1ST ANNUAL BOYS ALL-STATE BASKETBALL TEAMS

[Bobby Mills Jr. (1000 Yard Guy)]

Well, at the urging of a few key people, I have decided to undertake this huge project. When you do not have the luxury of ballot sheets from coaches state-wide, you just have to record every conversation you have had with hoops coaches, scribes and knowledgeable people around the state and mentally record all the fine players you have see throughout the season.....................oh, and one other prerequisite for this thing - THICK SKIN. Here are my Class by Class All-State Squads. Class C-1 absolutely deserved to have THREE teams....that talented, and I probably still left somebody deserving off.


CLASS A
1st Team
Jarrell Crayton - 6-6 Bellevue East
Dol Kutey-6-6 - Lincoln Northeast
Jake Marvin 6-7 Sr. - Lincoln Southwest
Taylor Stormburg 6-2 Sr. - Creighton Prep
Andrew Sankey 6-5 Sr. - Lincoln East

2nd Team
Taylor Price 6-1 Sr. - Lincoln Southeast
Peter Uhing 6-4 Sr. - Lincoln High
Ben Imeg 5-11 Jr. - Omaha Bryan
Steville Burns 5-11 Sr. - Omaha Benson
Tilt Kuek - 6-0 Sr. - Omaha Bryan

*A bit of a slack year in the Omaha Metro and Class A in general, but Lincoln has some nice players. Barry Lollman of Norfolk, Galen Gullie-Omaha Bryan and Adonis Hill of Burke deserve mentioning.

CLASS B
1st Team
Greg Smith 6-6 Sr. - Ralston
Trevor Menke 5-10 Jr. - Beatrice
Tyler Evans 6-2 Jr. - Waverly
Dwight Smith 6-4 Jr. - Ralston
Tim McDavid 6-1 Sr. - Scottsbluff

2nd Team
Andrew Mittes 6-1 Jr. - Plattsmouth
Tommie Bardsley 6-2 Jr. - Beatrice
Trey Wilberger 6-3 Sr. - Scottsbluff
Evan Kucera 6-6 Sr. - Waverly
Rich Estrada - 5-9 Sr. - Sidney

*Had to think long and hard about whether to put SSC Freshman Mike Gessell on the 2nd Team or not. He's a star of the future, no doubt about it. Trent Miller of Gretna could have been placed on the 2nd team for just being a superior defender. Zach Hunt of Adams Central and Jordan Paben-Columbus Lakeview are also nice players. Conner Larson of McCook is scary for just a Sophomore.

CLASS C-1
1ST TEAM
Isiah Gandy 6-2 Sr. - Boys Town
Jake Hamburger 6-3 Sr. - Hastings St. Cecilia
Denver Klaus 6-3 Sr. - Bennington
Jacob Woslager 6-5 Sr. - Pierce
Nick Reed 6-4 Jr. - Syracuse

2ND Team
Spencer Fahey 6-0 Sr. - Grand Island Central Catholic
Dalton Sealey 6-2 Jr. - Hastings St. Cecilia
Zach Bargen 6-5 Jr. - Chadron
Elliott Eliason 6-11 Jr. - Chadron
Dexter Higgens 6-6 Sr. - Bennington

3RD Team
Taylor Murren - 5-11 Sr. - Wahoo
Troy Hartman 6-4 Sr. - North Bend
Brett Wells 6-3 Sr. - St. Paul
Alec Holmquist 6-0 Jr. - Chadron
Eric Koehlmoos 6-0 Sr. - Pierce

CLASS C-2
1ST TEAM
Adam Mingus 5-11 Sr. - Ravenna
Ryan Busboom 6-0 Sr. - Freeman
James Wilmes 6-2 Sr. - Fremont Bergan
Zach Paulman 6-5 Sr. - Sutherland
Ryan Dolzeal 6-2 Sr. - East Butler

2nd Team
Elliott Mencl 5-11 Sr. - Freeman
Ezra Schantz - Laurel-Concord
Tyler Brothers 5-11 Sr. - Elmwood-Murdock
Eric Johnson 6-2 Sr. - Ravenna
Ben Knobbe 6-4 Sr. - West Point Central Catholic

*A few others that I thought about were: Trevor Fecht-Axtell, Clint Watson-Wilber-Clatonia, Andrew Haveman-Weeping Water, and shooting-star-to-be, Ravenna freshman, Connor Beranek. Not going to beat aroung the bush....this Class was difficult for me.

CLASS D-1
1st Team
Brent Houchin 6-7 Sr. - Bruning-Davenport
Eric Johnson 6-2 Sr. - Mead
Delmar Parker 6-2 Sr. - Omaha Nation
Derek Snyder 6-1 Sr. - Burwell
Ivan Simic 6-5 Sr. - Arapahoe

2nd Team
Jordan Moline 6-1 Sr. - Mead
Derek Classen 6-0 Sr. - Humphrey St. Francis
Caleb Lammers 6-4 Sr. - Hartington
Dalen Hall 5-11 Sr. - McCool Junction
Trent Classen 5-10 Jr. - Humphrey St. Francis

*Watch out for Giltner Freshman DREW OTT. The kid will be an All-Stater in both Football AND Basketball, count it! Grant Gebhardt-Burwell, and Hartington's 6-4 Caleb Lammers are also very good.

CLASS D-2
1st Team
Austin Kaczor 6-4 Jr. - Ewing
Zach Sibbel 6-3 Sr. - O Neill St. Marys
Zach Lempka 6-5 Jr. - Sterling
Lars Backward 6-1 Jr. - Hay Springs
Matt Gohl 6-3 Sr. - Hayes Center

2nd Team
Dwayne Wall 6-1 Sr. - Hampton
Cody Eiler 5-11 Sr. - O”Neill St. Marys
Brett Kazcor 5-11 Sr. - Ewing
Keifer Messersmith 6-0 - Jr. - Hayes Center
Joe Santo 5-11 Sr. - Falls City Sacred Heart

COACHES OF THE YEAR:
Class A - Josh Luedke-Creighton Prep
Class B - Bill Heard-Ralston
Class C-1 - Craig Nobling-Chadron
Class C-2 - Paul Beranek-Ravenna
Class D-1 - PJ Quinn-Mead
Class D-2 - Jimmy Motz-Sterling

Project complete, first year jitters still present. Next year might be easier.....or will it?