Who’s earned a spot on All-Centercourt?

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 9th 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 2015-2016 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.

-centercourt

144 responses to “Who’s earned a spot on All-Centercourt?”

wnybball

March 21, 2016

If Dom Welch doesn’t make first team that is a joke. He’s the most individually talented kid around and averaged 30 a game with high efficiency. Not putting up some crazy number of shots.
Also Noah Thompson deserves the honors he got. He had a great season overall and he didn’t show in big games? You must not have watched the sectional semifinal where he almost single handedly got his team to the sectional final by knocking down shot after shot and getting on the offensive boards for rebound buckets even though he’s not the biggest or most athletic kid. He’s smart and very skilled.

Music

March 21, 2016

1st Team All WNY….Stafford Truehart, Dominick Welch, T.C. Brown, Maceo Jack, Jenard Jackson
2nd Team…Greg Dolan (Could be 1st team), Jordan Nwora, Amadi Ikpeze, Fred Foster, James Rojas(Could be 1st Team)
All Deeefense..Justin Jones, Breon Harris, Syquan Ralands, Zacc Kinsey, Madut Aiyiy
Didn’t alot of players far north and south of city.

Music

March 21, 2016

All Booom Team….Truehart, Welch, Foster, Jack and Rojas
Best 8 teams in WNY…
1)Canisius
2)Park
3)Will South
4)Amherst
5)Middle College
6)Olean
7)Niagara falls
8)Mckinley
Varsity Freshman of year….Hutchins (Park) Cunningham (St.Francis)

B. Stevens

March 21, 2016

My 1st, 2nd, and 3rd team (just a HS basketball fan, follow mostly MMA, ECIC Yale Cup, NFL, and NOL) Other thank Olean & Fredonia I don’t know much about CCAA & Charter schools. Did see health science play at Buff State so I am including those games in my opinion….
First Team
Stafford Trueheart – Canisius POY
Dom Welch- Cheektowaga
Jernard Jackson- Lewiston-Porter
Fred Foster – Middle College
Ben Eckstrom- Olean
Second Team
Jordan Nwora- Park
Greg Dolan- Williamsville South
Jojo Stanton- Middle College
Maceo Jack – Williamsville North
Shaquan Jones – McKinley
Third Team
TC Brown – Amherst
Tavien Kemp – Walsh
Graham Dolan- Williamsville South
Derek Schmidt- Olean
Christian Nodine – Starpoint/ Andy Xaspos – Roy-Hart

Mike

March 21, 2016

If Fred foster isn’t first team he was a man amongst boys in there state championship game and he played a great game of defense against Dom Welch and Takal Molaon is the best player in wny my eyes
So my first team has to be Greg Dolan Takal Molson Stanford truehart Fred foster dom welch

M. Jon

March 21, 2016

1st Team: Stafford Trueheart(POY)(Canisus)
Jordan Nwora(Park)
Elijah Ramadhan(Olean)
T.C Brown(Amherst)
Dominick Welch(Cheektowaga)
2nd Team: Shaquan Jones(McKinley)
Greg Dolan(Will South)
Maceo Jack( Will North)
Fred Foster(Middle Early)
Jernard Jackson(Lew Port)
3rd Team: Ben Eckstrom(Olean)
Jojo Staton(Middle Early)
Tavien Kemp(Walsh)
Justin Jones(Canisius)
Amadi Ikpeze(Amherst)

nick w

March 21, 2016

1st team- Stafford Truheart, Dom Welch, Greg Dolan, Jernard Jackson, Fred Foster
2nd Team- Jordan Nwora, James Rojas, Elijah Ramadhan, Maceo Jack, Jojo Stanton
3rd Team- TC Brown, Ben Eckstrom,Quinton Lamar, Tavien Kemp, Shaquan Jones
4th Team- Brandon Roach, Amadi Ikpeze, Christine Nodine, JaQuoine Fogan, Marcellus Cooper
5th Team- Patrick Moore, Jake Cavana, Qeyion Williams, Sean Hill, Andy Xaspos

Luke Kindberg

March 21, 2016

First Team:
Truehart
TC Brown
Greg Dolan
Nwora
Dom Welch
Second Team:
James Rojas
Jenard Jackson
Ramadan
Eckstrom
Ikpeze
Third Team:
Kemp
Foster
Jack
Molson
Jones
Truehart is easily POY.

amari

March 21, 2016

1st Team:
Stafford Trueheart(Canisus)(POY) Fred Foster(MEC) Jernard Jackson(Lew Port) Elijah Ramadhan(Olean) Dominick Welch(Cheektowaga)
2nd Team:
Jordan Nwora (Park) Shaquan Jones(McKinley) Greg Dolan(Will South) Maceo Jack( Will North) Jojo Stanton (MEC)
3rd Team:
Ben Eckstrom(Olean) Tavien Kemp(Walsh) Justin Jones(Canisius) Amadi Ikpeze(Amherst) TC Brown (Amherst)

StateChamps2003

March 21, 2016

CC – I think you mean the 2015-2016 season in your third paragraph, no? Stop copying and pasting.

Dave B

March 21, 2016

1st Team:
Jernard Jackson
Dominick Welch
Stafford Trueheart
Fred Foster
GregDolan
2nd team
Elijah Ramadhan
James Rojas
Maceo Jack
Jordan Nwora
Jojo Stanton
3rd team
Ben Eckstrom
Tavien Kemp
Christine Nodine
Marcellus Cooper
TC Brown

March 21, 2016

POY- Stafford Trueheart
1st Team
Fred Foster
Greg Dolan
Elijah Ramadan
Jernard Jackson
Dom Welch
2nd Team
Amadi Ikpeze
James Rojas
Jordan Nwora
Maceo Jack
Ben Eckstrom
3rd Team
Shaquan Jones
Patrick Moore
Shakur Harris
Jojo Staton
Takal Molson
4th Team
Noah Hutchins
TC Brown
Kyle Harris
Justin Jones
Graham Dolan
5th Team
Ray Blackwell
Christian Nodine
Breon Harris
Will Johnson
Tavien Kemp

WNY Bball Fan

March 21, 2016

First Team:
Stafford Trueheart – Canisius (CO POY)
Jernard Jackson- Lewiston-Porter (CO POY)
Dom Welch- Cheektowaga
Gary Foster – Middle College
Elijah Ramadhan- Olean
Second Team:
Jordan Nwora- Park
Greg Dolan- Williamsville South
Jojo Stanton- Middle College
Maceo Jack – Williamsville North
James Rojas- Jamestown
Third Team:
TC Brown – Amherst
Tavien Kemp – Walsh
Ben Eckstrom- Olean
Shaquan Jones – McKinley
Quinton Lamar- Timon

March 21, 2016

this is an edit from above… didn’t realize POY was on 1st Team also.
1st Team
Stafford Trueheart (POY)
Fred Foster
Greg Dolan
Elijah Ramadan
Jernard Jackson
2nd Team
Amadi Ikpeze
James Rojas
Jordan Nwora
Maceo Jack
Dom Welch
3rd Team
Shaquan Jones
Patrick Moore
Shakur Harris
Jojo Staton
Takal Molson
4th Team
Noah Hutchins
TC Brown
Kyle Harris
Justin Jones
Graham Dolan
5th Team
Ray Blackwell
Christian Nodine
Breon Harris
Will Johnson
Tavien Kemp

Dean Adams

March 21, 2016

1st Team
Stafford Trueheart (POY)
Fred Foster
Greg Dolan
Elijah Ramadan
Jordan Nwora
2nd Team
Amadi Ikpeze
James Rojas
Jernard Jackson
Maceo Jack
Dominick Welch
3rd Team
Shaquan Jones
Patrick Moore
Graham Dolan
Jojo Staton
Will Atkinson
4th Team
Derek Schmidt
Madut Ayiy
Kyle Harris
Tavien Kemp
Shakur Harris
5th Team
Quinton Lamar
Christian Nodine
Breon Harris
JaQuoine Fogan
TC Brown

Labatt

March 21, 2016

Is Molson eligible for these teams? Can’t see why he would be included anywhere in the top 60. Yeah he’s a major talent, but I’m told he goes to Health Sci now and didn’t even finish the reg season at SML. Msgr Mazrtin revoked his league award and team lost out on chance to win states because of all the fallout.

Gary T

March 21, 2016

Based on 2015-2016 season here is my CC team. Just because a player made in in 14-15 season shouldn’t be automatic to make it this season……
1st Team:
Stafford Trueheart (POY)
Fred Foster
Greg Dolan
Dom Welch
Jernard Jackson
2nd Team:
Jordan Nwora
Amadi Ikpeze
James Rojas
Maceo Jack
Elijah Ramadan
3rd Team:
Shaquan Jones
Tavien Kemp
Jojo Staton
Will Atkinson
Shakur Harris

StateChamps2003

March 21, 2016

1ST TEAM:
Stafford Trueheart- Canisius (POY)
Jordan Nwora – Park
Fred Foster – MEC
Dominik Welch – Cheektowaga
Greg Dolan – Williamsville South
2ND TEAM:
Elijah Ramadhan – Olean
Jojo Staton – MEC
Jenard Jackson – Lew-Port
TC Brown – Amherst
Ben Eckstrom – Olean
3RD TEAM:
Amadi Ikpeze – Amherst
Patrick Moore – Fredonia
Shaquan Jones – McKinley
Justin Jones – Canisius
Maceo Jack – Williamsville North
4TH TEAM:
Breon Harris – NFHS
Will Atkinson – Canisius
Brandon Roach – Olmsted
James Rojas – Jamestown
Kyle Harris – Park
5TH TEAM:
JaQuoine Fogan – Tapestry
Davon Gant – I-Prep
Graham Dolan – Williamsville North
Christian Nodine – Starpoint
Tavien Kemp – Walsh
HM (No particular order):
Quinton Lamar – Timon
William Lamar – Timon
Naseer Jackson – St. Joe’s
Marcellus Cooper – Nichols
Madut Ayiy – Canisius
Julian Cunningham – St. Francis
Keyon Johnson – McKinley
Avius Outlaw – McKinley
Willard Anderson – East
Shakur Harris – South Park
Brian Johnson – MEC
Sean Hill – Williamsville North
Noah Thompson – East Aurora
Ramah Lassiter – Cleveland Hill
Alex Konst – Lancaster
Zacc Kinsey – Jamestown
Brock Kroening – Starpoint
Ray Blackwell – Maryvale
Nathan Waldu – Amherst
Terrell Ford – Ken West
Qeyion Williams – NFHS
Nathan Nelson – Niagara-Wheatfield
Andy Xaspos – Roy-Hart
Jake Cavana – Olean
Derek Schmidt – Olean
Monty Shoemaker – Olean
Jarod Burmaster – Fredonia
Chris Robson – Sherman
Josh Eddy – Panama
Jose Odell – Panama
Nate Brawdy – Gowanda
Mason Bosley – Randolph
Trevon Thompson- Silver Creek
Elliot Bowen – Ellicottville
Davonte Gaines – Health Sciences

StateChamps2003

March 21, 2016

Note: I do believe Takal Molson, formerly of St. Mary’s is a top 15 talent in WNY basketball. But not only did he get kicked off the basketball team mid-season, but he got kicked out of the school. So I did not include him in my teams.

Luke Kindberg

March 21, 2016

TC Brown is a first teamer without question. Stats and team success prove it.

Anthony

March 21, 2016

What did TC and Amherst ever win? A-2 and ecic III? A-2 has been the weakest class for years and I guess beating up on small schools in your league is impressive? Winners take their teams beyond the 716 especally with a big man like they had.

StateChamps2003

March 21, 2016

Luke Kindberg – You may be right but I felt that Amherst played a pretty cupcake schedule outside of Park and Bishop Kearney so his stats just don’t mean as much to me.
They lost to Park where TC played good, not great. I thought he got vastly outplayed by Jenard Jackson in the A-2 Final (Jackson was named the MVP). He laid a goose egg in the Class A crossover game against Williamsville South (outplayed by Greg Dolan) shooting something along the lines of 6/19. I like him where I have him.

Luke Kindberg

March 21, 2016

25, 7, 5 are phenomenal no matter what competition you play. And I played and gaurded Tc, truehart, nwora, jack, and molson this year, and TC might’ve been the hardest to guard out of all of them.

amari

March 21, 2016

Amherst has a very weak league schedule. I was not impressed when I saw TC play Lewiston-Porter or Williamsville South. Not to mention he should have been thrown out of the A2 final game for throwing a punch and then was out played by Jackson & Dolan in A2 final and A crossover game.

StateChamps2003

March 21, 2016

That’s your opinion Luke and I respect it. But based on what I saw this year I wouldn’t bump any of the players I have on the 1st team for him.

Luke Kindberg

March 21, 2016

StateChamps- how you do you have Jack ahead of Rojas? Beat them at Buff State and posted better numbers…

Southern Tier Plays BBall Too!

March 21, 2016

Coach of The Year: Olean
1st Team
JaQuoine Fogan – Tapestry, Charter
Stafford Truehart – Canisius, MMA
Elijah Ramadhan – Olean, CCAA 1 West
Shaquan Jones – McKinley, Yale Cup 1
Nate Brawdy – Gowanda, CCAA 1 East
2nd Team
Bradon Roach – Olmsted, Yale Cup 2
Davon Gant – I-Prep, Yale Cup 2
Greg Dolan – Williamsville South, ECIC
Maceo Jack – Williamsville North, ECIC 1
James Rojas – Jamestown, ECIC 1
3rd Team
Dominick Welch – Cheektowaga, ECIC 3
TC Brown – Amherst, ECIC 3
Ramah Lassiter – Cleveland Hill, ECIC 4
Chris Robson – Sherman, CCAA 2 West
Elliot Bowen – Ellicottville, CCAA 2 East
4th Team
Christian Churakos – Walsh, MMA Class B
Fred Foster – Middle College, Yale Cup I
JoJo Staton – Middle College, Yale Cup I
Will Turner – I-Prep, Yale Cup II
Zacc Kinsey – Jamestown, ECIC I
5th Team
Patrick Moore – Fredonia, CCAA 1 West
Ben Eckstrom – Olean, CCAA 1 West
Josh Eddy – Panama, CCAA 2 West
Mason Bosley – Randolph, CCAA 1 East
Fabien Pierce – Global, Charter
Honorable Mention (At Least!)
Fabien Pierce – Global, Charter
Dawson Bielecki – Franklinville, CCAA 2 East
Trevon Thompson – Silver Creek, CCAA 1 East
Nick Stein – Portville, CCAA 1 East
Jarrett Lecceadone – Randolph, CCAA 1 East
Matt Hair – Frewsburg, CCAA 2 West
Cordell O’Brien – Frewsburg, CCAA 2 West
Derek Schmidt – Olean, CCAA 1 West
Nathan Luckman – Barker, Niagara – Orleans
Jalin Cooper – Medina, Niagara – Orleans
Breon Harris – Niagara Falls, Niagara – Orleans
Daytwon Burney – Cleveland Hill, ECIC IV
Cody Diaz – Tonawanda, ECIC IV
Amadi Ikpeze – Amherst, ECIC III
Christian Nodine – Starpoint, ECIC II
Ed Radka – West Seneca East, ECIC II
Dominick Welch – Cheektowaga, All – ECIC
Amadi Ikpeze – Amherst, All-ECIC
Kyle Harris – Park, MMA Class A
Quintine Lamar – Timon, MMA Class A
Tavien Kemp – Walsh, MMA Class B

nick w

March 21, 2016

Luke, these teams are based on peoples individual opinion. I don’t like calling out HS kids by name but I also ranked Jack higher then Rojas when ranking players for my All-WNY team (based on my opinion).
Looking at your team I don’t agree w all of it, but its your opinion…
For example, Jackson and Foster are first team players in my opinion with out question. I don’t know if I saw a player who plays harder then Jackson did on both sides on the floor and could score like he did.
Foster was an animal all season. When he guarded Welch, (who I think had the potential to be the best player in WNY if he played as hard as Truehart/Jackson/Nodine did) he shut him down. Foster is a top 5 player in WNY (along w Truehart Jackson Dolan & Welch)

nick w

March 21, 2016

Southern Tier Plays Bball too-
Feel bad that its hard to see you guys play and some of the players may deserve to be on the All-WNY teams but your missing some key players in WNY HS basketball

Southern Tier Plays BBall Too!

March 21, 2016

Opps, I missed Nate Brawdy – Gowanda, CCAA East I, Making him the “6th Man” on Team 3.

Luke Kindberg

March 21, 2016

Nick W- you’re right it’s all based on opinion, but it’s not logical to disregard facts in your own opinions. I only got to see Foster play twice (both at JCC) and he physically was a beast, but despite his huge size advantage failed to play at a different level than his competition. Clearly a great player, but I don’t think he has reached close to his full potential yet. And I am obviously biased but I don’t see how Jack ranks higher than Rojas. Game film doesn’t lie

StateChamps2003

March 21, 2016

I also have Fred Foster and Jojo Staton ahead of Shaquan Jones. McKinley beat MEC twice this year. Doesn’t mean Shaquen Jones was better than Foster and Staton, his team was though.
I put very little stock in high school basketball stats outside of points being scored as most of the time they aren’t compiled independently from the respective school. So I am a little skeptical of rebounds, assists, steals, etc. With that said, Maceo Jack did outscore James Rojas in the ‘AA’ semi, 18 to 15 (I’m sure someone on here will tell me their point totals in the two previous meetings). I thought Jamestown was the better TEAM than Will North all year and went 2-1 against them in 3 very close games.
They’re different types of players and overall I liked Jack over Rojas.

R.B. Phillips

March 21, 2016

Southern Tier Guy,
You had Nate Brawdy on your FIRST team. Now he’s the 6th man on THIRD team also? Does your cabin have running water and electricity? Thanks for the laugh. Both comments were equally amusing!
PS I’m hiding in the shed

Southern Tier Plays BBall Too!

March 21, 2016

Nick, I realize that I am missing some, but at the same time your missing some valued players down here. My frustration is, most “WNY all-stars” are based on scoring. We have several strong players that may not score alot, but have many assists, rebounds and really play awesome defense. That is a stat that can only be observed. Mr Centercourt, I hope you have access to the Post Journal, Olean Times Herald, Salamanca Press and Dunkirk Observer when making your top 60 picks.

Luke Kindberg

March 21, 2016

I played on Jamestown and probably played 85 minutes in the three games, granted they were completely different players. Both were great scorers, and I’d even give Jack the scoring edge. But Rojas is better in every other aspect of the game. gotta give a little bit of love to players from Chautaqua county

Southern Tier Plays BBall Too!

March 21, 2016

R.B. Thanks for pointing that out! Glad to amuse you and feel free to join me for some “real” basketball next season. I’ll be glad to offer you the outhouse.

StateChamps2003

March 21, 2016

I named 15 players outside of Erie and Niagara county. That’s a quarter of the players I named. I think I gave those counties a little bit of love.

CmonMan

March 21, 2016

Note To All – “Southern Tier Plays Ball Too” is not an accurate portrayal of basketball intelligence in the Southern Tier. Our apologies.

John Doe

March 21, 2016

Nwora, Welch, and Trueheart are all locks for 1st team. Jernard Jackson and Greg Dolan deserve to be on the 1st team as well. Jernard Jackson is virtually unguardable. I think TC deserves 2nd team if he does not earn 1st and I will tell you why- Dolan had the ability to score and facilitate with, once again in MY opinion, a lesser supporting cast than that of Amherst. Jernard Jackson, similar to Dolan, is an irreplaceable player. He took (and made) shots in the A2 semi and A2 final that were reminiscent of Kobe Bryant. He’s probably only 5’9″ and made a fadeaway 2 over Amadi Ikpeze’s outstretched hand at the end of the first half of the A2 final that left me speechless. I would leave Fred Foster off of the first team, however. I played against MEC in the Fall and JoJo was more of a threat to our team. Yes, the ECIC III competition is not what you would call impressive, but outside of McKinley, who does MEC really play? Amherst played Park close and beat Kearney on a neutral site, and beat Jamestown at home. All three of those teams would beat MEC and McKinley. My POY goes to Trueheart. They beat Park 3 times. He was unbelievable at park, dropping 30 in a heroic effort. Canisius had weak guard play and he was able to carry them. If it’s not Trueheart, give it to Welch- that kid is a freak.

nick w

March 21, 2016

Saw Nwora play numerous times this year, if it wasn’t for size he didn’t impress me much. I think people say he is a shoe in for first team because of last year…..

StateChamps2003

March 21, 2016

John Doe – MEC played a pretty competitive schedule. Outside of McKinley twice, they beat Cheektowaga on a neutral site, lost to Park on a neutral site, lost to East Transit Tech of the PSAL (lost in the semi’s of the Class A PSAL playoffs), and lost at University Prep of Rochester. Those schools are all in a higher class than MEC. Not to mention every school they play in their league is in a higher class than them.
To say that Kearney and Jamestown would beat MEC and McKinley is a little dismissive. McKinley beat Williamsville North and Jamestown did lose to Williamsville North. Pretty sure the News and Centercourt had McKinley ranked ahead of Jamestown all year. They would definitely be good games.

Jtown

March 21, 2016

POY Trueheart
1st team
Trueheart
TC Brown
Jordan Nwora
Eli Ramadhan
Greg Dolan
2nd
Jernard Jackson
Dom Welch
Fred Foster
James Rojas
Jake Cavana
3rd
Maceo Jack
Breon Harris
Jojo Stanton
Justin Jones
Noah Hutchins
4th
Ben Eckstrom
Syquan Ralands
Moore (Fredonia)
Molson
Ikpeze
5th
Nodine
Kyle Harris
Schmidt
Chrurakos
Davon Gant

Music

March 21, 2016

For the folks in here that said Foster shut down Welch?? He scored almost 30 points and that was with no where near the supporting cast Foster did, no where near the supporting cast Truehart had, no where near the supporting cast TC Brown Had, no where near the supporting cast Nwora had. no where near the supporting cast Dolan had. SO STOP ALREADY !!

WNY Top 25

March 21, 2016

1st
Trueheart POY
Nwora
JJackson
Dolan
Welch
2nd
Foster
Staton
Ramadhan
Jack
Rojas
3rd
Graham Dolan
Nodine
S Jones
B Harris
Q Lamar
4th
J Jones
TC Brown
P Moore
Cavana
Eckstrom
5th
Q Lamar
Roach
Blose
Ayiy
Ikpeze

March 21, 2016

I didn’t get a chance to see every team in wny play so I had to exclude who I did not see
1
Truehart
Welch
Molson
Dolan
Jackson
2
Foster
Nwora
Brown
Ikpeze
Staton
3
Jack
Rojas
Eckstrom
Ramadhan
Moore
4
Roach
Gant
Harris
Jones
Fogan
5
Nodine
Dolan
Jones
Bosley
Cavana

Richie K

March 22, 2016

I’m a Depew Native and The Sophmore kid from Maryvale can go…along with his senior back court mate Floyd Remley. He’s Derserve 5th Team or HM because of his school but he’s gonna be something special the next two years. His name needs to be tossed around a bit in discussion.

David

March 22, 2016

The Tucker kid from Kenmore west deserves a spot he improved a lot from last year and I saw him against Lancaster he kept his team in the game … He should def be on the all centercourt boom team 4 dunks at daemen and 2 against Joes 2 against the top player in wny in cheektowaga I watched west all year he had a dunk or 2 a game… Ford could make it but he didn’t show up as much as Tucker did in big games..Tucker also had a triple double this year from the center spot which he plays out of position he deserves a spot

Music

March 22, 2016

No Player should be mentioned above if they were kicked off the team and or out of school. There are a few names mentioned above. THEY DIDN’T THINK ABOUT THEIR TEAM OR TEAM MATES SO STOP MUDDYING UP THE WATERS!!!

B. Stevens

March 22, 2016

I said it a few weeks ago and I will say it again, the 2 most impressive players in WNY this year were D. Welch of Cheektowaga and J. Jackson of Lew-Port. They were 2 of the top scorers in all of WNY and didn’t have the supporting cast of Truehart, Dolan, Nwora, Brown, and Foster.
Jackson was the most impressive because of how hard he played the entire game. The games I saw when they would go m2m he would always guard the point guard on the other team (usually full court). He played all 32 minutes and played hard all 32 minutes.
Welch is the most talented player in WNY in my opinion but my only critique of him is he didn’t always play hard. He would jog back on D or play lazy D. Granted he was the main focus of every opponent he played against and didn’t have very much help his effort did lack during some games.
So in my opinion the best player in WNY is D. Welch followed by J. Jackson of Lew-Port and S. Truehart of Canisius.

AJM

March 22, 2016

1st Team
J. Jackson Lew-Port
S. Truehart Canisius
Greg Dolan Will South
E. Ramadhan Olean
D. Welch Cheektowaga
2nd Team
J. Nwora Park
F. Foster MEC
J. Rojas Jamestown
M. Jack Will North
J. Stanton MEC
3rd Team
B. Eckstrom Olean
A. Ikpeze – Amherst
S. Jones McKinley
T. Kemp Walsh
B. Roach Olmstead