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The 2010-11 Associated Press Division III All-Ohio boys basketball team, based on the recommendations of a media panel: DIVISION III

FIRST TEAM: Adolphus Washington, Cin. Taft, 6-foot-6, junior, 19.1 points per game; Anton Grady, Cleve. Cent. Cath., 6-8, sr., 20.9; Brennan McKean, West Salem Northwestern, 6-0, sr., 28.0; Paul Honigford, Sugarcreek Garaway, 6-8, se., 16.8; Evan Jamison, Richwood North Union, 6-7, sr., 22.1; Nathan Copley, Chesapeake, 6-2, sr., 14.5 Derek Zeiter, Ontario, 6-4., sr., 19.4

Players of the year: Adolphus Washington, Cin. Taft; Anton Grady, Cleve. Cent. Cath.
Coaches of the year: Zach Ruth, Galion Northmor; Shawn Brewer, Paulding.

SECOND TEAM: Blake Justice, Peebles, 6-2, sr., 27.3; Marquice Taylor, Cols. Africentric, 6-0, sr., 19.4; Dan Monteroso, St. Clairsville, 6-3, soph., 23.0; Jalen Billups, Cin. Shroder, 6-6, sr., 19.2; Tyler O'Connor, Lima Cent. Cath., 6-3, jr., 12.8; Telly Fricke, Archbold, 5-11, sr., 11.0; Zach Wasson, Orrville, 6-5, sr., 19.3; Demonte Flannigan, Cleve. VASJ, 6-8, soph., 16.0.

THIRD TEAM: Nick Gibson, Milford Center Fairbanks, 6-2, sr., 19.8; Brett Farnsworth, Sarahsville Shenandoah, 6-2, sr., 21.4; Ronnie Drinnon, Jamestown Greeneview, 6-7, jr., 14.3; Orlando Berry, Cin. Taft, 5-8, jr., 13.1; Austin McMaster, Chesapeake, 6-5, jr., 18.9; Evan Legg, Piketon, 6-2, sr., 22.8; Andy Stegman, Wheelersburg, 6-6, sr., 18.4; Cody Dillon, Newton Falls, 6-4, jr., 19.4; Drew Frizell, Smithville, 6-2, sr., 21.2; Tim Goff, Burton Berkshire, 6-7, jr., 18.0.

Special Mention
Steven Bridgeman, Carroll Bloom-Carroll; Anthony Kendrick, Cols. Horizon Science; Garrett Legraen, Beverly Fort Frye; Thomas Ellis, West Lafayette Ridgewood; Marcus Schumacher, Woodsfield Monroe Central; Dakota Bennett, Camden Preble Shawnee; Travis Elliott, Ironton; Andrew Bendolph, Portsmouth; Wayne Evans, Portsmouth; A.J. Henson, Orwell Grand Valley; Karl Garner, Cleve. VASJ; Mike Zavagno, Gates Mills Gilmour Acad.; Brandon Easton, Andover Pymatuning Valley; Nolan Todd, Collins Western Reserve; Travis Schomaeker, Ottawa-Glandorf; Mark Noble, Akron Manchester; Bob Peters, Cuyahoga Falls CVCA; Jacob Jaros, Leavittsburg LaBrae; Jordan Jenior, Rootstown; Brendan Milburn, Atwater Waterloo; Ryan Moore, Jeromesville Hillsdale.

Honorable Mention
Roger Gleckler, Heath; Isaac McGlone, Carroll Bloom-Carroll; Drew Osborne, Centerburg; Zack Ratcliff, Cols. Acad.; Kolby Snyder, Mount Gilead;
Tyler Fitzpatrick, Barnesville; Darian Arnold, Newcomerstown; Shon Smith, Beverly Fort Frye; Clayton Patton, Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley; Hunter Shaw, Sugarcreek Garaway; Jordan Wilson, Zanesville West Muskingum;
Evan Bradds, Jamestown Greeneview; Josh Foster, Middletown Madison; Jake Overbeck, Reading; Evan Wolf, Casstown Miami East; Elliot Young, Williamsburg;
Zac Carter, Ironton; Colin Kennedy, Chesapeake; Andy Countryman, Peebles; Dion McKinley, Portsmouth; Drew Cannon, Oak Hill; Blake Barnes, South Point; Blake Yates, Lucasville Valley; Dylan Gragg, Chillicothe Huntington;
Rasaun Smith, Cleve. Central Cath.; Duane Gibson, Cleve. VASJ; Marcus Spelich, Rocky River Luth. West; Ethan Nobbe, Wickliffe; Will Starks, Gates Mills Hawken; Mitchell Lake, Orwell Grand Valley; Adam LaMonica, Wickliffe;
Brian Bollenbacher, Huron; T.J. Waldock, Bloomdale Elmwood; Levi Gleason, Bluffton; Matt Metcalf, North Robinson Colonel Crawford; Blake Green, Delta; Lucas Pennington, Metamora Evergreen;
Ryan Burfield, East Canton; Peyton Aldridge, Leavittsburg LaBrae; Jeremy Quinlan, Brookfield; Devonte Jenkins, Youngs. Ursuline; Kyrie Gregorey, Youngs. Ursuline; Kyle Dack, Akron Manchester; Cody Berg, Garrettsville Garfield; Levi Licata, Jeromesville Hillsdale.

[FANOSPORTS]

The Portsmouth players were all special or honorable mention. I don't know but is this due to the fact that these "things" are thought out and submitted way before tournament time and the regular season ending ? If so I can see how they came to these conclusions.

[peeblesfan97]

Congrats to Blake Justice (Second Team) & Andy Countryman (Honorable Mention) of Peebles.

[jchitwood]

It makes me sick that players from private schools in big cities made it first team, and that Blake only made 2nd. I know I'm fighting a losing battle, but allowing private schools in the same tournament as public schools always has been and always will be a crime.

[jchitwood]

Aldo, congrats Blake and Andy.

[Roger Mink]

Evan Legg deserves at least second team. Congrats Evan on a great season and a great career at Piketon.

Coach Mink

[TribeManiac10]

Blake Justice should have been first team, end of story.

[theuglytruth]

It makes me sick that players from private schools in big cities made it first team, and that Blake only made 2nd. I know I'm fighting a losing battle, but allowing private schools in the same tournament as public schools always has been and always will be a crime.

Although I agree Blake Justice should have been on the first team, sometimes it works the other say. For example, see 2005.......

Brett Beucler (Eastern Brown) makes first team (which was well deserved if I may add) and Bill Walker (NCH) makes second team. Just an example of the other side of things.

Bill Walker= NBA
Brett= teacher

Although Brett was a fantastic player and his number were amazing and he deserved it you have to consider the level of competition.

......and that my friends is the ugly truth

[TribeManiac10]

It makes me sick that players from private schools in big cities made it first team, and that Blake only made 2nd. I know I'm fighting a losing battle, but allowing private schools in the same tournament as public schools always has been and always will be a crime.

Although I agree Blake Justice should have been on the first team, sometimes it works the other say. For example, see 2005.......

Brett Beucler (Eastern Brown) makes first team (which was well deserved if I may add) and Bill Walker (NCH) makes second team. Just an example of the other side of things.

Bill Walker= NBA
Brett= teacher

Although Brett was a fantastic player and his number were amazing and he deserved it you have to consider the level of competition.

......and that my friends is the ugly truth

True....but Bill Walker wasent the best player on his own team and I dont think two players from the same school have ever both been first team in the same season. Blake was possbily the best player in the entire southeast district. Im not going to get on here and say that Nathan Copley didnt deserve it but I thought it was pretty obvious Blake should have been on the team. Also, there are no NBA caliber players in D3 this season so I think a mid major D1 recruit would fit in with everyone else mentioned. I thought Ohiohshoops.com had a better representation of what the teams should have looked like.

If you scroll down far enough you will see it:
http://www.ohiohshoops.com/

[TribeManiac10]

It makes me sick that players from private schools in big cities made it first team, and that Blake only made 2nd. I know I'm fighting a losing battle, but allowing private schools in the same tournament as public schools always has been and always will be a crime.

Although I agree Blake Justice should have been on the first team, sometimes it works the other say. For example, see 2005.......

Brett Beucler (Eastern Brown) makes first team (which was well deserved if I may add) and Bill Walker (NCH) makes second team. Just an example of the other side of things.

Bill Walker= NBA
Brett= teacher

Although Brett was a fantastic player and his number were amazing and he deserved it you have to consider the level of competition.

......and that my friends is the ugly truth

What did Beucler average?

[stylepoints101]

i find it ridiculous that Brett Farnsworth isn't first team. he averaged nearly 22 points per game along with 9 rebounds and 7 assists. he also had 8 double-double games that i am aware of AND 2 triple-double games, along with 3 thirty point performances. AND he accomplished all this whiled being coached by one of the worst coaches he could have learned from . snubbed much ? , i think so .

[Frost]

Farnsworth isn't half the player that Monteroso is. The kid from St.C is the real deal, only a sophmore he's averaged over 22 pts in two years. Plus the kid is a high light show when he plays. Monteroso had two 30 pt games and a 40 pt game this year. The word is the kid played all year with a messed up shoulder.

[stylepoints101]

Farnsworth doesnt have half as much help as monteroso . he had ALOT of help there at st.c with derosa , carlton at the point . monteroso is just and individual player . when you have that much help on a team you can showboat and be arrogant . Farnsworth had to play point ,and was their lock down defensive specialist . every night he was assigned to the other teams best player, whether it be a post or outside player . Farnsworth had to be more worried about how he could use his playmaking abilities to win the game not whoo the crowd , but he did throw down in several games , most notably overtop of linsly postplayer 6'4 akil blount. and i do recognize that monteroso had an injured shoulder , but Farnsworth had a nagging back injury that sidelined him the first couple games of the year . i know for a fact that one game farnsworth didnt start the game because of the injury, but his team was down by at least 20 points and he came in after half time and dropped 32 points in the second half but the zeps lost by a halfcourt buzzer-beater in overtime . Farnsworth also lead the zeps averaging 9 rebounds and 7 assists this season ............ how bout monteroso ?

[newlex/sheridan]

Having seen a lot of these players multiple times you should be happy with where they put Brett. He couldn't touch Bendolph or Evans from Portsmouth and they didn't make any of the three teams. The McGlone kid from Carrol is only a soph and is as good as pretty much anyone on this list, he made one of the "mention" lists. Brett benefited from touches having played on a team with few other options against not the strongest competition. He is a solid player but not an all-state caliber player.
What happens is at the start of the year your head coach can register as many people (coaches) with the state coaches association as he or she wants, at $20 per coach. There were some staffs that registered ten guys. When it comes time to vote at your end of season meetings these guys get that many votes for state honors. Problem being a lot of schools make coaches pay out of pocket. That said, not many are going to sign up a lot. Some of these schools pay for it and that is how you get the discrepency. These teams realistically mean absolutely nothing, IMO.

[stylepoints101]

im just saying if farnsworth played on a team where he had more help like monteroso , he would have scored alot more points. seeing how all anyone cares about is scoring, people are ignorant to the fact that farnsworth averaged alittle over 9 rebounds and exactly 7 assists per game and was a "team" player. not even metioning that he is generously listed at 6'2 . have seen him in person i would say closer to 5'11 or 6' . solid pointguard at the next level .he must have shined a little bit tho seeing how he has had multiple visits to OSU and Toledo, and having other big ten schools come to his games and watch him practice .

[Frost]

Monteroso had help. He made the other players better. Nobody works harder than Monteroso, not only does he play basketball, but played football, ran track and played summer baseball, with all those things going on he is still the played better because he is only sophomore. He was the district 12 player of the years, two years in a row. Plus he finished runner up in the eastern district player of the year voting two years in a row. Monteroso averaged 7 rebounds and 5 assist per game. Plus the kid is nothing but loyal to the st.c coaches, talked with his parents, they encouraged him to sit out the season and have surgery in november not when he had it a month ago. The boy played the season so his team could win and go as far as possible in the playoffs.

[stylepoints101]

farnsworth plays basketball , football , and baseball , he was all state honorable mention the last two years in baseball and scored 1000points in basketball by the end of his junior year . and he plays for beverly's legion baseball team . pretty surre i was at the beverly v.s. st.clairsville legion baseball game and i dont remember seeing monteroso there so obviously he plays in a weak pony league or colt league.. if you want to talk about playing more than one sport farnsworth has it hands down.. he also was 1st team ovac and state honorable mention for football.. you give me a franchise and im taking farnsworth number 1 all day long.. also brett is very active in his church , so he spends most of his summer doing missonary work and youth camps and doesnt even do any summer league or aau basketball .

[newlex/sheridan]

Styles, have you seen the Monteroso kid play? Brett is a quality player but he is not D1 material by any means. He would be a solid D3 player. The P.V.C. is not a strong conference and they finished somewhere in the middle of it this past season. He is a big fish in a small pond so to speak. If he had played on a better team he would not have gotten the amount of touches he did this year which means his numbers would have been reduced more then likely. You need to get out and watch some of the talent that is out there. Heck, go to the district 12 all-star game, you could have seen Heagen (full ride to D2 Ashland), Tanner Gibson (multiple D1 offers), and Rian Burrell (multiple D2 offers) playing for the West squad. You can't appreciate what kind of talent that takes until you see it up close.

[stylepoints101]

heck farnsworth turned down going to the district 12 all star game to go to the north-south game ...... a little more prestigious than district 12 i would say . i know for a fact that last week farnsworth met with the coaching staff of Marshall , whom offered him Basketball AND Baseball scholarships. people may look down upon a player from a small school like shenandoah , but when Farnsworth went to the Nike skills academy in Nevada , he got a higher ranking than Heagan , id say that there was some "decent" competition out there wouldnt you ?. im not saying that those other players arent as good as brett, but im just giving him the credit he deserves . p.s. i have a daughter that cheerleads for union local so i have seen monteroso play quite a few times over the past 2 years .

[danceswithwolves]

i do happen to know that farnesworth got invited to the district 12 game and declined. and i watched the ohio - wv game and saw farnesworth play alongside gibson and they were the best two players on the court for ohio. gibson is extremely athletic and has great skills. he scored over thirty but he played most the game and forced some shots. . farnsworth i believe scored 12 in limited minutes off the bench. . . second leading scorer for ohio btw and leading rebounder with i think seven. . again in limited minutes and he only mised one or two shots i think. i knew he was good but like sheridan said how would he do with stiffer competion. . . well pretty sure he proved himself there with some pretty good competition. . . and i saw heagen in the district 12 game and he is very good i will agree but i would not say better than farnsworth. . . and as far as monterosa i agree he is a very good player and maybe will be of farneswoth's caliper by his senior year but not yet all around. . i've seen pretty much every team and good player in the area play this year and as an un biased observer, student of the game and huge fan of all basketball, farnsworth is for sure among the best especially from coming from a small school and having a reletively small frame compared to the other all stars we're talking about here. . i watched him play some games this year that were extremely impressive and very clutch including a 38 point performance to lead his team to victory against lindsly. he makes his whole team better and is a great defender as well i might add