CN All-Area Boys Basketball Teams

FIRST TEAM

F Max Mahoney, Ridge, Sr.

The Boston University-bound senior and Courier News Boys Basketball Player of the Year averaged a double-double this season with 23 points and 13.3 rebounds a game. Mahoney helped Ridge to a 17-8 record, the Somerset County Tournament semifinals and the North 2 Group IV quarterfinals. Mahoney scored over 20 points 18 times, scored 30 or more points three times and dropped a season-high 40 points against Rutgers Prep.

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G Adam Mitola, Gill St. Bernard’s, Sr.

Mitola led Gill St. Bernard’s in scoring this season, averaging close to 13 points and seven rebounds a game as the Knights finished with a 25-5 record, won their second-straight Somerset County Tournament title and the Delaware Division title, going undefeated in the conference at 10-0, and advanced to the South Non-Public B final.

G Randy Walko, Somerville, Sr.

Walko averaged almost 23 points a game and finished with a total of 621 points this season for the Pioneers. He scored 40 points against Hillsborough and dropped 41 points in a win over Bernards as Somerville won its 14th Skyland Conference Valley Division title, advanced to the Somerset County Tournament final and the North 2 Group III sectional final.

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G Tucker Richardson, Hunterdon Central, Jr.

The junior led Hunterdon Central this season, averaging close to 17 points a game and finished with a total of 459 points. Richardson helped lead the Red Devils to one of their most successful seasons in school history as they finished with a school-record 24 wins, won the Skyland Conference Raritan Division title for the first time in 22 years, advanced to the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament final and advanced to the Central Group IV sectional final.

G Zahir Newell, Union Catholic, Sr.

The senior averaged 13 points per game this season as Union Catholic finished at 17-8 and second in the Union County Conference Mountain Division. Newell scored 16 points in a Union County Tournament semifinal loss to the Patrick School and scored a team-high 18 points as the Vikings fell to St. Augustine in the South Non-Public A quarterfinals.

HONORABLE MENTION

Bernards: Zach Walljasper, Mike Isselin; Bound Brook: Kyle Frauenheim; Bridgewater-Raritan: Bennett Kautz, Eric Nickel; Delaware Valley: Kevin Scanlan, Jake Brogan; Dunellen: Tyquan Fowler; Franklin: Irving Callendar, Malachi Walker; Gill St. Bernard’s: Alex Schachne, Paul Mulcahy, Connor Klementowicz; Governor Livingston: Javon Reis-Wilson; Hillsborough: Kyle Jeney; Hunterdon Central: Colin McNeil; Immaculata: Jared Chambliss, George Browning; Manville: Ramon Quinonez; Middlesex: Ryan Coke, Jake Robel; Montgomery: Mitch Chugnov; New Providence: Kevin Vass; North Hunterdon: John Walton, Dan Hett; North Plainfield: Tony Godwin, James Gardner, Steve Barna; Pingry: Drew Gagnon, Mike Weber, Ryan Lane; Piscataway: Jordan Davidson, Mattias Arrindell; Piscataway Tech: Ali Austin, Branden Barnes, German Pimentel; Plainfield: Jaleel Simmons, Jay’von Jackson; Ridge: Danny Doolan; Rutgers Prep: Jake Needleman, Greg Smith; Scotch Plains-Fanwood: Aaron Lee; Somerset Tech: Elijah Bowers, Devin Gardner, Stiven Romero; Somerville: John Jimenez; South Hunterdon: Elijah Davis, Eric Meyers, Shane Hoyer; South Plainfield: Will McLaughlin; Timothy Christian: Robert Saydee, Tyler Mixson, William Clemons; Union Catholic: Mikey Watkins; Voorhees: Evan Aronowitz, Kyle Kokoskie; Wardlaw-Hartridge: Garrett Racz, Scott Hargrove; Watchung Hills: Dan Pilsbury, Lucas Hackett; Westfield: Matt LaCorte, Nick Mele.