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Philly players sweep state high school awards

04/02/2015, 12:15pm EDT

By Josh Verlin

Josh Verlin (@jmverlin)
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After dominating the state playoffs, Philadelphia's top high school prospects have cleaned up in the Pennsylvania Sportswriters All-State Boys Basketball Teams.

Roman Catholic junior Tony Carr (AAAA), Archbishop Carroll senior Derrick Jones (AAA), Conwell-Egan junior Stevie Jordan (AA) and Constitution senior Ahmad Gilbert (A) were honored as the state's four Players of the Year on Thursday in voting conducted by various media members who cover high school basketball in the Keystone State. All four led their teams to state titles, the first time that Philly's District 12--also known as the Public and Catholic Leagues--swept the PIAA playoffs since first participating in them in 2009.

If it wasn't for Indiana HS's Greg Lezanic earning AAA Coach of the Year honors, it would have been a clean sweep for D-12. Roman's Chris McNesby, Conwell-Egan's Frank Sciolla and Constitution's Rob Moore were also honored; it was the first state title for both McNesby and Sciolla, while Moore led the Generals to their third in the last four years.

The complete teams:

CLASS AAAA
FIRST TEAM
Levan “Shawn” Alston--Sr., Haverford School, 19.4 ppg
Tony Carr--Jr., Roman Catholic, 12.8 ppg
Chris Clover--Sr., St. Joseph’s Prep, 20.7 ppg
Sammy Foreman--Sr., Martin Luther King, 14.2 ppg
Matty McConnell--Sr., Chartiers Valley, 29.5 ppg
Jahaad Proctor--Sr., Harrisburg, 24.4 ppg

SECOND TEAM
Cole Constantino--Sr., North Allegheny, 23.4 ppg
Kobe Gantz--Jr., J.P. McCaskey, 17.8 ppg
Kason Harrell--Sr., Hempfield, 25.2 ppg
Amir Hinton--Sr., Abington, 19.8 ppg
Lamar Stevens--Jr., Haverford School, 18.3 ppg
Lonnie Walker IV--Soph., Reading, 17.0 ppg
Derrick Woods--Sr., Pennsbury, 16.3 ppg

THIRD TEAM
Nazeer Bostick--Jr., Philadelphia Roman Catholic, 12.5 ppg
Luke Connaghan--Sr., Archbishop Wood, 19.0 ppg
Ramon Creighton--Jr., Taylor Allderdice, 12.0 ppg
Jonny David--Sr., Mount Lebanon, 18.5 ppg
Gemil Holbrook--Sr., Roman Catholic, 13.9 ppg
David Krmpotich--Sr., La Salle College HS, 13.7 ppg
Jahaire Wilson--Sr., York, 18.1 ppg

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Tony Carr, Philadelphia Roman Catholic

COACH OF THE YEAR: Chris McNesby, Philadelphia Roman Catholic

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CLASS AAA
FIRST TEAM
Milik Gantz--Sr., Harrisburg Bishop McDevitt, 18.3 ppg
Quade Green--Soph., Neumann-Goretti, 17.8 ppg
Derrick Jones--Sr., Archbishop Carroll, 19.3 ppg
Lamarr Kimble--Sr., Neumann-Goretti, 14.5 ppg
Nehemiah “Bud” Mack--Jr., Susquehanna Twp., 14.1 ppg
Daron Russell--Soph., Imhotep Charter, 16.5 ppg

SECOND TEAM
Sam Allen--Jr., Lewisburg, 21.9 ppg
Tarojae Brake--Sr., Octorara, 22.5 ppg
Daylon Carter--Sr., Ambridge, 24.0 ppg
John Castello--Jr., Mars, 17.8 ppg
Zane Martin--Jr., Neumann-Goretti, 16.5 ppg
Riley Stapleton--Sr., Indiana, 13.1 ppg

THIRD TEAM
Travis Blankenhorn, Pottsville, 6-2, sr, 16.6 ppg
Josh Creach, Beaver Falls, 6-6, so, 17.7 ppg
DaShon Giddings, Delaware Valley Charter, 6-4, sr, 16.5 ppg
Donovan Jeter, Beaver Falls, 6-5, so, 17.5 ppg
Dom Keyes, Steel Valley, 6-7, sr, 19.4 ppg
David Morris, Erie Strong Vincent, 6-1, so, 20.1 ppg
Tim Rose, Scranton Prep, 6-0, sr, 15.2 ppg
Josh Sharkey, Archbishop Carroll, 5-10 jr, 12.4 ppg

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Derrick Jones, Archbishop Carroll

COACH OF THE YEAR: Greg Lezanic, Indiana

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CLASS AA
FIRST TEAM
Jair Bolden--Jr., Westtown, 17.0 ppg
Nelly Cummings--Soph., Lincoln Park Charter, 24.5 ppg
De’Andre Hunter--Jr., Friends Central, 20.8 ppg
Stevie Jordan--Jr., Conwell-Egan, 16.8 ppg
Stephon McGinnis--Sr., Aliquippa, 17.0 ppg
Trey Staunch--Sr., West Middlesex, 23.6 ppg

SECOND TEAM
Kyle Datres--Sr., Loyalsock Twp., 10.2 ppg
Noah Davis--Jr., Bellwood-Antis, 24.7 ppg
Tim Guers--Sr., Germantown Academy, 16.4 ppg
Jason Kenny--Sr., Mid Valley, 21.4 ppg
LaPri McCray-Pace--Jr., Conwell-Egan, 11.4 ppg
Ryan Norkus--Sr., Seton-La Salle, 18.1 ppg
Kody Trude--Jr., West Branch, 21.4 ppg

THIRD TEAM
Julian Collazo--Sr., Lancaster Mennonite, 23.2 ppg
Vinny Dalessandro--Jr., Conwell-Egan, 10.5 ppg
Austin Gilbertson--Soph., Camp Hill Trinity, 17.8 ppg
Sam Lindgren--Sr., Germantown Academy, 12.6 ppg
Matthew “Mookie” Miller--Jr., Upper Dauphin, 24.1 ppg
Romano Sebastiani--Sr., Greensburg CC, 22.7 ppg
Ben Sosa--Sr., Loyalsock Twp., 15.9 ppg

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Stevie Jordan, Conwell-Egan

COACH OF THE YEAR: Frank Sciolla, Conwell-Egan

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CLASS A
FIRST TEAM
Samir Doughty--Sr., Math, Civics & Sciences, 24.5 ppg
Ahmad Gilbert--Sr., Constitution, 17.6 ppg
Brandon Martinazzi--Sr., Bishop Carroll, 22.4 ppg
Malik Miller--Jr., Farrell, 20.0 ppg
Nate Sestina--Sr., Cameron County, 21.5 ppg
Kimar Williams--Sr. Constitution, 16.2 ppg

SECOND TEAM
Chad Andrews-Fulton--Sr., Constitution, 11.0 ppg
Julian Batts--Sr., Jeannette, 22.4 ppg
Caesar DeJesus--Sr., Goodling Impact Academy, 23.4 ppg
Dane Jackson--Sr., Cornell, 28.0 ppg
Sagaba Konate--Jr., Kennedy Catholic, 16.1 ppg
Tyerell Mann--Sr., Notre Dame-East Stroudsburg, 23.0 ppg
Lavelle Rush--Jr., Monessen, 18.1 ppg

THIRD TEAM
Kevin Anderson--Soph., St. John Neumann, 19.1 ppg
Michael Bryja--Sr., Portage, 20.5 ppg
Bo Burleigh--Sr., North Penn-Mansfield, 18.3 ppg
Juwan Gooding--Sr., Goodling Impact Academy, 23.8 ppg
R.J. Laugand--Sr., Clarion-Limestone, 17.6 ppg
Nasza Short--Sr., St. John Neumann, 18.9 ppg
Jeff Yordy--Sr., Pottsville Nativity, 22.4 ppg

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Ahmad Gilbert, Constitution

COACH OF THE YEAR: Robert Moore, Constitution