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Who has earned a spot on the 2019 All-Centercourt Team

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All-Centercourt honors the Top 60 seasons

 

The time has come where I ask area high school hoops fans for their opinion before giving mine.  Who has earned a spot on the 2019 All-Centercourt Team?  Give it shot. One CC MVP, five teams with five players on each team, and another 35 players for honorable mention.

 

In a few weeks, the 11th 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, Sixth Man of the Year, All-Centercourt Defenders, and the Centercourt #BOOM Squad.

 

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 2019 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 seasons.  

 

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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120 responses to “Who has earned a spot on the 2019 All-Centercourt Team”

  1. MMArules Avatar
    MMArules

    Lockport has some delusional fans. It is only 8 teams in AA does not take much to get to Buff State. Not a top 10 team maybe not top 15 when you add in the small schools that will beat them including Olean Ohara Nichols and Tapestry and MEC. Get over yourselves you have a football player that’s a great athlete that will be 4th team or third if they buy in to inflated stats .

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  2. Yad Avatar
    Yad

    Shouldn’t this be about an individual player and how they contributed in the game. Sometimes you can’t cherry pick your team. Remember, there were several teams with less than stellar records that ended up at Buff State.

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  3. NFL Avatar
    NFL

    Lewport
    Niagara Falls
    Lockport
    Niagara Wheatfield
    4 NFL teams made it to buff st!! Can any other division (maybe Yale cup… way more schools!! ) say they sent 4??

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  4. NFL Avatar
    NFL

    NFL sent 4 schools to buff st!! Best league this year!! 2 won sectionals! Can’t argue with numbers!!

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  5. David Avatar
    David

    Don’t sleep on them St Joes boys. Many skilled players.

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  6. MMA Avatar
    MMA

    NFL had probably best year ever for getting teams to semi-final games. 4 is alot of teams for 1 division even though NFL is split into 2 divisions just like ECIC is in 4…..2 of the teams were fake news though. Lockport scored in garbage time and NW was just bad. Then Lewport takes a beating in regional. Falls rules that league every year and best again this year

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  7. Dave Davis Avatar
    Dave Davis

    Why is there not a order for these teams like 1 point guard, 1 shooting guard, 1 small forward, 1 power forward and 1 center for each team? These teams are loaded with guards which does not make any sense. The best players at each position should be on these teams and so forth. Not every player can make it to 1st team. The minute you have 3 to 4 small guards on a 1st teams that is evidence basketball in WNY needs help. There is a player for each position. The only lock for point guard on the 1st team is Hutchins(Park). Power Forward is Hemphill(Ohara) and Center is Nnagbo(Park) in my opinion. Who is the shooting guard and small forward?

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  8. Walkinbuckett Avatar
    Walkinbuckett

    Gayle deserves first team for sure….led us Lancers to 21-4 record, and if we hadn’t been unlucky enough to play one of the best teams in the state in the regional game we very well could have been in the final 4 or championship game. Scott also deserves to be somewhere on a team and Duff should get an HM. Every team LP has lost to this year is still playing right now, and very well all of them could end up being state champions of their respective division (Park Catholic Class A, O’Hara B, Niagara Falls AA, and Pittsford Mendon A), you don’t just have a team that good without multipl superstars.

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  9. Anita henjam Avatar
    Anita henjam

    A big sleeper is the big man from falls. Joey palka… this kid can flat out play honestly deserves more time. He brings a certain swagger on the court that can’t be matched. Kid throws them down in warmups!!! Not that I know much but this kid reminds me of jokic. Hell of a player I’m rooting for you big Joey!!!!

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  10. Aa Avatar
    Aa

    Digiulio deserves a spot on the list!

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  11. Levi Avatar
    Levi

    We need a All Star game for these kids against another section!

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  12. Pick n roll Avatar
    Pick n roll

    NFL 4 teams at Buff St!!

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  13. ethos Avatar
    ethos

    Stuart from Amherst should not be past 4th team. He has grown show much this year and shows he was being held back. Look for them next year to be just as good. If not for Gayle (1st teamer) locking him up I would say he is a lock for 1st team. I agree with Vass getting a look he led one of the best teams in the area.

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  14. Joe Avatar
    Joe

    River Reinhardt

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  15. JimOstrowski Avatar
    JimOstrowski

    I have followed this great website closely for four years as my son played for St. Joe’s and I want to thank the editor/publisher for helping to boost the great sport of boys high school basketball.
    I divide this post into two parts; first to express my opinion about the best players I SAW PLAY in actual games (not scrimmages) this year; second to express some facts about one overlooked player. I coached this player in grammar school so no one should credit my opinion but “facts are stubborn things.” (John Adams) (Obviously, there are many good players I did not see play this year.)
    The best players I saw this year were in no particular order except for the first player mentioned:
    Noah Hutchins, POY
    Ebuka Quentin Nnagbo (Park)
    Lucas Theisen (best player on Frannies)
    Dewayne Vass (best player on Canisius)
    Tahron Goudelock (best player on Timon)
    Justin Hemphill (best player on O’Hara)
    Rodriquez Gayle (added the three to his game since the previous time I saw him)
    The last player I will mention, SG Will Ostrowski, I coached for five years so I am biased. With a new coach and six new players in the rotation, he was part of a balanced attack and did not get the shot opportunities or minutes he might have gotten on another team. Yet, he went out and played good, hard, team basketball at all times. He averaged 11.1-4.5-1 per game. Here are some more stats.
    *Joe’s forced Park into overtime in the playoffs and Will was the best Joe’s player in the game, the biggest game of the season in Monsignor Martin “A”, the best division in the state. (Park demolished Canisius in the finals.) Will had 15 points, 7 boards, and 2 steals.
    *Adjusted FG % for the season was 53 (good for a shooting guard and higher than any starter on Canisius or Frannies!).
    *Joe’s record was 12-13 with a tough schedule BUT was 7-3 when Will shot 11 or more times—the three losses were in OT, by one and a close loss to Frannies where he had 20.
    *Joe’s was 5-10 when Will shot 10 or fewer times!
    *Will was plus 30 in a huge comeback against Aquinas, who Joe’s had not beaten in years. In 22 minutes, he scored 24 pts, 4 boards and 3 steals in a 35-point swing at home. Joe’s won by 8.
    *Will generally played well in big games including the three wins over Timon—he scored the winning points in triple OT at Timon and had 15 and 6 boards in the playoff win, Joe’s first playoff win in years. Will and Tino Martone (another very underrated player), led Joe’s to victory over Lyons (20-3), the highest ranked team they beat this year.
    *Will played a key role in most of the other quality Joe’s wins: Iroquois on the road—15-8-3; CBA on the road—15-7-1; Nichols—11-8-1; St. Mary’s—4 threes.
    Bottom line: about each candidate for post-season honors, we need to ask four questions:
    1. Did he maximize the opportunities (shot attempts, minutes) he was given by his team?
    2. How hard was his schedule? (Joe’s had the fifth toughest schedule in WNY according to Max Preps)
    3. What did he contribute to his team’s key wins?
    4. Did he show up in the tough, close losses?
    All eight players above have met these tests.

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  16. Wow Avatar
    Wow

    Someone tell that guy ^^^ we can see his name You aren’t biased b/c you coached him, you are a relative. Stop trying to live through your kids its pathetic.

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  17. WNYfan Avatar
    WNYfan

    Jim, I’ve seen Will play a handful of times this year. Probably the most underrated player in WNY. Very smart, good shooter, good defender and sees the court well. He definitely makes the most of his opportunities.

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  18. Mad Mike Avatar
    Mad Mike

    Jim great analysis. Definitely flawed towards MMA but great work. I think Frannies were a bit better than it looked. Also Ostrowski was a good player but was the 3rd or 3th best on his team not sure which all team you want him in. Don’t overlook Middle early as some of those kids deserve spot too.

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  19. Coach Smith Avatar
    Coach Smith

    1st Team:
    Noah Hutchins (POY)
    Justin Hemphill
    Roddy Gayle
    Mike Schmidt
    Willie Lightfoot
    2nd Team:
    Quinton Nnagbo
    Jaden Slaughter
    Jalen Bradberry
    Adrian Baugh
    Jermaine Haynes
    3rd Team:
    Jaymond Jones
    Dwayne Vass
    Tyler Hind
    Trent Scott
    Mason Goodridge
    4th Team:
    Jaylen Stewart
    Chris Stineman
    Cal Shiflet
    Zamari Mitchell
    Cam Barmore
    5th Team:
    Josiah Harris
    Noah Grabar
    Jacob Belote
    Julius Laureano
    Malik Brooks
    Honorable Mention:
    Jalen Carter-Keith
    Anthony Mack
    Jalen Duff
    Matt Droney
    Aidan Horan
    Marciano Lamar
    Jake Mullen
    Jacob Jerebko
    Tariq Eubanks
    Sam Flanders
    Jaemon Turner
    Josiah Harris
    Cam Sionko
    Deyonce Farley
    Alex Card
    Earl Howard
    Mike DiGiulio
    Josh Haskell
    Will Ostrowski
    Earl Howard
    Noah Denz
    Torree Cheatham
    Adam Rankie
    Roman Smith

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  20. PJB Avatar
    PJB

    1st Team:
    Noah Hutchins (POY)
    Quinton Nnagbo
    Roddy Gayle
    Mike Schmidt
    Willie Lightfoot
    2nd Team:
    Jalen Bradberry
    Jaymond Jones
    Trent Scott
    Justin Hemphill
    Avion Harris
    3rd Team:
    Zamari Mitchell
    Dwayne Vass
    Tyler Hind
    Jaylen Stewart
    4th Team:
    Chris Stineman
    Tariq Eubanks
    Lucas Thiesen
    Jacob Belote
    Malik Brooks
    5th Team:
    Jermaine Haynes
    Noah Grabar
    Cal Shiflet
    Mason Goodridge
    Matt Droney
    Honorable Mention:
    Anthony Mack
    Jalen Duff
    Aidan Horan
    Jake Mullen
    Jacob Jerebko
    Josiah Harris
    Cam Sionko
    Alex Card
    Mike DiGiulio
    Josh Haskell
    Will Ostrowski
    Torree Cheatham
    River Reinhart
    Ja Vaughn Jones
    Taron Goudelock
    Adrian Baugh
    Justin Pomprey
    Jaden Slaughter

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