High School Sports

Blythewood senior voted The State’s high school Boys Basketball Player of Week

tglantz@thestate.com

The votes are in, and Blythewood’s TJ Lewis won the vote for The State’s Midlands High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week.

Thanks to all who voted. A new poll will be up on Monday afternoon.

The nominees are listed below. Please note that these polls are not scientific and are meant to be just for fun. Congrats to all the nominees.

Coaches can send nominations each week to lbezjak@thestate.com by 1 p.m. on Mondays.

Boys Basketball Nominees

Levi Ball, F, Gray Collegiate: Junior averaged 12.7 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.2 blocks in War Eagles’ two games last week.

Yasir Cromer, G, River Bluff: Senior averaged 25 points, 5.5 rebounds, five assists and 2.5 steals in two Gator games last week.

Yale Davis, G, Ridge View: Junior averaged 11 points, five assists, five steals, four rebounds in Blazers’ wins over Westwood and Spring Valley.

Jaiden Haltiwanger, G/F, Hammond: Senior averaged 16.5 points in two Skyhawk wins over Curtis Baptist and American Leadership Academy.

TJ Lewis, G, Blythewood: Senior averaged 33.3 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.7 steals in Bengals’ three victories last week.

Henry Morris, F, Heathwood Hall: Junior had 10 points, eight rebounds and three assists in Highlanders’ lone game, a 57-52 win over Hilton Head Christian.

Bryson Schofield, F, White Knoll: Freshman averaged 14 points, nine rebounds and two blocks across Timberwolves’ three games last week.

Bryson Taylor, G, Dutch Fork: The senior averaged 21 points, 3.5 assists in games against Keenan and Chapin last week.

This story was originally published January 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM.

Lou Bezjak
The State
Lou Bezjak is the High School Sports Prep Coordinator for The (Columbia) State and (Hilton Head) Island Packet. He previously worked at the Florence Morning News and had covered high school sports in South Carolina since 2002. Lou is a two-time South Carolina Sports Writer of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Support my work with a digital subscription
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