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CLARKSBURG -- Elkins High School's Mitchell Price and Philip Barbour's Jed Hawkins are both honorable-mention selections on the Class AAA all-state team, as selected by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association and released today.
Price, a 6-foot-4 senior, averaged 13.1 points and 5.2 rebounds this past season in helping lead the Tigers to a 9-9 mark. He also dished out 2.1 assists and connected on 57.8 percent from the floor and 74.6 from the free-throw line.
Hawkins was a 5-10 senior guard for the Colts.
The first team features three players who were in the top four in voting for the Bill Evans Award as the top player in the state: first-team captain Bryson Lucas of Robert C. Byrd, Jaelin Johnson of Fairmont Senior and Jaidyn West of Notre Dame.
Lucas averaged 17.2 points, 10.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 2.4 steals and 2.1 blocks per game for the Flying Eagles, who were ranked No. 1 throughout the season and were the top seed in the state tournament before losing to Hampshire.
Lucas was also a first-team selection in Class AA last year.
Johnson and West were also first-teamers in Classes AA and A, respectively, last year.
Johnson averaged 23.1 points, 8.6 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game for the Polar Bears, who lost to only RCB in the regular season on the final possession and to Winfield in the state tournament.
Johnson completes his career with 1,261 points, fifth in the Polar Bears' storied history.
State champion Shady Spring landed Braden Chapman and Cole Chapman on the first team, while state runner-up Wheeling Central is represented by J.C. Maxwell (a first-team pick in Class A last year) and Ryan Reasbeck (second team in Class A last year).
Herbert Hoover's Devin Hatfield rounds out the squad, which was voted on by sportswriters and coaches around the state.
Shady Spring's Todd Duncan is the second team captain and is joined by Point Pleasant's Hunter Bush, Fairmont Senior's Zycheus Dobbs, Logan's Jarron Glick, Hampshire's Drew Keckley, RCB's Gavin Kennedy, Grafton's Ryan Maier and Nitro's Kolton Painter.
First team
Braden Chapman, Shady Spring, Soph.
Cole Chapman, Shady Spring, Soph.
Devin Hatfield, Herbert Hoover, Jr.
Jaelin Johnson, Fairmont Senior, Sr.
Bryson Lucas (Capt) Robert C. Byrd, Sr.
J.C. Maxwell, Wheeling Central, Sr.
Ryan Reasbeck, Wheeling Central, Jr.
Jaidyn West, Notre Dame, Jr.
Second team
Hunter Bush, Point Pleasant, Sr.
Zycheus Dobbs, Fairmont Senior, Fr.
Todd Duncan (Capt) Shady Spring, Sr.
Jarron Glick, Logan, Jr.
Drew Keckley, Hampshire, Sr.
Gavin Kennedy, Robert C. Byrd, Sr.
Ryan Maier, Grafton, Jr
Kolton Painter, Nitro, Jr.
Honorable mention
Gavin Barkley, Berkeley Springs; Ethan Blackburn, Westside; Dylan Blake, PikeView; John Blankenship, Lincoln County; Zack Bolen, Independence; Reece Carden, Scott; Praise Chukwudozie, North Marion; Anthony Cross, Weir; Indy Eades, Midland Trail; Jed Hawkins, Philip Barbour; Jaedan Holstein, Shady Spring; Gavin Jackson, Trinity Christian; Jordan James, Liberty-Harrison; Luke Johnson, Ripley; Tyler Kelly, Weir; Ethan Kincaid, Winfield; Cam Manns, Shady Spring; Michael McKinney, Independence; Tariq Miller, North Marion; Rylee Nicholas, Nicholas County; Gage Patterson, Oak Glen; Mitchell Price, Elkins; Daniel Reed, Westside; Eli Robertson, Herbert Hoover; Trevor Sardo, Hampshire; Zack Snyder, Lincoln; Kobey Taylor-Williams, PikeView; Michael Toepfer, Wheeling Central; Joseph Udoh, Nitro;Cavin White, Scott; Garrett Williamson, Logan