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Pantagraph All-Area boys basketball team
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The following are members of the 2008 Pantagraph All-Area boys basketball team:

First Team



Aaron Garriott 6-4, Sr., G Central Catholic

-- 21.6 points, 5.4 assists, 4.6 rebounds, 2.9 steals

-- Led 26-4 Saints to Corn Belt title and Class 2A Sweet Sixteen

Jordan Prosser 6-8, Jr., F Eureka

-- 19.5 points, 11.7 rebounds, .521 fg pct., 61 blocked shots

-- First-team all-stater helped 16-11 Hornets to 2A regional title

Jordan Zimmer 6-4, Sr., G Delavan

-- 23.0 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 123 3-pointers

-- Scored 44 points in final game while earning first-team all-state honors

Jeremy Pflederer 6-0, Sr., G Tremont

-- Area scoring leader at 26.1 points per game

-- Second-team AP all-stater keyed Turks to regional and Heart of Illinois titles

Eric McCullough 6-9, Sr., C University High

-- 13.3 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.4 blocked shots, .540 fg pct.

-- Breakout season has sparked Division I offers for all-Corn Belt selection

Jordan Krone 6-0, Sr., G-F Fieldcrest

-- 17.1 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.2 steals

-- Heart and soul of 23-6 regional and conference championship team

Dakin Bolen 6-3, Sr., F Hartsburg-Emden

-- 24.7 points, 12.5 rebounds, .532 fg pct.

-- Second-team AP all-stater had eight games of 30-plus points, including 46 in final game.

D’Mitri Riggs 6-3, Jr., G Bloomington

-- 14.8 points, scored 28 against Class 3A state qualifier Champaign Central

-- First-team all-Big 12 Conference choice in his third year as a starter

Sean Seibring 6-2, Sr., G Normal West

-- 12.0 points, .771 ft pct., scored in double figures in 18 of last 20 games

-- First-team all-Big 12 pick helped Wildcats to 3A regional championship

Mitch Elkins 6-4, Sr., F Fisher

-- 18.5 points, 7.9 rebounds, .530 fg pct., .820 ft pct.

-- Unanimous HOIC pick sparked Fisher to first super-sectional berth

Second team

Player......School...Year...Pos....Ht.


Kendall Cox...PBL...Jr....G...5-10

Paul Foley...Mount Pulaski...Sr....G-F...6-2

Matt Frahm...Olympia...Jr....F...6-5

Alex Gelsthorpe...Tri-Valley...Jr....F...6-4

Bradley Ghere...Ridgeview...Jr....G...5-11

Nick Kronmiller...Heyworth...Sr....G...5-11

Chris Lawson...Normal Community...Sr....G...6-1

Tylon McAllister...Bloomington...Sr....F...6-1

Tom Norton...Central Catholic...Jr....G...5-10

Colt Stroud...Olympia...Sr....C...6-4

Honorable mention

Ben Brackney, Lincoln; Spencer Campbell, Heyworth; Jeff Collier, Central Catholic; Brian Council, Woodland; Dakota DeMoss, PBL; Sam Durley, Roanoke-Benson; Codey Funk, El Paso-Gridley; Casey Heimer, Ridgeview; Hayden Hoerdemann, Central Catholic; Matt Hunter, Pontiac; Luke Kaiser, Tri-Valley; Randall Koehler, Roanoke-Benson; Qendrim Kongjeli, Dwight; Noah Martin, Fieldcrest; James Monroe, Bloomington; Luke Radliff, Mahomet-Seymour; E.J. Schiller, University High; Mark Schmitt, Prairie Central; Jim Tharp, Eureka; Grant Touma, Calvary Baptist; Clint Vatterrodt, University High; Austin Weishaupt, Deer Creek-Mackinaw; Sam Williamson, Lexington.

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bball2423 wrote on Mar 20, 2008 7:49 AM:

" How do you base these things?? i mean i see a kid who is in the top 10 in scoring and rebounding... and has a good field goal %, but yet makes honorable mention??? but congrats to Aaron Gariott, he deserves it. "

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