Elkins’ Shreve earns all-state HM laurels
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CHARLESTON -- Elkins High School's Landon Shreve has been named to the honorable-mention list on the Class AAA all-state team released today by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association.
Shreve, a senior forward, led the Tigers in scoring and rebounding this season.
Meanwhile, Chapmanville sophomore Keaton Terry has been named the captain of the first team, marking quite the jump for the 6-foot-7 forward who was named to the second team after his freshman campaign a season ago.
Terry is the only underclassman to be honored as a first team selection on this year's list.
He averaged a double-double in the Tigers' fourth state championship season by scoring 15 points per game and grabbing 14 rebounds.
Terry faced adversity early in his monster season, as he missed the first 10 games because of a broken hand.
Terry is one of three sophomores who started for the Tigers.
State runner-up North Marion produced two junior first-teamers in Eli Ramsey (20 points per game) and Connor Balwanz (16 points).
Balwanz scored 16 points and dished out 10 assists in the championship game for the Huskies and Ramsey added 14 points and five boards.
Balwanz jumps up from honorable mention on the 2025 All-State list, and Ramsey's name was absent a season ago.
Shady Spring standout Coby Dillon's first-team spot serves as the first All-State nod of his career.
Dillon averaged 21.5 ppg, 4.4 rebounds and four assists in his final go-around with the Tigers.
East Fairmont 6-3 junior Cayden Cooper is also a first time All-Stater. The Fairmont Senior transfer impressed by leading the Bees in scoring with 18.7 ppg.
Bridgeport junior Anderson McDougal jumps to the first team after an honorable mention nod a season ago. McDougal scored 15.1 points per game this season.
Spring Valley senior Harrison Riggs (21 points, 10 rebounds) and Winfield junior Brody Ilderton (15 points, 10 rebounds) joined Terry as first-teamers to average a double-double this season.
Capital senior De'Shad Williams and St. Albans' Brogan Samms, who averaged 23.1 points, 4.3 boards and three assists per game in his junior season, wrapped up the first team and joined Riggs as the only players to receive first-team nods despite missing out on the state tournament.
The all-state second team is captained by Darrell Claybrook of Fairmont Senior. The 6-2 senior averaged 21 points for the Polar Bears.
The remainder of the second team consists of South Charleston's Malcolm Brown, Chapmanville's Benji Adkins, Greenbrier East's Brody Hamric and Nathan Dixon, Ripley's Parker Smith, Herbert Hoover's Riley Johnson, Princeton's Jayce Gum, Capital's Jojo Greene and Winfield's Owen Taylor.
Wooden plaques in the shape of West Virginia that include the player's name, school, licensed WVSWA logo and year of the honoree are available to all-state first-team, second-team and honorable-mention selections and can be purchased from the Bear Wood Co. through Bearwoodcompany.com.
Class AAA All-State Team
First team
Keaton Terry, Chapmanville (captain), 6-7, Soph.
Eli Ramsey, North Marion, 5-11, Jr.
Connor Balwanz, North Marion, 6-2, Jr.
Coby Dillon, Shady Spring, 6-0, Sr.
Cayden Cooper, East Fairmont, 6-3, Jr.
Anderson McDougal, Bridgeport, 6-0, Jr.
Harrison Riggs, Spring Valley, 6-4, Sr
Brody Ilderton, Winfield,6-5, Jr.
De'Shad Williams, Capital, 6-1, Sr.
Brogan Samms, St. Albans, 6-1, Jr.
Second team
Darrell Claybrook, Fairmont Senior (captain), 6-2, Sr.
Malcolm Brown, South Charleston, 5-11, Sr.
Benji Adkins, Chapmanville,6-5, Sr.
Brody Hamric, Greenbrier East, 6-3, Sr.
Nathan Dixon, Greenbrier East, 6-3, Sr.
Parker Smith, Ripley, 6-3, Jr.
Riley Johnson, Herbert Hoover, 6-1, Jr.
Jayce Gum, Princeton, 6-5, Sr.
Jojo Greene, Capital, 6-4, Sr.
Owen Taylor, Winfield, 5-10, Jr.
HONORABLE MENTION
Logan Boyce, Robert C. Byrd; Hudson Brand, East Fairmont; Jay Brock, Chapmanville; Collin Crouch, Nitro; Dakota Dalton, Chapmanville; Trey Dawson, Keyser; Aryon Dodd, Bridgeport; Blake Justice, Ripley; Landen Keefer, Point Pleasant; Jesse Kemper, Lewis County; Matthew Medina, Hampshire; Braylon McGreevy, Keyser; Andrew Murdock, Brooke; Camryn Newsman, Robert C. Byrd; Brycen Orcutt, South Charleston; Ryan Robinette, PikeView; Gabe Short, Shady Spring; Landon Shreve, Elkins; Eli Smith, Chapmanville; Maverick Smith, Nicholas County; Matthew Stellato, Ripley; Tucker Stemple, Grafton; Ty Stephens, Nitro; Preston Watkins, John Marshall; Gavin Williams, Bridgeport