MOUNT VERNON — Mount Vernon’s Nick Coon and Lexington’s Scott Hamilton shared the Ohio Cardinal Conference boys basketball championship and on Tuesday night the league’s Coach of the Year honor.
Madison senior Kyle Jackson was chosen the OCC Player of the Year after a vote of the league’s coaches on Tuesday night.
Jackson fired the biggest individual shot heard all season on Friday night, pouring in a school-record 43 points to power the Rams past arch-rival Mansfield Sr. 82-58, denying the Tygers a share of the league championship.
The all-league teams are listed below:
First Team
Jr. Cade Stover, Lexingtonl; Sr. Calvin Blair, Wooster; Sr. Collin Barteau Mt. Vernon; Sr. B.J. Patrick, Mansfield Sr.; Sr. Mason Campbell, Madison; Sr. Kaden Daniels, Mt. Vernon; Sr. Chase Wells, West Holmes.
Second Team
Jr. DeQuan Hilory, Mansfield Sr.; Sr. Mason Kearns, Lexington; Jr. Garrett Denbow, Ashland; Soph. Chance Wells, West Holmes; Jr. Ben Vore, Lexington; Sr. Jeffrey Rucker, Mt. Vernon; Sr. Kedric Corbin, Wooster.
Honorable Mention
Sr. Manny Langston, Ashland; Sr. Shamir Brown, Madison; Soph. Mitch Heilman, Ashland; Sr. Cole Rapp, Mt. Vernonl Sr. Bryant Givand, Lexington; Sr. Tyler Bills, Mt. Vernon; Jr. Kyle Johnston, Lexington; Sr. Bryce Myers, West Holmes; Sr. Breyon Wills, Mansfield Sr.; Jr. Shane Jones, West Holmes; Sr. Norian Lindsay, Mansfield Sr.; Jr. Dylan Bagley, Wooster; Sr. Cal Rickert, Madison; Sr. Colton Sparks, Wooster.
