H-T All-Area Boys’ Team
Butcher unanimous choice for Player of the Year

With little left to say about Garrett Butcher’s storied career at Edgewood we’ll simply add one more sentence: He is our unanimous choice as the Herald-Times Boys’ Basketball Player of the Year based on voting by the sports staff.

The record-setting, 6-foot-7, Butler-bound forward leaves as Monroe County’s all-time career scoring leader (1,820) after scoring 635 points this season. He averaged 24.4 points and 9.3 rebounds and set a school record (one of 60 he owns) with a 43-point outburst against South Vermillion while leading the Mustangs to a 23-3 season and a return trip to regionals.

Mr. Basketball candidate was named All-Western Indiana Conference, first-team All-State by AP and among the Top 15 Seniors by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association. Academic All-State by IBCA as well. By the way, he also accomplished the rare feat of being named to four H-T All-Area teams, the last three as a first-teamer.

And while we’re at it, we’ll make Edgewood head man Jay Brown the H-T’s Coach of the Year as well with South’s J.R. Holmes also getting strong consideration.

Brown took a team that lost seven seniors and molded another big winner that stayed near the top of the 3A poll all season had the Mustang Corral packed for every home game.

FIRST TEAM

Tommy Weakley (EDGEWOOD, 6-0, SENIOR, GUARD)

Jordan Hulls (SOUTH, 6-0, JUNIOR, GUARD)

Ray McCallum (NORTH, 6-1, SOPHOMORE, GUARD)

Derek Bailey (SOUTH, 6-5, SENIOR, FORWARD)

Second Team

Darwin Davis (NORTH, 5-10, FR., GUARD)

Mitch Stahl (OWEN VALLEY, 6-4, SR. GUARD)

Spencer Turner (SOUTH, 6-2, FR., GUARD)

Dayton Gobert (OWEN VALLEY, 6-5, JR., CENTER)

Ryan Baugh (EDGEWOOD, 6-1, JR., GUARD)

Third Team

Ethan Baird (BROWN COUNTY, 6-1, JR., GUARD)

Tanner Blackwell (SOUTH, 6-0, SR., GUARD)

Cody Vest (OWEN VALLEY, 6-6, SO., CENTER)

Julian Boatner (NORTH, 6-0, SO., GUARD)

Jared Shelton (WHITE RIVER VALLEY, 5-10, SO., GUARD)

Honorable Mention

Kane Crabtree, 6-1, Jr., Brown County; Andy Cochrane,6-1, So., Bloomfield; Jake Thornton, 5-8, Sr., Edgewood; Derrick Held, 6-1, Sr., Bloomfield; Jayton Powell, 5-11, Sr., Linton; David McNeal, 6-3, So., Eastern.