C- Marvin Singleton, Hopkins
F- Jake White, Chaska
F- Alex Richter, Lakeville South
G- Estan Tyler, St. Paul Johnson
G- Joe Coleman, Hopkins
6th- Cole Olstad, Plainview-Elgin-Millville
2nd Team
C- Shelby Moats, Waconia
F- Jonah Travis, DeLaSalle
G- Kevin Kuefler, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
G- Zach Lofton, Columbia Heights
G- Dylan Stewart, Eden Prairie
6th- Jordan Smith, Orono
3rd Team
C- Seth Hinrichs, MACCRAY
F- Joey Sonnenfeld, Osseo
F- Tom Schalk, Apple Valley
G- Siyani Chambers, Hopkins
G- Tyus Jones, Apple Valley
6th- Michael Busack, Redwood Valley
My All-State Tournament Team and Comments
C- Seth Hinrichs, MCCRAY 65 points, 36 rebounds
F- Marvin Singleton, Hopkins 5o points, 29 rebounds
F- Joe Coleman, Hopkins 71 points, 21 rebounds
G- Kevin Kuefler, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 69 points, 35 rebounds, 11 assists
G- Dylan Stewart, Eden Prairie 55 points, 23 rebounds
6th- Michael Busack, Redwood Valley 61 points, 51 rebounds, 8 assists
2nd Team
C- Shelby Moats, Waconia 36 points, 37 rebounds
F- Joey Sonnenfeld, Osseo 64 points
F- Jeremy Borg, Orono 42 points, 16 blocks
G- Jordan Smith, Orono 71 points
G- Taylor Montero, Cretin 51 points, 30 rebounds
6th- Zach Lofton, Columbia Heights 75 points--overall tournament scoring leader*
3rd Team
C- Simon Krych, St. Cloud Apollo 17 points, 14 boards, 2 blocks in 1 game
F- Alex Richter, Lakeville South 33 points, 5 boards, 2 blocks in 1 game
G- Terez VanPelt, Osseo 49 points, 13 assists
G- Jesse Kieper, Springfield 57 points
G- Alex Fink, Springfield 45 points, 12 assists
6th- Tyler Marz, Springfield 24 points
Bold italic = did not make all-tournament team
Italic = MVP within Class
* A press release announcing the AAA all-tournament team was distributed to the media on the Target Center floor about 15 minutes before the end of the championship game. Zach Lofton was listed among the all-tournament selections on this list. By the time the all-tournament awards were announced, however, Lofton had left the floor and returned to the Columbia Heights locker room. As he was not on the floor to receive his award, he was deleted from the all-tournament team. As of today, he is not an all-tournament honoree.
The coaches chose guard Cortez Tillman to represent Cretin. Tillman scored 43 points in 3 games. I prefer his teammate Taylor Montero who scored 51 points and snared 30 rebounds. Specifically he outscored Tillman 23-17 in Cretin's 1st round win over Duluth East.
The coaches also did not chose to honor Tyler Marz, and Marz' numbers by themselves would seem to justify such a decision. But Marz was Springfield's secret weapon and, after Jesse Kieper (who scored 25 points) the Tigers' best player in their championship game upset of unbeaten BBE.
The most inscrutable choices were guards Aden Casey and Tyler Simonson of Chisholm. Casey scored 28 points, Simonson 30. The Bluestreaks center Adam Vake, meanwhile, scored 44 points with 30 rebounds, and seemed the obvious choice for Chisholm.
I might have preferred Waconia guards Wylie Ferron and Alex Schmitt over teammate Ben Korteum, but that is getting close to hair-splitting.
In AAAA it is hard to argue with 4 Hopkins selections though I would have preferred Montero of Cretin to Stahl of Hopkins.
This is a very very rare year in that there were few 1st round losers who can make much of a claim to all-tournament honors. Typically, the best player on a 1st round loser is pretty clearly a better player (and therefore, more deserving of all-tournament honors) than the 3rd best player for the finalists. This year it is hard to find a poster child for that point. The best 1st round losers were:
Alex Richter, Lakeville South 33 points, 5 boards and 2 blocks
Vaughan Thada, Owatonna 24 points
Simon Krych, St. Cloud Apollo 17 points, 14 boards, 2 blocks
Estan Tyler, St. Paul Johnson 22 points, 6 assists
Gerald McCarver, Minnehaha 17 points, 6 boards, 2 steals
On second thought, Richter and Krych in particular should have been all-tournament choices.
Top 50
1. Hopkins 31-1
2. Eden Prairie 27-5
3. Osseo 29-3
4. Chaska 24-5
5. Orono 28-4
6. St. Paul Johnson 25-4
7. Owatonna 24-5
8. Cretin-DerhamHall 23-9
9. Lakeville South 21-9
10. Eastview 22-5
11. Waconia 23-8
12. Columbia Heights 25-7
13. DeLaSalle 25-4
14. Apple Valley 19-10
15. Benilde-St. Margaret's 23-5
16. Wayzata 21-8
17. Tartan 25-4
18. St. Cloud Apollo 25-5
19. Duluth East 22-7
20. New Prague 24-8
21. Roseville 22-6
22. Mpls. Washburn 21-6
23. Eagan 21-6
24. Maple Grove 18-11
25. Perham 31-1
26. Champlin Park 21-6
27. Springfield 26-3
28. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 32-1
29. Marshall 21-9
30. Winona 21-5
31. Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 30-3
32. Plainview-Elgin-Millville 28-2
33. St. Louis Park 18-10
34. Hill-Murray 23-6
35. Grand Rapids 19-10
36. Bemidji 21-6
37. Buffalo 21-8
38. Rochester Lourdes 24-8
39. Redwood Valley 22-9
40. Irondale 19-9
41. MACCRAY 28-4
42. Upsala 25-4
43. Sebeka 26-3
44. St. Michael-Albertville 20-8
45. Robbinsdale Cooper 19-10
46. Maranatha 28-4
47. Robbinsdale Armstrong 18-10
48. White Bear Lake 17-9
49. Minnesota Transitions 23-7
50. Sebeka 26-3
Next Year
AAAA
1. Hopkins
2. Cretin
3. Apple Valley
4. Eastview
5. Duluth East
6. Osseo
7. Tartan
8. Maple Grove
9. White Bear Lake
10. Blaine
11. Centennial
12. Spring Lake Park
13. Mpls. South
14. Rochester Century
15. Anoka
AAA
1. Benilde
2. Grand Rapids
3. DeLaSalle
4. Mpls. Patrick Henry
5. St. Paul Johnson
6. St. Thomas
7. Richfield
8. Zimmerman
9. Princeton
10. Holy Family
AA
1. Perham
2. Redwood Valley
3. Waterville-Elysian-Morristown
4. Pelican Rapids
5. Braham
6. Watertown-Mayer
7. Minnehaha
8. St. Cloud Cathedral
9. St. Peter
10. Howard Lake-WW
11. United South Central
12. Litchfield
13. Pierz
14. Trinity
15. Montevideo
16. Windom
17. Byron
18. Worthington
19. Plainview-EM
20. Lake City
A
1. Maranatha
2. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
3. MACCRAY
4. Lakeview Christian
5. Ellsworth
6. Rushford-Peterson
7. Southwest MN Christian
8. Ada-Borup
9. Lester Prairie
10. St. Agnes
All-State 2012
C-F- Thomas Sjoberg, St. Thomas
F- Isaiah Zierden, Benilde
F- Joey King, Eastview
G- Siyani Chambers, Hopkins
G- Tyus Jones, Apple Valley, soph.
6th- Johnny Woodard, Duluth East
2nd Team
C-F- Zach Stahl, Hopkins
C-F- Ryan Dahl, Holy Family
G- Casey Schilling, Ellsworth
G- Tyler Vaughan, Braham
G- Michael Busack, Redwood Valley
6th- Austin Pohlen, Grand Rapids
3rd Team
F- Riley Dearring, DeLaSalle, jr.
F- Marcus Marshall, St. Paul Johnson
G- Anders Broman, Lakeview Christian, soph.
G- Carnel Shepard, Mpls. South
G- Cortez Tillman, Cretin
6th- Alex Fink, Springfield
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