VHSL Sophomore All State Team
At Vantage, we try to do some things differently so our readers can see things from different perspectives. With the high school season over and AAU right around the corner, we thought it would be a good time to release our All State teams. While there are VHSL and VISAA All State teams already released, we decided to do things differently by splitting up our All State teams by class instead of classification.
Below is our choices at Vantage Hoops for the VHSL Sophomore All State team. It includes names from every classification 1-6A, and were chosen through research and debate by the Vantage team. We have divided them up into First through Third Team, with 8 players in each, and an honorable mention list for the kids who were considered and deserve recognition for their terrific season as well.
Enjoy, and let the debate begin!
First Team
MVP: Mike Christmas | Landstown
It’s not very often that VHSL All State honors aren’t geared toward upperclassmen, so the fact that Christmas was named 6A State Player of the Year shows how good he was this season. He led a young Landstown group to the state semifinals, averaging a double-double and doing everything for his team. His leadership both vocally and by example means Landstown has a bright future with this star.
Julien Wooden | Northside
Bryce Douglas | Centerville
Zac Ervin | Gate City
Quentin Morton-Robertson | Radford
Chase Coleman | Maury
Evan Buckley | Stone Bridge
Briquan Harrell | Western Branch
Second Team
Jordan Crump | Highland Springs
Jamon Battle | Meadowbrook
Myles Jones | Radford
Matias Prock | McLean
Loginn Norton | James River
Bryan Phillips | Maury
Tyrese Jenkins | Varina
Jordan Hernandez | New Kent
Third Team
Gaines Swink | Madison County
Alex Fitch | William Byrd
Collin Harding | Manchester
Malachi Poindexter | Louisa
Cameron Savage | South Lakes
Khyree Temple | Phoebus
Antonio Bridy | George Wythe (Richmond)
Honorable Mention
Kendall Bynum | Western Branch; Marchellus Avery | Armstrong; Dominique Finney | Armstrong; DeMarr McRae | John Marshall; Levar Allen | John Marshall; Darryl Mackey Jr. | West Potomac; Quentin James | Lake Braddock; Ashley James | Green Run; Cody Mains | WT Woodson; Jarec Brown | George Wythe (Richmond); Kavon James | Cox; Izeah Parker | Hopewell; Jalen Hargrove | Matoaca; Detionne Leach | Phoebus