Trevor Anderson named AP player of year

STEVENS POINT - Trev Anderson and Sam Hauser dominated the boys basketball postseason awards this winter.

The Stevens Point Area Senior High senior duo shared the player of the year honors for both the Wisconsin Valley Conference and Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association, and Hauser was named the Gatorade state player of the year earlier this week.

Anderson and Hauser, who helped the Panthers to an undefeated season and a second straight WIAA Division 1 state championship, were also the lone unanimous selections for The Associated Press boys basketball all-state team that was announced Friday, and Anderson was selected as the player of the year.

Anderson is the first local player to be receive the AP honor since 2011 when Merrill's Paul Jesperson received it.

Waupun coach Dan Domask, an Iola-Scandinavia graduate, was named the top coach after leading the school to the Division 3 title in the program's first trip to the state tournament in 89 years.

SPASH sophomore Joey Hauser was a second-team selection, while Amherst's Tyler Biadasz, Owen-Withee's Josiah Goerlitz and Port Edwards' Jared Joslin all received honorable mention consideration.

Anderson, SPASH's all-time leading scorer, was a first team all-state selection last year and surpassed 2,000 career points in December.

He averaged a team-best 24.9 points this season for a team that rolled to a 89-64 win over Muskego in the state title game and posted a 55-1 record over the past two seasons.

“All best friends on and off the court,” Anderson said of the Panthers. “There’s a lot of chemistry, a lot of fundamentals.”

Anderson has moved on to baseball and four-hour practices this week, though basketball remains his top sport. He has committed to play in college at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

The Phoenix play up-tempo under Linc Darner, who guided the school to an NCAA tournament appearance in his first year as head coach. Anderson said he plans to concentrate on getting stronger and quicker this summer.

“I’ve got to work on my lateral quickness if I want to play at the next level right away,” he said.

SPASH was used to playoff pressure. Waupun was ending a decades-long drought.

“Just the community around us, it was so meaningful to them,” Domask said.

The American history teacher tried to strike a balance with his players with every victory.

“I was trying to get the kids to understand what they were doing, and how meaningful it was, without putting pressure on them,” Domask said. “I don’t know if they ever fully got it until we got to the state tournament.”

Domask’s son, Marcus, scored a team-high 15 points in the 59-58 victory over Appleton Xavier in the thrilling title game.

The season opened with the coaching staff needing to figure out how to replace Domask’s older son, Mason, who graduated last season and had been the team’s leading scorer.

Marcus Domask, a freshman, helped fill the scoring void, as did Owen Theune, a sophomore transfer. A few other younger players added depth, with five seniors among the top seven in the rotation.

“This was one of those years where everything that could go right for your team kind of fell into place,” the coach said.

Wisconsin 2016 Associated Press All-State boys basketball team

Player of the Year: Trev Anderson, Stevens Point

Coach of the Year: Dan Domask, Waupun

FIRST TEAM

Trev Anderson, 6-2, sr., Stevens Point (x); Sam Hauser, 6-6, sr., Stevens Point (x); Kobe King, 6-3, jr., La Crosse Central; Jordan McCabe, 5-10, so., Kaukauna; Juwan McCloud, 6-0, sr., Germantown

SECOND TEAM

Deang Deang, 6-4, sr., Madison East; Joey Hauser, 6-7, so., Stevens Point; Davis Larson, 6-4, sr., Sheboygan North;;Terrence Lewis, 6-6, jr., Milwaukee Riverside; Te’Jon Lucas, 6-1, sr., Milwaukee Washington

THIRD TEAM

Tyree Eady, 6-3, jr., Middleton; Ben Heiligenthal, 6-3, sr., Burlington Catholic Central; Seth Kostroski, 5-11, sr., Sauk Prairie; Caleb Wagner, 6-2, sr., Muskego; Nick Wagner, 6-3, sr., Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau

FOURTH TEAM

Peyton Dibble, 6-6, sr., Cameron; Jack Flynn, 6-8, sr., Appleton Westl; Tyler Herro, 6-4, so., Whitnall; Logan Rohrscheib, 6-2, sr., Eau Claire Regis; Kyle Rutkowski, 6-6, sr., Evansville

(x) _ unanimous selection

HONORABLE MENTION

Bennett Vander Plas, jr. Ripon; Blake Ehrke, sr., Deerfield; Alec Fruin, jr., Beloit Turner; Mitch Listau, so., Waunakee; Jake Nixon, sr., East Troy; Benjamin Rounds, sr., McFarland; Charlie Soule, sr., Oregon; Sam Burkart, sr., Appleton Xavier; Ryan Krueger, jr., Hortonville; Zac Haese, sr., Wrightstown; Nathan Schmidt, sr., Shiocton; Adam Smith, jr., Kaukauna; Jake Zeitler, sr., Luxemburg-Casco; Mitch McFarlane, sr., Winnebago Lutheran; Marcus Domask, Fr., Waupun; Michael Richter, sr., Ozaukee; Devin Gallenberger, sr., Howards Grove; Tyler Biadasz, sr., Amherst; Josiah Goerlitz, jr., Owen-Withee; Jared Joslin, sr., Port Edwards; Nathan Schmidt, sr., Shiocton; Adam Vandenberghe, sr., Solon Springs; Chris Knight, jr., Madison Memorial; Simon Lensmire, sr., Lake Mills; Storm Murphy, jr., Middleton; Matthew Myers, jr., Barneveld; DeAndre Johns, jr., Kenosha St. Joseph; Harrison Cleary, sr., Oak Creek; Koreem Ozier, jr., Racine Case; Kaj Days, sr., Racine Park; Kostas Antetokounmpo, sr., Whitefish Bay Dominican; Job Alexander, sr., Marquette; John Diener, so., Cedarburg; Taurus Adams, Sr., Brown Deer; Jordan Poole, jr., Milwaukee King; Anthony Thomas, sr., Milwaukee North; David Pulizos, sr., Greendale; Isaac Appleby, sr., Eau Claire Memorial; Nate Stanley, sr., Menomonie; Owen Hamilton, jr., Prescott; Logan Bader, sr., Unity; Bailey Kale, jr., La Crosse Central; Luke Reader, jr., Bangor; Aaron Scafe, sr., Melrose-Mindoro; CJ Siegel, so., La Crosse Logan; Max Stockwell, sr., Hillsboro.