighthouse's Snyder, Bloomington South's Caitlin Heim and Owen Valley's Reagan Martin.
Boys honorable mention went to Rhett Johnson of South; Bril Kante, Gavin Reed and Lucas Vencel of North; Cam Craft, Levi Hamlin and Will Wickstrom of Lighthouse; Anthony Gough of Edgewood and Kage Brown and Kolton Jackson of Owen Valley.
Girls honorable mention went to Kaylyn Criger and Ashley Hudson of Eastern Greene; Grace McKay and Carlie Pedersen of South and Kearstin Ciresi and Madi Kay of Owen Valley.
HBCA honors
The Hoosier Basketball Coaches Association named Roberts, Combs, Leach, Webb and Hart Regional All-Stars, joining Castle's Wes Aigner, Loogootee's Peyton Bledsoe, South Spencer's Cale Donoho, Evansville Mater Dei's Blake Herdes, North Daviess' Jaylen Mullen, Evansville Day's Tyler Myers and Washington's Brycen Neidigh in forming the West Team for the boys' all-star game at North Daviess on Sunday, April 16.
Named All-District 1 with Paoli's Isaac Cornett-McBride and Orleans' Blake Love named All-District 4.
Top 60 workout
Roberts, Wisley, Hart and Webb were among those invited to the Hoosier Basketball Magazine Top 60 Workout scheduled for Sunday at Marion University in Indianapolis. They will participate in Session 1 from 1-3 p.m. The second session will involve players mostly from the Indianapolis area. Admission to watch is $8.
Chitty, Brand resign
A pair of South grads resigned their head coaching positions recently as Brent Chitty stepped down after 13 years at Columbus East and Eric Brand has left Southport after a five-year stay.
Chitty was 129-165 with the Olympians and 315-323 in 29 years overall, with previous stops at Owen Valley and Evansville Central. The 59-year-old told the Columbus Republic he plans to remain on as a physical education teacher and also started in the fall as a real estate broker with Bloomington's Stafford Realty.
Brand went 53-67 at Southport after a 26-1 run at South Bend Riley in 2018.
In a statement on his Twitter account, Brand said: "For the past 17 years from college to high school, I have put my heart into coaching. It has been awesome to able to invest in a lot of great players. I am now going to take the time to invest more into my own kids. I am excited to do some things with them that I have put off because of my schedule."
IBCA ALL-STATE TEAMS
The Underclass Supreme 15 includes Isaac Andrews, Wapahani; Jack Benter, Brownstown Central; Flory Bidunga, Kokomo; Dezmon Briscoe, Indianapolis Attucks; Sabien Cain, University; Kanon Catchings, Brownsburg; Jalen Haralson, Fishers; Brauntae Johnson, Fort Wayne North; Carter Kent, Jennings County; Chase Konieczny, South Bend St. Joseph; Tyler Parrish, Chesterton; Kellen Pickett, Fort Wayne Blackhawk; Azavier Robinson, Lawrence North; Justin Sims, Chesterton; Trent Sisley, Heritage Hills.
Senior Large School All-State: Luke Almodovar, Noblesville; Markus Ankney, Center Grove; Cade Brenner, NorthWood; Ahmere Carson, Anderson; Cooper Farrall, Culver Military Academy; Jamie Hodges Jr., Michigan City; Keegan Manowitz, Jennings County; Luke McBride, Norwell; Jaylen Mullen, North Daviess; Nick Richart, Zionsville; Alex Romack, Westfield; Ian Stephens, New Palestine; Deaglan Sullivan, Mishawaka Marian; Devon Woods, Pike and Jordan Woods, Hammond Central.
Senior Small School All-State: Lukas Balling, Marquette Catholic; Peyton Bledsoe, Loogootee; Jacob Cherry, Eastern (Pekin); Jermaine Coleman, Park Tudor; Peter Combs, Bloomfield; Owen Duff, Carroll (Flora); Aidan Franks, Wapahani; Josh Furst, Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian; Isaiah Malone, Prairie Heights; Gage Sefton, Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian; Jacob Spaulding, Eastern Hancock; Silas Spaulding, Eastern Hancock; Wyatt Thornburgh, Blue River Valley; Logan Webb, Linton-Stockton and Brady Yoder, Westview.
Underclass Small School All-State: Fletcher Cole, Paoli; Gavin Betten, Manchester; Grady Carpenter, Tipton; Josiah Dunham, Evansville Christian; Will Harmon, Fountain Central; Keagen Holder, Morgan Township; Kyler Krull, Whitko; Noah Lovan, Providence; Jake McGraw, Clinton Prairie; Kasym Nash, Borden; Joshua Renfro, Christian Academy of Indiana; Isaac Schultz, Adams Central; Nolan Swan, Tipton; Lonte Ward Jr., Indianapolis Lutheran and Izaak Wright, Wabash.
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