Mavericks wrote:A lot of good summer basketball with AAU and summer leagues across the state. The updated player rankings in August should be interesting. Saw a lot of basketball thus far this summer and more to follow.
Seniors:
Wally Ellenson Rice Lake: He may have a chance to crack the top five by the end of the summer. Great play in Minnesota and other events.
Greg Steffens: Waterford shooting guard. Three-year varsity player. Should crack the other top 50 seniors. Athletic and can go strong to the basket. Has improved his perimeter range and shot.
Top 25 sophomores:
DeAngelo Jackson 6-2 Guard/Forward Racine Case
UW-Parkside coach said who is this kid. Thinks he is college ready right now because of his court awareness with the basketball. Finishes strong in the lane with either hand and rebounds well on the defensive end of the floor. Needs work on his perimeter jay.
Top 25 freshmen possibilities:
Darion King 6-5 Racine Case
Joe Binyoti 6-1 Homestead
Duke Vander Galien Randolph
Cody Schwartz 6-6 West DePere
Diamond Stone 6-8 Whitefish Bay Dom.
Darold Thomas LaFollette
Tyrese Pinson 5-7 Racine Case
Branden Key 5-11 Milwaukee Hamilton
Karim Cole 5-8 Martin Luther
Tywon Bressler 6-0 Martin Luther
As far as seniors go, I think Dekker showed this yr that he has to be the top senior in the state. 58 points WOW!! As I reading some other blogs I also noticed that he got quite a bit McDonalds All-American talk too... some of the top writers actually thought he got snubbed.. so hat's off to him.
Juniors- DUANE WILSON! This kid is awesome. There are times when he actually looks unstoppable. I like Koenig as well, but I think and Deontae Burton should probably be considered the 2 top players in that class.
Sophmores- Not all familiar with this class statewide, but I really like Riley LaChance and Kevon Looney. Jerelly DeBerry is also really good. I noticed that you mentioned DeAngelo Jackson and I also like his game. He's big and he's probably the best passer in his class. I wish he wasn't always trying to make the "cool" play and make the easy play.
Freshmen- I mean how can you not say Diamond Stone? That kid has a chance to be special the 3 yrs of high school, the next level, and the next. He's the type of big that doesn't come around often. Henry Ellenson, Cody Schwartz and the Pritzl kid are probably the 3 top players up north, followed by Matt Heldt of Appleton. The southern part of the state however is absolutely LOADED! You have Diamond Stone, Darion King, Brandon Key, Joe Binyoti, Andre Carroll, Levi Bradley, Karim Cole, Tyrese Pinson, Malik Brown, Andrew Davis, TreAntae Mason, Romeo Bouie. I mean I could go all day. This freshmen class is phenomenal. Another freshman who I don't think gets enough press is that Dee Woods kids from Racine Horlick. IMO he might be the BEST shooter in this class...