VISAA 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 VISAA Junior All State team. It includes names from every classification D1-3, and were chosen through research and debate by the Vantage team. We have divided them up into First through Third Team, with 6 players in each.
Enjoy, and let the debate begin!
First Team
MVP: Armando Bacot | Trinity Episcopal
Bacot makes it a sophomore-senior sweep for MVPs from Trinity Episcopal. After playing sparingly last season, Bacot showed up in shape and ready to make a name for himself, and that he did. He averaged a double-double, scoring it in the post, in transition and being a rim protector for them as well. He’s put his name in discussion as one of the best big men in the country for the 2019 class.
Anthony Harris | Paul VI
Aundre Hyatt | Miller School
DeArvae Heard | Miller School
Qudus Wahab | VA Academy
Dajour Rucker | Cape Henry
Second Team
Xavier Johnson | Episcopal
Jaylin Stewart | Walsingham
Jared White | St. Stephen’s St. Agnes
Tariq Balogun | Walsingham
Tim Montgomery | Atlantic Shores
Jay Heath | Bishop O’Connell
Third Team
Joel Kabimba | Middleburg
Charles Thompson | St. Stephen’s St. Agnes
Chester Makoi | Williamsburg Christian
Christian DePollar | St. Stephen’s St. Agnes
Jaden Frazier | Blue Ridge
Dalton Taylor | STAB