Staff Reports
MONTGOMERY – Spring Garden junior point guard Ace Austin and Sand Rock senior shooting guard Katelyn St.Clair are among this year’s finalists for the Alabama Sports Writers Association girls basketball players of the year.
The finalists were announced early Wednesday morning.
Austin, an Alabama commitment and reigning 1A Girls Player of the Year, averaged 20.2 points, 7.2 rebounds, 7.1 assists and 3.6 steals per game for the Lady Panthers (33-1). St.Clair averaged 23.7 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.5 steals for the Lady Wildcats (25-8).
Joining Austin as 1A girls finalists are Shoals Christian’s Sarah Davis and Skyline’s Kaina King.
Davis, a junior guard/forward, averaged 24.3 points, 11.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists and a steal for the Flame (21-8). King, a senior guard, averaged 16.5 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.4 assists and four steals for the Lady Vikings (22-8).
Joining St.Clair as 2A girls finalists are Mars Hill Bible’s Belle Hill and Sulligent’s Ella Wheeler.
Hill, an eighth-grade guard, averaged 23.5 points, 8.9 rebounds, four assists and 1.4 blocks for the Lady Panthers (24-7). Wheeler, a junior guard, averaged 25.9 points, 6.9 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 4.7 steals for the Lady Blue Devils (23-5).
Girls and boys winners, Mr. and Miss Basketball, and the Super All-State team will be named at a luncheon banquet Tuesday, April 16 at the Montgomery Renaissance.
Below are this year’s girls and boys finalists.
CLASS 7A GIRLS
Syriah Daniels, Auburn
Jordan Hunter, Hewitt-Trussville
Jabria Lindsey, Central-Phenix City
CLASS 7A BOYS
DeWayne Brown, Hoover
Caleb Harrison, Huntsville
Jacoby Hill, Central-Phenix City
CLASS 6A GIRLS
Jareah Branch, Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa
Leah Brooks, Hazel Green
Tamiria Jones, Huffman
CLASS 6A BOYS
Ty Davis, Mountain Brook
Caleb Holt, Buckhorn
Peyton Wiggins, Huffman
CLASS 5A GIRLS
Mia Hollingsworth, Jasper
Missy Odom, Jasper
Tamya Smith, Pleasant Grove
CLASS 5A BOYS
Cam Dooley, Valley
Terrel Johnson, Vigor
Joshia Jones, Fairfield
CLASS 4A GIRLS
Kayden Carr, Prattville Christian
Reece Davis, Deshler
Ivey Maddox, Good Hope
CLASS 4A BOYS
Micah Caster, Jackson
Davis Dare, American Christian
Evan Griffin, Geneva
CLASS 3A GIRLS
Ava Card, St. James
Sawyer Kate Hulgan, Plainview
Maddie Smith, Trinity
CLASS 3A BOYS
Emmanuel Clarton, Sumter Central
Jonathan Fitch, Sumter Central
Trey Simpson, Hillcrest-Evergreen
CLASS 2A GIRLS
Belle Hill, Mars Hill Bible
Katelyn St.Clair, Sand Rock
Ella Wheeler, Sulligent
CLASS 2A BOYS
Jakaleb Faulk, Highland Home
Vederrian Story, LaFayette
Carson Thrasher, Mars Hill Bible
CLASS 1A GIRLS
Ace Austin, Spring Garden
Sarah Davis, Shoals Christian
Kaina King, Skyline
CLASS 1A BOYS
Nasir Cheatham, Georgiana
Trey Kellogg, Covenant Christian
Javen Poindexter, Red Level
AISA GIRLS
Lindsey Brown, Edgewood
Madison Davis, Lee-Scott
Takayla Davis, Glenwood
AISA BOYS
Deshawn Hall, Valiant Cross
Haiden Harper, Lee-Scott
Clayton Hussey, Lowndes Academy