Division 17 gets no love for obvious reasonsHow does this NOT go to Zach Rasile from Mcdonald?! Legit shot at being the #2 all time scorer in the state for a career.....I know this is a year to year award but his stats for both this season and for his career have to mean something right?! #2 ALL TIME potentially (most likely).....!
Maybe not this year but if he plays at this same level or better next year then he is definitely on the preseason list.George Mangas
If we go just by stats then previous winners would look a little different. Not that hard to understand.How does this NOT go to Zach Rasile from Mcdonald?! Legit shot at being the #2 all time scorer in the state for a career.....I know this is a year to year award but his stats for both this season and for his career have to mean something right?! #2 ALL TIME potentially (most likely).....!
No offense, but where is McDonald? Stats, offers, big wins, etc? I'm sure he is a great kid, so don't take this to mean otherwise.Zach Rasile of McDonald is the clear favorite
McDonald is a small village between Youngstown and Warren, along the Mahoning River in Northeastern Ohio. It's a Division IV school (for hoops) with a strong athletic tradition, especially in track and cross country. But both their basketball and football teams are strong and consistent year in and year out.No offense, but where is McDonald? Stats, offers, big wins, etc?
If we're gonna pick these little school guys, why not Paul McMillan? 31PPG, 5 RPG, 5 APG, and I'm pretty sure he's not going to a D2 schoolMcDonald is a small village between Youngstown and Warren, along the Mahoning River in Northeastern Ohio. It's a Division IV school (for hoops) with a strong athletic tradition, especially in track and cross country. But both their basketball and football teams are strong and consistent year in and year out.
Zach Rasile is set to attend West Liberty State University in West Virginia, a Division II college that has won its league title 3 of the past 4 seasons, and has been in the NCAA Div. II tournament each of the past 10 years.
He's now the 4th all-time scorer in Ohio high school history with 2,718 points currently, and has a decent chance of surpassing No. 3 Jay Burson (2,958) and No. 2 Luke Kennard (2,977).
He also holds the Ohio record for most three point FG's made in a season (140, as a sophomore), and in a career (442 currently).
Rasile is currently averaging 38.4 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 4.1 apg, and 3.6 spg.
McDonald is currently 14-3, with losses coming to Division III schools Waterloo (twice) and South Range.
Here's an article about Zach that appeared in today's Youngstown Vindicator/Warren Tribune:
Evan Prater?
VCD probably isn’t going to be a candidate. Great player, but his slim likelihood of being in the conversation probably just dropped to zero with Walnut Ridge losing to Cols South. The only likely candidates from Central Ohio are Matt Allocco (Bradley), Keaton Turner (Coffman) or CJ Anthony (Harvest Prep.) Maybe Maciag from Pick Central.Seems like a down year for the senior class in Ohio. Maybe a junior will win? Off the top of my head these are some guys that I know are having good years. I'm sure there are loads of guys out there that are having good years that I don't know of that could be a Mr. Basketball Finalist.
Grant Huffman - St. Ed's
John Hugley - Brush
Josiah Fulcher - Lima Sr.
Von Cameron Davis - Col. Walnut Ridge
This reminds me of 2002. The d4 player of the year was Matt Witt from Bethel who had very similar numbers to the McDonald kid. He was also going to a not so powerful Onio Valley D1 university in Kentucky EKU.McDonald is a small village between Youngstown and Warren, along the Mahoning River in Northeastern Ohio. It's a Division IV school (for hoops) with a strong athletic tradition, especially in track and cross country. But both their basketball and football teams are strong and consistent year in and year out.
Zach Rasile is set to attend West Liberty State University in West Virginia, a Division II college that has won its league title 3 of the past 4 seasons, and has been in the NCAA Div. II tournament each of the past 10 years.
He's now the 4th all-time scorer in Ohio high school history with 2,718 points currently, and has a decent chance of surpassing No. 3 Jay Burson (2,958) and No. 2 Luke Kennard (2,977).
He also holds the Ohio record for most three point FG's made in a season (140, as a sophomore), and in a career (442 currently).
Rasile is currently averaging 38.4 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 4.1 apg, and 3.6 spg.
McDonald is currently 14-3, with losses coming to Division III schools Waterloo (twice) and South Range.
Here's an article about Zach that appeared in today's Youngstown Vindicator/Warren Tribune:
This reminds me of 2002. The d4 player of the year was Matt Witt from Bethel who had very similar numbers to the McDonald kid. He was also going to a not so powerful Onio Valley D1 university in Kentucky EKU.
They ended up giving the award of Mr Basketball to a kid from a private school who didn't even go to college but played a much more difficult schedule and had outstanding stats as well.
So many would lose their minds.