Junior Chibuogwu of Shorecrest has been named boys’ basketball player of the year in the Western Conference 3A division.
Joining senior forward Chibuogwu on the six-member Wesco-3A first team were Shorewood junior center Josh Hawkinson, two players from division champion Mountlake Terrace and one player each from Oak Harbor and Glacier Peak.
Semir Kadiric and Ben Andrews of Shorewood were part of the six-member second team along with Keith Shattuck of Shorecrest, two players from Mountlake Terrace and one from Meadowdale. Gage Carroll of Shorewood, and Ryan Canfield and Trevor McCoy of Shorecrest got honorable mention.
Mountlake Terrace won the division championship with a 15-1 record, Shorecrest and Shorewood tied for second with 13-3 records. Shorecrest (17-8 overall) eliminated Shorewood (17-6) in the Northwest District tournament, but Shorecrest lost to Glacier Peak, 53-52 for the District’s No. 2 berth in State play.
Chibuogwu was the Wesco 3A's third leading scorer with 447 points in 25 games for an average of 17.9 points per game.
In the 2A/1A Cascade Conference, James McCutchen of 1A King's won a place on the all-conference first team, with teammate Christian Taylor on the second team.
All-league boys’ basketball teams
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Teams are selected by players or coaches
WESCO 3A
Player of Year — Emmanuel Chibuogwu, Shorecrest
FIRST TEAM
F Emmanuel Chibuogwu, Sr., Shorecrest; G Mike Washington Jr., Sr., Oak Harbor; P Zach Pederson, Jr., Glacier Peak; P Josh Hawkinson, Jr., Shorewood; P Ryan Shannon, Sr., Mountlake Terrace; G Marquis Armstead, Jr., Mountlake Terrace.
SECOND TEAM
F Semir Kadiric, Sr., Shorewood; G Blake Fernandez, Jr., Mountlake Terrace; G Torin Dooley, Sr., Meadowdale; P Coby Russell, Sr., Mountlake Terrace; F Keith Shattuck, Sr., Shorecrest; G Ben Andrews, Jr., Shorewood.
HONORABLE MENTION
Shorewood — Gage Carroll.
Shorecrest — Ryan Canfield, Trevor McCoy.
Glacier Peak — Jacob Davelaar. Everett — Jace Chacon, Gabe Woods, Reece Hoiby. Lynnwood — Jordan Norde. Marysville Getchell — Nathen Grimm. Meadowdale — Spencer Linton. Oak Harbor — Kevawn Brooks.
CASCADE CONFERENCE
MVP — Zach Taylor, Cedarcrest
Co-coaches of year — Mark Prince, Cedarcrest, and Nate Trichler, Sultan
FIRST TEAM
Zach Taylor, Jr., Cedarcrest; Zach Comfort, Sr., South Whidbey; Dan Haider, Sr., Archbishop Murphy; Shawn Madigan, Sr., Granite Falls; James McCutchen, Sr., King's; Brock VandenEkart, Jr., Sultan.
SECOND TEAM
Zach Gordon, Sr., Archbishop Murphy; Trey Hitchcock, Sr., Granite Falls; Justin Houser, Sr., Cedarcrest; Duston Santon, Sr., Lakewood; Christian Taylor, Sr., King's.
Wesco 3A Scoring Leaders
Player
|
Team
|
Games
|
Points
|
P/G
|
Zach Pederson
|
Glacier Peak
|
25
|
549
|
22.0
|
Michael Washington Jr.
|
Oak Harbor
|
23
|
427
|
18.6
|
Emmanuel Chibuogwu, Jr.
|
Shorecrest
|
25
|
447
|
17.9
|
Josh Hawkinson
|
Shorewood
|
21
|
357
|
17.0
|
Semir Kadiric
|
Shorewood
|
23
|
300
|
13.0
|
Torin Dooley
|
Meadowdale
|
19
|
247
|
13.0
|
Marquis Armstead
|
Mountlake Terrace
|
26
|
316
|
12.2
|
Blake Fernandez
|
Mountlake Terrace
|
26
|
313
|
12.0
|
Jacob Davelaar
|
Glacier Peak
|
25
|
262
|
10.5
|
Ryan Shannon
|
Mountlake Terrace
|
25
|
254
|
10.2
|
Keith Shattuck
|
Shorecrest
|
24
|
243
|
10.1
|
Jace Chacon
|
Everett
|
20
|
202
|
10.1
|
|
|
Shorewood
|
23
|
224
|
9.7
|
Ben Andrews
|
Shorewood
|
23
|
221
|
9.6
|
Nathan Grimm
|
Marysville Getchell
|
18
|
172
|
9.6
|
Drew Washington
|
Oak Harbor
|
21
|
193
|
9.2
|
Joe Ghebrehiwot
|
Shorecrest
|
11
|
101
|
9.2
|
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