All-Centercourt honors the Top 60 seasons

 

The 2015 All-Centercourt Team & CC MVP will be published on Thursday, April 16th

 

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You think it's easy to come up a top 60?  How about about separating it into a top 25 first? Give it shot. Five teams, with five players on each team, and another 35 players for honorable mention.

 

In about three weeks, the 5th Annual All-Centercourt team will be announced, honoring the top 60 seasons turned in by WNY high school players this year.  The selections are broken down into a first, second, third, fourth, & fifth team, with five players on each, along with 35 honorable mention selections.  There is also an award for the CC MVP (the WNY Player of the Year), Coach of the Year, and Sixth Man of the Year.

 

The top 60 may sound like a lot, but when you start putting names down on paper, the list fills quickly and inevitably some very good players get left off the list.  The main criteria I focus on is the 2014-2015 season, not what you did in the past, and not where you're going in the future…it's all about honoring the top 60 from this season.

 

Use the comments section below to tell us what your 5 teams would look like and maybe even why.  If you're really ambitious, try coming up with the entire team including the HM selections.  

 

Please keep all commentary appropriate when discussing high school athletes, and remember, it is lame to say someone does not belong on a team, without offering up who should be on one.  It might be even more lame to give only one or two teams.  Show us you've paid attention this season and provide all five teams.

 

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80 responses to “Who deserves a spot on All-Centercourt?”

  1. JoeTee Avatar
    JoeTee

    ALL WINDEX TEAM (REBOUNDERS)
    BILLY BROOKS
    CHRIS MINER
    STEPHEN CARLSON
    RANDY GOLDA
    CAM LEWIS

  2. ECICMAN Avatar
    ECICMAN

    I would include Cort Williams on Will East in the rebounding discussion and all CC. Averaged just under 10 per game and 17 points even though he missed 6 games with a dislocated elbow.

  3. John Smith Avatar
    John Smith

    DONEL CATHCART LED WESTERN NEW YORK IN SCORING 23PPG PLAYING IN THE MONSIGNOR MARTIN.

  4. CloseOut Avatar
    CloseOut

    POY Zack Panebianco Most consistent big game player in WNY, he always shows up.
    COY Jeff Anastasia
    6th man—this is a tough one, I would throw out Tanner Schmit (Nichols) or Juwan Toliver from McKinley as both spent some time coming off the bench during the season and both are very good players. Another possibility is Myles Hall of Will South, I am sure others are deserving as well.
    1st
    Jordan Nwora (Park)
    Billy Brooks (Silver Creek)
    Stafford Trueheart (Canisius)
    Zack Panebianco (Jamestown)
    Percy Bryant (East)
    2nd
    Cam Lewis (Nichols)
    Fred Foster (MEC)
    Devin Morris (McKinley)
    TC Brown (Amherst)
    LeTerrance Reed (Canisius)
    3rd
    Derek Cheatom (Park)
    Dominic Welch (Cheektowaga)
    Chris Miner (Nichols)
    Justin Jones (Canisius)
    Greg Dolan (Will South)
    4th
    Stephen Carlson (Jamestown)
    Donel Cathcart (O’Hara)
    Takal Molson (St. Mary’s)
    Sam Castronova (Will South)
    Josh Huffman (Canisius)
    5th
    Tanner Schmit (Nichols)
    Maceo Jack (Will North)
    Clay Lewis (Holland)
    Kyle Bradley (Wilson)
    Holness Lightbody (St. Francis)
    HM
    Jay Bergmann (Frontier)
    Mikey Bermudez (Niagara Falls)
    Dorian Billups (Amherst)
    Damone Brown (East)
    Matt Cieslik (City Honors)
    Zak Ciezki (Cheektowaga)
    Nick Clough (Will East)
    Marcell Davis (SJCI)
    Graham Dolan (Will South)
    Jared Fish (Salamanca)
    Terrell Ford (Ken West)
    Randy Golda (Park)
    Shaquan Jones (McKinley)
    Kyle Harris (Pak)
    Jason Hellwig (Medina)
    Sean Hill (Will North)
    Mike Kelleher (Maryvale)
    Zac Kinsey (Jamestown)
    Dylan Lambert (Will North)
    Chucky Martin (Olean)
    Xavier Maye (I-Prep)
    Bryce Morrison ( Randolph)
    Christian Nodine (Starpoint)
    John Piper (Fredonia)
    Nick Prabcki West (Seneca East)
    Jaylin Rose (Hutch Tech)
    Fred Searles (Global)
    Graham Soffel (Maple Grove)
    Jojo Staton (MEC)
    Derek Simpson (Timon)
    Juwan Tolliver (McKinley)
    Buzz Watson (Walsh)
    Cort Williams (Will East)
    Qeyion Williams (Niagara Falls)
    Chris Woodard (NT)

  5. Bazz Avatar
    Bazz

    I love how some of the players that people are trying to make a case for only made honorable mention in their own league. People it’s a top 60 overall!! If you not at least in the top 10 of your own league, you got NO CHANCE of making the top 60 overall. Throwing around lines like “the kids a player” isn’t fooling nobody. B/C if he only honorable mention in his own league then there was at least 10 dudes who was more of a player than you.

  6. wnybball Avatar
    wnybball

    Iam not sure who I would have on my teams , but I see some guys that don’t have Reed on first team…..They cant be serious .

  7. Coach J Avatar
    Coach J

    All I know is that Ray blackwell could not compete with the other freshmen in the list such as dolan. He is a great player but he wouldn’t even be on varsity if he went to another school. I find it unfair that freshmen who play at other schools as well as sophomores who play on jv for bigger schools don’t get any publicity.

  8. mpp Avatar
    mpp

    I seen hairston from Cleveland Hill play for the first time in the all star game the kid has game he plays hard on both side of the cost MAP in the allstar game

  9. mpp Avatar
    mpp

    BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL AND WAS MVP

  10. sryan Avatar
    sryan

    No love for I Prep? Only school to advance to Glens Falls and Xavier Maye, Terrance James and Davon Gant are definitely top 60 players!

  11. The Rowdy Raider Avatar

    Without a doubt, Truehart and Panebianco are your Co-Players of the Year. However, most of the commenters are forgetting the performance Stephen Carlson had this year. Easily he is deserving of a first team or second team nod this year. He and Carlson, and at many times when Panebianco wasn’t producing to the standard many expected while he was sick, Steve came through and performed to a much higher level than in years past. Just something else to consider :-).

  12. CJ Stein Avatar
    CJ Stein

    Chad Steinwachs and Dylan Lambert from will north

  13. wnybb Avatar
    wnybb

    Any one of these lists that doesn’t mention Takal Molson should be invalidated. Big scorer and play maker on a solid St. Mary’s team.
    And there are players on here who I have never heard of them or their team, if they didn’t make any headlines all season then how have they earned a spot?

  14. SouthNYHoops Avatar
    SouthNYHoops

    1st
    Reed – POY
    Trueheart
    Panebianco
    Nwora
    Bryant
    2nd
    Welch
    Lewis
    Cheatom
    Foster
    Brooks
    3rd
    TC Brown
    Cathcart
    Lewis
    Morris
    Piper

  15. SouthNYHoops Avatar
    SouthNYHoops

    Miner on 3rd team…my bad

  16. Ugliest dude in WNY Avatar
    Ugliest dude in WNY

    Panebianco or Reed POY (and 1st)
    1st
    Trueheart
    Nwora
    morris
    2nd
    Greg Dolan
    Castronova
    Percy Bryant
    Cam lewis
    Cheatom
    3rd
    Welch
    Huffman
    Piper
    chucky martin
    Tc Brown
    4th
    Brooks
    Maye
    Morrison
    Carlson
    5th
    Voss
    Cathcart
    Holness lightbody
    Foster
    Staton

  17. Bucketz Avatar
    Bucketz

    Myles Hall All Defensive Team, 6th Man of the Year and Honorable mention!

  18. WNYHSHOOPS Avatar
    WNYHSHOOPS

    1st Team
    Laterrence Reed (Canisius)
    Zack Panebianco (Jamestown)
    Dominick Welch (Cheektowaga)
    Percy Bryant (East)
    Stafford Truehart (Canisius)
    2nd Team
    TC Brown (Amherst)
    Cam Lewis (Nichols)
    Jordan Nwora (Park)
    Tokal Molson (St. Mary’s)
    Derek Cheatom (Park)
    3rd Team
    Chris Miner (Nichols)
    Dylan Lambert (Williamsville North)
    Donal Cathcart (O’Hara)
    Sam Castronova (Williamsville South)
    Billy Brooks (Silver Creek)
    4th Team
    Zack Ciezki (Cheektowaga)
    Kordell Holness-Lightbody (St. Francis)
    Cort Williams (Williamsville East)
    Maceo Jack (Williamsville North)
    Fred Searles (Global)
    5th Team
    Stephen Carlson (Jamestown)
    Xavier Maye (I-Prep)
    Nick Parucki (West Seneca East)
    John Piper (Fredonia)
    Greg Dolan (Williamsville South)
    Honorable Mentions
    Juwan Tolliver (McKinley)
    Dorian Billips ( Amherst)
    Clay Lewis (Holland)
    Randy Golda (Park
    Jay Bergman (Frontier)

  19. BBall 2015 Avatar
    BBall 2015

    All Centercourt picks as I see them…
    1st Team
    Zack Panebianco (Jamestown)
    Laterrence Reed (Canisius)
    Dominick Welch (Cheektowaga)
    Stafford Truehart (Canisius)
    TC Brown (Amherst)
    2nd Team
    Percy Bryant (East)
    Jordan Nwora (Park)
    Tokal Molson (St. Mary’s)
    Cam Lewis (Nichols)
    Derek Cheatom (Park)
    3rd Team
    Chris Miner (Nichols)
    Donal Cathcart (O’Hara)
    Sam Castronova (Williamsville South)
    Billy Brooks (Silver Creek)
    Dylan Lambert (Williamsville North)
    4th Team
    Zack Ciezki (Cheektowaga)
    Devin Morris (McKinley)
    Kordell Holness-Lightbody (St. Francis)
    Cort Williams (Williamsville East)
    Nick Parucki (West Seneca East)
    5th Team
    Clay Lewis (Holland)
    Maceo Jack (Williamsville North)
    Xavier Maye (I-Prep)
    John Piper (Fredonia)
    Derek Simpson (Timon)
    POY –Panebianco (Jamestown) / Reed (Canisius)
    Other noteables to add
    Cort Williams (Williamsville East)
    Dorian Billips ( Amherst)
    Fred Searles (Global)
    Greg Dolan (Williamsville South)
    Stephen Carlson (Jamestown)
    Randy Golda (Park)
    Juwan Tolliver (McKinley)

  20. Fan Avatar
    Fan

    I have been following WNY hoops for the last few years and I have been impressed with all the coverage that Centercourt has provided. The ranking of teams and players will always be open to subjective ness. I feel that the 1 st team should be made up of kids who did the most with what they were given. One example of this year’s players who exemplified this would be Jamestown’s Zack Panebianco. Zack ended up averaging more points than last year, even though he was constantly double teamed and had to work for all his output. Also, having lost his big man and still getting his team to the Regional Finals and not once caring about earning the MVP accolades make him a front runner for Player of the Year. HIs true character was shown on both close losses to Aquinas and Greece Athena, where right at the end of the game, he didn’t display poor sportsmanship, but rather gave full respect to his opposing players. I also witnessed local Rochester fans approach him after both these close battles and tell him he was a great example of a fine young man. I really enjoyed watching him play these last 4 years.

  21. Jon P Avatar
    Jon P

    1
    Reed
    Panebianco
    Truhart
    Brown
    Molson
    2
    Nwora
    Schmit
    Lewis
    Cheatom
    Minor
    3
    Lightbody
    Carlson
    Huffman
    Brooks
    Lambert

  22. Sam R. Avatar
    Sam R.

    Miner and schmitt the of nichols dont seem to be showing up high enough on lists…. Both are top 5 forwards in area… I’d like to see their #’s and lewis comparitively.. All around 15 and 10

  23. CHBBall Avatar
    CHBBall

    1st
    Truehart (Canisius)
    Panebianco (Jamestown)
    Reed (Canisius)
    Welch (Cheektowaga)
    Bryant (East)
    2nd
    Brown (Amherst)
    Nwora (Park)
    Molson (St. Mary’s)
    Lewis (Nichols)
    Miner (Nichols)
    3rd
    Cheatom (Park)
    Cathcart (O’Hara)
    Holness-Lightbody (St. Francis)
    Castronova (Will South)
    Brooks (Silver Creek)
    4th
    Lambert (Will North)
    Ciezki (Cheektowaga)
    Morris (McKinley)
    Parucki (West Seneca East)
    Lewis (Holland)
    5th
    Williams (Will East)
    Tolliver (McKinley)
    Maye (I-Prep)
    Piper (Fredonia)
    Billips (Amherst)
    Other HM
    Carlson (Jamestown)
    Dolan (Will South)
    Golda (Park)

  24. P.Welps Avatar
    P.Welps

    Schmidt (nichols) for 6 man of year? Something wasn’t right watching that happen. Interested as to why no start for only d1 in grade thus far. If he doesnt go on teams 1-3 i can see 6Man but it doesnt make sense.. talent exceeds all other forwards overall. toliver should be 6-man bc he isnt legit first thru fifth talent

  25. centercourt Avatar
    centercourt

    Tolliver started for McKinley all season.
    The Sixth man of the Year award is for a player who came off the bench for his team all season and thrived in that position, providing his team with a lift seemingly everytime he entered the game.

  26. P.Welps Avatar
    P.Welps

    Fair enough, schmidt was starter all season except for last game? i believe. Also a 1,000 pt scorer in 3 years @ nichols and one at clarence that didnt count… And not to mention 3 good years on good teams (buff st. Once, mma twice) and division 1 offers. tolliver also a young starter who I never saw sit games @ tip. Thanks for clarification.

  27. WNYBballfan Avatar
    WNYBballfan

    laterrance reed needs some more recognition, leader of state fed cup champs and state title. iced too many 3 balls and free throws to ensure victories especially in play off run and big games. got canisius to the place it couldnt go with weir, and other star teams in the past. poy without a doubt

  28. PJB Avatar
    PJB

    Disagree with WNYBballfan.
    Reed’s own teammate Trueheart is a more important player to their season long success.
    Also think Panebianco from Jamestown is a better player.

  29. WNYBballfan Avatar
    WNYBballfan

    PJB i think you were wrong. reed poy

  30. PJB Avatar
    PJB

    WNYBballfan as you can see from the Buffalo News, there are a number of different opinions on POY

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