The
first ever Brown's Shoe Fit/Radio Macomb All-Area Boy's Basketball
teams consist of outstanding players from Macomb, B-PC/Avon, West
Prairie, Rushville-Industry, Illini West, Monmouth-Roseville, North
Fulton, Lewistown, South Fulton, and Southeastern. The team was
chosen by RadioMacomb Sports Director Beau Spencer who consulted
with his sports staff, area coaches, submitted statistics, and personal
and written accounts on the 2007-2008 season. Feedback is always
accepted (positive or negative) by reaching the Sports Department
at (309) 833-5561. |
FIRST
TEAM |
Matt
Buren (Sr.)
*Scored 1,000+ points, 500+ rebounds
3-time Macomb-Western Holiday All-Tournament team
*Will play basketball in college, undecided |
MACOMB
|
Luke
Kane (Sr.)
*Named 1st Team Olympic Conference
*Averaged 12.6 ppg for Bombers this season
*Will play college basketball, would like to walk-on at Western
Illinois |
MACOMB
|
Ben
Gillen (Sr.)
*Helped lead the Titans to the Sweet 16
in two consecutive seasons (Supersectional & Sectional Championship)
*Scored 524 points this season
*Will continue to play sports in college, golf or basketball (or
both) |
MONMOUTH-ROSEVILLE
|
Brian
Thompson (Sr.)
*Led the Titans in Rebounds and
2nd leading scorer
*Named to Macomb-Western All-Tournament team, as
Monmouth-Roseville claimed the 2007 tournament championship
*Scored game-winning shot against Eureka in Sectional semi-final
|
MONMOUTH-ROSEVILLE
|
Clayton
Hatfill (Sr.)
*Helped lead Indians to 4th place finish in Class
1A this season
*Four-year starter at Lewistown
*Finished season with 485 points & 150 Assists
|

LEWISTOWN |
SECOND
TEAM |
Adam
Valencia (Sr.)
*Put up 24 points, 14 rebounds in the state
finals
*Helped lead the Indians to a school-record 31-3 record
*Finished season with 503 points, 226 rebounds |

LEWISTOWN |
Klynton
Bollinger (Sr.)
*Scored a team-high 411 points for the Rebels
*Helped lead South Fulton to a 15-13 record
*Led team in rebounds with 218 and blocks with 33 |
SOUTH FULTON |
Garrett
Janssen (Sr.)
*Helped lead the Suns to a 22-7
record
*Led a balanced scoring attack, averaging 13 points/game
*Named to Mississippi Valley Invitational & Hancock County
All-Tournament teams |
SOUTHEASTERN |
Lucas
Utter (Sr.)
*Scored 438 points, averaging 15.6/game
*Advanced to Sectionals in Country Companies Three-Point Shootout
*Sank 52 three-pointers on the season |
RUSHVILLE-INDUSTRY |
Jacob
Schmudlach (So.)
*Helped lead a young Chargers team to a
17-10 record and a Macomb-Western Tournament Consolation Championship
*Averaged 16.7 points/game & 6.1 rebounds/game
*Named to Macomb-Western Holiday All-Tournament team |
ILLINI WEST |
THIRD
TEAM |
Davis
Hendrickson (Jr.)
*Helped lead Bombers to the Sectionals with a final
season record
of 21-7 and an outright Olympic Conference title
*Averaged 7.3 points/game, 2.8 rebounds/game and finished with
42 steals and 30 assists
*Olympic Conference Honorable Mention this year
|
MACOMB |
Regan
Bruenger (So.)
*Scored 320 points, averaging 11 points/game
*Named to Mississippi Valley Invitational, Hancock County, and QND/Gully
Transportation All-Tournament teams
*Named Southeastern's team MVP this year |
SOUTHEASTERN |
Drake Webster (Jr.)
*No information received yet
|
WEST PRAIRIE |
Steven
Walton (Sr.)
*Led the Spartans in 3-point percentage
(50%), Free Throws Made (40), Free Throws Attempted (70), and Assists/Game
(2.9)
*Named Spartans Defensive MVP
*After high school, will be a foreign exchange student in Brazil |
B-PC/A
|
Justin
Cozad (Sr.)
*No information received yet |
NORTH FULTON |