Basketball | Area players earn 2A all-state honors

Published 5:45 am Saturday, March 28, 2020

TOLEDO — Three Blue Mountain Conference boys basketball players were named to the 2A All-State team, which is voted on by 2A coaches throughout the state.

Pilot Rock’s Jimmy Jones and Payton Thurmond were selected to the honorable mention team, as was Heppner’s Mason Lehman.

Toledo senior Conner Marchant was named Player of the Year, while Toledo’s Eddie Townsend was named Coach of the Year.

Jones, a junior, was a unanimous first-team BMC selection. He averaged 18 points and seven steals a game for the Rockets, who finished the season 21-5.

Thurmond and Lehman, both seniors, also were first-team BMC selections.

Pilot Rock won the BMC district tournament, then lost a 58-48 game to Bandon in the first round of the 2A state tournament.

The Mustangs finished third at the BMC district tournament, and finished the season with a 14-10 record.

For the girls, Heppner junior Sydney Wilson was named to the second team. The Mustangs (14-10) lost in the first round of the state playoffs to eventual state champion Kennedy.

Stanfield’s Nyah Tejada was selected to the third team, while teammate Kendra Hart was named to the honorable mention team. The Tigers (19-8) dropped a first-round state game to Gervais.

Sophia Carley of Kennedy was named Player of the Year.

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