Vote for The State’s boys HS basketball player of the week
It’s time to vote for The State’s boys basketball Player of the Week from Midlands-area high schools and games played Jan. 2-7. Voting ends Friday at noon. The winner will be announced on Lou Bezjak’s Twitter page.
Coaches can send nominations for future voting to Lou Bezjak at lbezjak@thestate.com by 10 a.m. Mondays for rest of the season.
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. Cast your vote below the bios
Madden Collins, Jr. Irmo: Junior averaged 15 points and 4 assists in wins over Airport and Richland Northeast.
JD Gardner, Sr., Heathwood Hall: Senior averaged 20 points and 6 rebounds in three games last week.
Lamont Jackson, Jr., Blythewood: Junior averaged 18 points, 4 steals, 3 rebounds and shot 56.5% in wins over Westwood and White Knoll.
Josiah Peeples, Jr., Cardinal Newman: Junior averaged 15.6 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2.3 steals in wins over Laurence Manning, Heathwood Hall and Shannon Forest.
Cedric Schofield, So., Eau Claire: Sophomore had 19 points and 8 rebounds in win over CA Johnson.
Dane Sundell, Jr., Northside Christian: Junior averaged 25 points and three rebounds in two games last week. Sundell had a career-high 37 points against Gilbert.
Bryson Taylor, So., Dutch Fork: Sophomore averaged 19 points a game and shot 50% in wins over Spring Valley and Brookland-Cayce.
