BASKETBALL

Four local boys basketball players earn first-team WBCA all-state

USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
Stevens Point High School's Drew Blair (3) celebrates a 3-pointer against Bay Port. Blair was named first-team all-state.

STEVENS POINT - Four local players were named as first-teamers on the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association all-state boys basketball team. 

Stevens Point Area Senior High's Drew Blair received the nod in Division 1, while Assumption's Joe Grundhoffer, Columbus Catholic's Nick Malovrh and Almond-Bancroft's Noah Kollock all received the Division 5 honor. 

Marshfield's Seth Anderson and Rhinelander's Owen White (Division 2) and Marathon's Donavon Free (Division 4) were all honorable-mention picks. The all-state team was released Monday afternoon. 

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Blair was one of the top statistical players in the state in his final high school season. The Panthers standout averaged 28.9 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game.

Blair, who was the Wisconsin Valley Conference player of the year, shot 57 percent from the field as SPASH won the conference title before falling to Oshkosh North in a sectional title game. 

Blair ranked in the top 10 in the state in scoring average and had a season-high 47 points in a loss to Merrill on Jan. 5. 

Columbus Catholic's Nick Malovrh helped the Dons finish one win short of a return trip to the WIAA state boys basketball tournament.

Malovrh was the Cloverbelt Conference-East Division player of the year and averaged 19.7 points per game as the Dons fell one win short of a return trip to the WIAA state tournament. 

Columbus Catholic reached a sectional title game with a win over an Assumption team that was led by Grundhoffer. The 6-foot-6 senior was the Marawood Conference-South Division player of the year and averaged 18.5 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. 

Kollock averaged 22.8 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game as the Eagles finished with an 18-7 record. Kollock also earned player of the year honors in the Central Wisconsin Conference-South Division. 

Assumption's Joe Grundhoffer drives past a Columbus Catholic player during a WIAA Division 5 boys basketball sectional semifinal earlier this month.

WISCONSIN BASKETBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION

ALL-STATE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM 

DIVISION 1

Max Alba, Sr., Franklin; Quincy Anderson, Sr., Oshkosh North; Drew Blair, Sr., Stevens; Point; Patrick Cartier, Sr., Brookfield East *; Carlos Curtis, Sr., Milwaukee Riverside; Tyrese Haliburton, Sr., Oshkosh North *; Jalen Johnson, So., Sun Prairie *; Keshawn Justice, Sr., Madison East; Mitch Listau, Sr., Waunakee *; Marlon Ruffin, Sr., Sun Prairie*

Honorable mention

Patrick Baldwin, Jr., Fr., Sussex Hamilton; Gage Malensek, Jr., Brookfield Central; De'Monte Nelson, Sr., Kenosha Bradford; Jack Plumb, Sr., Bay Port; Alec Rosner, Sr., Kimberly

* unanimous selection

DIVISION 2

Grant Basile, Sr., Pewaukee *; Johnny Davis, So., La Crosse Central; John Diener, Sr., Cedarburg *; Michael Foster, Fr., Milwaukee Washington; Tyler Herro, Sr., Whitnall *; Jaxon Knotek, Sr., River Falls; Deontay Long, Jr., Milwaukee Washington; Jordan McCabe, Sr., Kaukauna *; Derek Sabin, Sr., Slinger; Jake Schroeckenthaler, Sr., Monona Grove; Jaeden Zackery, Jr., Westosha Central.

Honorable mention

Seth Anderson, Sr., Marshfield; Jack Gohlke, Sr., Pewaukee; Jack Petit, Sr., Union Grove; Jamari Sibley, So., Nicolet; C.J. Siegel, Sr., La Crosse Logan; Noah Skifton, Sr., Onalaska; Tyson Tully, Sr., Reedsburg; Owen White, Sr., Rhinelander

DIVISION 3

Ethan Anderson, Sr., Black River Falls; Tanner Brandt, Sr., Wisconsin Dells; Peter Brookshaw, Sr., Prescott *; Marcus Domask, Jr., Waupun *; Jay Gentry, Sr., Brown Deer *; Gacoby Jones, Sr., Dominican; Jaylen Mahone, Sr., Laconia; Hunter Plamann, Sr., Xavier*; Kyle Tuma, Sr., Valders; AJ Vukovich, So., East Troy

Honorable mention

Kyle Daoust, Jr., Southern Door; Sam Ferris, Sr., Xavier; Chris Thompson, Sr., G-E-T
Solomon Zarling, Sr., Kettle Moraine Lutheran.

DIVISION 4

Bailey Blanchard, Jr., Clear Lake *; J.C. Butler, Sr., The Prairie School *; Diovonte Caldwell, Sr., Destiny; Brayden Dailey, Fr., Mineral Point; Jaden Kreklow, Jr., New Glarus *; Chombi Lambert, Jr., Roncalli; Isaac Lindsey, So., Mineral Point; Logan Mulhern, Jr., Osseo-Fairchild; Eric Reinemann, Sr., Howards Grove; Mitchell Schneider, Sr., Roncalli; Gunner Wilder, Sr., Cameron.

Honorable mention

Jacob Bolwerk, Sr., Living Word Lutheran; Cullen Brooks, Sr., New Glarus; John Chenal, Sr., Grantsburg; Donavon Free, Sr., Marathon; Nicholas Henke, Sr., Pardeeville; Qwan; Jackson, So., Milwaukee Lifelong Learning; Ben Maki, Sr., Kohler; Kaleim Taylor, So., Milwaukee Academy of Science; Zach Yuenger, Jr., Dodgeland

DIVISION 5

Noah Allen, Sr., Seneca; Hayden Baughman, Sr., McDonell Central *; Kauy Fargo, Sr., Barneveld; Joe Grundhoffer, Sr., Assumption; Jared Jurss, Sr., Sheboygan Lutheran; Noah Kollock, Jr., Almond-Bancroft; Justin Kuehl, Jr., Hustisford; Nick Malovrh, Sr., Columbus; Catholic; Samuel Meerstein, Jr., Green Bay NEW Lutheran; Luke Reader, Sr., Bangor *; Nate Siewert, Sr., Deerfield *

Honorable mention

Jack Farley, Sr., Saint Thomas Aquinas; Drew Haffner, Sr., Gresham; Ryan Mahoney, Sr., Suring; Caleb Miedema, Sr., Bangor; Jacob Ognacevic, So., Sheboygan Lutheran; Jared Payne, Jr., Seneca; Jontae Peterson, Sr., Young Coggs Prep; Connor Sorenson, Sr., South Shore