A pair of Warren and Eisenhower teammates were credited with region all-star status after the recently completed 2011-12 boys basketball season.
Warren senior Preston McMeans was a first-team selection in Region 7 and senior teammate Hank Morrison was a second-teamer. Eisenhower got a first-team Region 3 selection from junior Aaron Lundmark and senior teammate Josh Deppas was a second-teamer.
The 2011-12 season capped off a fantastic four-year career for McMeans. The player with a powerful inside and outside game led the Dragons with 472 points this season, leading the Dragons to the District 10 Class AAA championship game where they fell to General McLane. The team also qualified for the PIAA Class AAA playoffs for the first time in five years where they lost to eventual state semifinalist Hampton.
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Warren's Preston McMeans
McMeans finished his Warren career as the fourth highest male scorer in school history with 1,120 points, trailing only John Bowen (2,884), Seth Myers (1,298) and Jeff Eaton (1,221).
His teammate Morrison also had a strong senior season, leading the team in rebounding and adding the second highest point total on the team with 354 points.
After a season out of the D-10 Class A playoffs, the Eisenhower Knights returned to the field in 2011-12 thanks in large part to all-stars Lundmark and Deppas.
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Boys Basketball All-Stars
District 10 Player of the Year: Sheldon Zablotny, Cathedral Prep
All-District 10 Team
(Name, School, Year)
Sheldon Zablotny, Cathedral Prep, 11
Jaymon Mason, General McLane, 11
Dillon King, Franklin, 12
Matthew Dogan, West Middlesex, 12
DeAndrye Henderson, Strong Vincent, 12
Region 3 All-Stars
(Name, School, Year)
First Team
Josh Oertly, Cochranton, 12
Noah Uplinger, Linesville, 11
Aaron Lundmark, Eisenhower, 11
Nick Dickson, Cochranton, 10
Tyler Kenny, Cochranton, 12
Second Team
Tyler Bartlett, Conneaut Lake, 11
Josh Deppas, Eisenhower, 12
Jared Schaef, Linesville, 12
Nolan Varee, Conneaut Valley, 12
Stephen Martini, Linesville, 11
Logan Herzberger, Cochranton, 10
Region champion- Cochranton
Region player of the year- Josh Oertly, Cochranton
Region 7 All-Stars
(Name, School, Year)
First Team
Jaymon Mason, General McLane, 11
Eugene Husband, Central Tech, 11
Preston McMeans, Warren, 12
Blake Byham, Girard, 12
Tyler Hering, Fort LeBoeuf, 12
Second Team
Hank Morrison, Warren, 12
Joey Zoltowski, Harbor Creek, 11
Darion Qualls, East, 12
Quinn Thompson, General McLane, 11
Francis Nosant, Central Tech, 11
Region champion- General McLane
Region player of the year- Jaymon Mason, General McLane
A junior, Lundmark's 251 points led the Knights during a season in which they finished 13-10 and advanced to the D-10 Class A quarterfinals where they lost to eventual PIAA quarterfinalist VisionQuest.
Deppas, a senior guard, added a 222 point senior season and ran the point much of the way for the Knights.
Here are the District 10, Region 3 and Region 7 all-star selections for the recently completed 2011-12 season: