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Hello 2A Sports Fans!!!

Today we are announcing our 2A Boys All-State Team for the 2009-2010 basketball season. I wanted to explain how we do our all-state team so that you can understand why it is not only different in our opinion, but we feel it is the best around for obvious reasons. being a coach for 25+ years I have always believed the following:

1. Each classification should have their own All-state Players without being linked to the other classifications.

2. Basketball teams should consist of 1st and 2nd teams.

3. Basketball teams should have 10 players for 1st and 2nd teams. My reasoning is how many teams do you see around that only use 5 players? Even if you do have a few teams the best team usually is a team that has 10 players where you have depth to rotate in and out of the game. Thus we select the top 10.

4. We do include honorable mention but our honorable mention is not just players we throw in. The honorable mention is a spot for those who make the cut from one level to the next for us. We do not throw 20 names out just to mention them.

5. A committee of coaches and other very credible sources are involved in the process. But mainly coaches who are active and retired select players.

6. Personally I do an in depth look at all teams thru video, phone calls and actual watching of players. We feel with our rankings and great coverage across the state that we get most players who deserve these awards.

7. This year we have included our 9th grade phenom team. WE did switch things around but we looked at overall games played and how much playing time plus stats they accumulated, plus their overall contribution to a team.

8. Our Coach of the Year Award is not just blindly thrown out to conference or state championship winners. We are looking for the coach who has done the best job in all areas. Sometimes that is a coach who wins it all but also that coach who did the best in changing their team around from previous years as well.

9. Player of the Year: WE select a player of the year by the fans from each conference. Then a selection is made based on the OVERALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR in each classification.

10. We strongly believe all-state players can be from non-playoff or non-winning teams. The facts prove that although success as a team is important, there are some players who fit all-state caliber but do not have the supporting players to make staff. We make sure we do not overlook those players.

Here is a list of the selections. WE will also have a spot on our website with pictures, stats and videos as well throughout the week: Please remember the top 5 are those who we feel would be the starting lineup 2A Boys 1st Team All-State:

2A 1st Team All-State:

1. Scottsdale Christian: Hayden Johnson
2. Scottsdale Christian: Jake Cipolletti
3. San Carlos: Levi Antonio
4. Precision: Jaques Patton
5. Westwind Prep: Q Johnson

6. Northwest Christian: Dakota Anderson
7. Many Farms: Garriot James
8. Benson: Tyler Deneweth
9. WestWind Prep: Donovan Christensen
10. Precision: Brandon Ehlinger

2A 2nd Team All-State:

1. Bourgade Catholic: Tony Hammons
2. Valley Christian: Jeff Reinhart
3. Pima: Dillon Goodman
4. Yuma Catholic: Bradley Crye
5. Scottsdale Christian: John Irvine
6. San Carlos: Jalen Victor
7. St. Johns: Britton Patterson
8. Thatcher: Mitchell Goodman
9. PRCA: Trevor Cook
10. Benson: Daine Dastrup

Honorable Mention:

GreyHills: Tremayne Yazzie, Desert Christian: Daniel Boice, San Manuel: Zac Dale, Desert Christian: Myles Mayfield, PRCA: Jeremy Courtney, Willcox: Rudy Verdugo, Benson: Kyle Graf , Many Farms: Jon Jones, NPP: Collin Weaver, PCDS: Matt Selling, PC: Daniel Grundmeier NWC: Hayden Anderson, VC: Austin Phillippe, SCA: Judah St. Amand, PC: Austin Consier, WWP: Matt Williams, Williams: Guy Forbis and Jr Esparza, GreyHills: Brandon Whiterock, Phoenix Country Day: Tyler Drew

Freshman Phenom All-State team:

1. Willcox: Jacob Drage
2. Canyon State: D Barnes
3. Phoenix Christian: Nick Johnson
4. San Carlos: Timothy Johnson
5. Benson: Derek Elsmore
6. Ray: Del Conteras
7. SCA: Mike Sendra

Defensive Player of the Year:

Benson: Tyler Deneweth

Region Players of the Year:

West: WestWind Prep: Q Johnson
East: Benson: Tyler Deneweth
South: San Carlos: Levi Antonio
North: Many Farms: Garriot James
Central: Scottsdale Christian: Hayden Johnson

2A Overall Player of the Year:

South: San Carlos: Levi Antonio

Coach of the Year: Many Farms: Alistair Mountz