ERA Postseason Awards and Week 1 of AAU

April 4, 2025

With the high school basketball season now over we turn our attention to the postseason awards and AAU ball. Last week, the Indiana All Star team was named with 12 very worthy players. Definitely congratulations to all that made the team. Personally I feel there was a surprisingly obvious omission from the team. A two time state finals appearance and 1 championship, while also being a 2,000 point scorer at a 3A school apparently was not enough for SB St. Joe’s senior Chase Konieczny to be named to the team. With only 12 it’s hard to include everyone deserving, but a legit argument could be made for Konieczny as well as Gavin Betten from Manchester, who was a 2A state champion. We feel like we put together a good list of kids deserving of the All ERA teams. We ensure you that we’ve seen as much as anyone as much as we can and there’s no politics or bias here. We’re going name our First and Second Teams All State for each class as well as the top Big School/ Small School freshmen in the state. We’ll also take a look back at our preseason article and see what we got right and what we got wrong. And finally our All ERA Teams for the local southern Indiana area. Don’t forget the ERA all star game will be held @ Jeffersonville High School on May 28th. The ERA All Star game nominees were put out this past week as well. Big time congrats to all the juniors and seniors nominated. Jeff’s Michael Cooper and CAI’s Joshua Renfro were named captains and will draft their teams soon.

All- State Teams 2024-2025

All- ERA First Team 1A

Sr. Jake McGraw- Clinton Prairie (1A Player of the Year)

Jr. Blake Neill- Bloomfield

Sr. Joshua Renfro- CAI

Sr. Rylan Crocker- Orleans

Sr. Collin Buck- Hauser

All- ERA Second Team 1A

Sr. Ethan Edwards- Clay City

Jr. Alex Dewitt- Orleans

Sr. Cole Thomas- South Central (Elizabeth)

Sr. Bryce Wiram- Clay City

Soph. Kendrick Martin- Liberty Christian

1A ERA Freshman of the Year:

Wyatt Jones- Borden/ Ishmael Kiteka- Cloverdale

All- ERA First Team 2A

Sr. Gavin Betten- Manchester (2A Player of the Year)

Sr. Cole Henry- South Ripley

Jr. Terrence Hayes Jr.- Gary 21st Century

Sr. Grady Carpenter- Tipton

Sr. Drelyn Truesdale- FW Luers

All -ERA Second Team 2A

Jr. Treigh Schelsky- Parke Heritage

Sr. Dereon Truesdale- FW Luers

Sr. Branden King- Jimtown

Jr. Camden Bell- Wapahani

Sr. Fletcher Cole- Paoli

2A ERA Freshman of the Year:

Amarian Leggett- Blackford

All- ERA First Team 3A

Sr. Chase Konieczny- South Bend St. Joe’s (3A Player of the Year)

Sr. Dez Briscoe- Attucks

Sr. Brady Koehler- Indianapolis Cathedral

Sr. Dominique Murphy- East Chicago Central

Sr. Kellen Pickett- FW Blackhawk

All- ERA Second Team 3A

Sr. Julius Gizzi- New Palestine

Jr. Anthony Fresh- Charlestown

Sr. Carter Kent- Jennings County

Sr. Bryson Cardinal- Guerin Catholic

Sr. Colby Hall- Brownstown

All- ERA Third Team 3A

Soph. Brandon Hunter- Silver Creek

Jr. Dane Caldwell- Silver Creek

Jr. Kasen Daeger- Silver Creek

Sr. Josiah Ball- Maconaquah

Jr. Steven Reynolds- SB Washington

3A ERA Freshman of the Year:

Bishop Moore- Beech Grove

All- First Team 4A

Sr. Braylon Mullins- Greenfield Central (4A Player of the Year)

Sr. Tre Singleton- Jeffersonville

Sr. Michael Cooper- Jeffersonville

Sr. Azavier Robinson- Lawrence North

Jr. Luke Ertel- Mt. Vernon (Fortville)

All- ERA Second Team 4A

Soph. Jason Gardner Jr.- Fishers

Soph. Jaylan Mitchell- Evansville Reitz

Sr. Justin Kirby- Fishers

Jr. Keriawn Berry- Avon

Jr. Kai McGrew- Lawrence North

All- ERA Third Team 4A

Sr. Maguire Mitchell- Zionsville

Jr. Justin Curry- Noblesville

Soph. Cooper Zachary- Fishers

Sr. Damien King- Anderson

Jr. Dikembe Shaw- Crown Point

4A ERA Freshman of the year:

Noah Washington- New Albany

Big School All- Freshman Team Statewide–

Noah Washington- New Albany

Caleb Coolman- Penn

Charles Hardiman- Merrillville

Don Bowling- Anderson

DJ Nash- Kokomo

Small School All- Freshman Team Statewide–

Ishmael Kiteka- Cloverdale

Wyatt Jones- Borden

Tracen Roush- Austin

Amarion Leggett- Blackford

Luke Morgan- Monroe Central

What we got right from our Preseason Article–

• The 4A state championship game between Jeffersonville and Fishers.

• The 3A state championship game between Attucks and SB St. Joe’s.

• Hauser was ranked #2 in the final 1A poll and was definitely slept on preseason by most of the state.

• South Ripley spent some time @ #1 in 2A and we had them in the top 50 overall despite some pushback.

• Charlestown had a big year and we feel our preseason top 45 ranking was justified.

• We listed Clinton Prairie (1A runners up) as a sleeper/ under the radar team.

• We listed Dane Caldwell (Silver Creek), Anthony Fresh (Charlestown), Jashawn Ladd (Ben Davis), Kamdon Partenheimer (Forest Park), Elijah King (SB St. Joe’s) as some of our “Breakout Year” players.

• We correctly listed all exact 12 of the Indiana All Stars (we listed 13 and had Chase Konieczny but there’s only 12 on this year’s team)

What we got wrong from our Preseason Article-

• We completely missed on Westfield who spent much of the year in the 4A top 10.

• We listed Indy Lutheran as the #2 team in 1A and Marquette Catholic #4 and coming out of the 1A North. Both teams finished under .500

• We did not have Clay City in our 1A top 10 and they spent half the year @ #1 while also not listing Manchester in our 2A top 10 and they won the 2A State title.

• Had 4/6 Indiana Jr. Core All Stars. Missed on Kai McGrew (Lawrence North) and Luke Ertel (Mt. Vernon). Ertel is likely going into next year as the Mr. Basketball frontrunner.

• We did not list University anywhere near our Top 50 or in our 2A Top 10. They were 2A state runners up.

• Although we listed Brownstown @ #10 in 3A we underrated them and they spent most of the year in the top 5 and made it to semi state.

Top Games of the Year:

1. Jeffersonville 67 v. Fishers 66 OT State Championship

2. Orleans 69 v. Hauser 67 Semi state

3. South Ripley 55 v. Southwestern (Hanover) 54

4. Brownstown 63 v. Charlestown 59 Sectional semi finals

5. Orleans 50 v. Clay City 47 Semi State finals

Top Individual performances (that I saw in person);

1. Anthony Fresh- Charlestown. 35 pts v. Brownstown @ sectional. (9 three pointers)

2. Tre Singleton- Jeffersonville. 26 pts v. Fishers @ state champ. 26 pts, 6 rbs, 4 assists, 2 steals, 1 block

3. Tracen Roush- Austin. 39 pts v. Switzerland County @ sectional

4. Damon Harden- Madison. 10 three pointers v. Trinity Lutheran

5. Rylan Crocker- Orleans. 24 pts. v. Hauser @ semi state. Including game winning shot

All- ERA Teams (Southern Indiana)

All ERA First Team

Sr. Colby Hall- Brownstown. 15.5 ppg. 7.1 rebounds per game. 3 assists. per game 1.3 bocks per game. 58% FGs. 44% from 3. 80% free throws. Regional Champion

Sr. Tre Singleton- Jeffersonville. 18.2 ppg. 6.9 rebounds per game. 3.1 assists per game. 1.1 steals per game. 64% FGs. 54% from 3. 73% free throws. State Champion

Jr. Anthony Fresh- Charlestown. 20.9 ppg. 5.9 rebounds per game. 2.5 assists per game. 2.2 steals per game. 54% FGs. 39% from 3. 83% free throws.

Sr. Michael Cooper- Jeffersonville. 18.7 ppg. 3.8 rebounds per game. 2.4 assists per game. 2.2 steals per game. 54% FGs. 41% from 3. 74% free throws. State Champion

Sr. Carter Kent- Jennings County. 24.6 ppg. 8 rebounds per game. 6.6 assists per game. 2 steals per game. 48% FGs. 28% from 3. 83% free throws. Sectional Champion

All ERA Second Team

Sr. Cole Henry- South Ripley. 21.6 ppg. 8.6 rebounds per game. 1.3 assists per game. 1.2 blocks per game. 69.1% FGs. 35.2% from 3. 74.1% free throws. Sectional Champion. School all time scoring leader.

Sr. PJ Douglas- Jeffersonville. 12.5 ppg. 5.1 rebounds per game. 2.4 assists per game. 49% FGs. 47% from three. 81% free throws. State Champion.

Jr. Dane Caldwell- Silver Creek. 12 ppg. 7 rebounds per game. 1.1 assists per game. 2 blocks per game. 59% FGs. 40% from 2. 70% free throws.

Jr. Kasen Daeger- Silver Creek. 16.2 ppg. 3.4 rebounds per game. 1.8 assists per game. 49% FGs. 40% from 3. 75% free throws.

Sr. Joshua Renfro- CAI. 20.1 ppg. 3.8 rebounds per game. 2.3 assists per game. 52% FGs. 46% from 3. 80% free throws. Sectional Champion

All ERA Third Team

Soph. Brandon Hunter- Silver Creek. 9.4 ppg. 6.1 rebounds per game. 7.5 assists per game. 59% FGs. 54% from three. 67% free throws.

Sr. Fletcher Cole- Paoli. 21.6 ppg. 4 rebounds per game. 3.2 assists per game. 2.2 steals per game. 88% free throws

Sr. Rylan Schrink- New Albany. N/A on MaxPreps

Fr. Noah Washington- New Albany. N/A on MaxPreps

Sr. Chace Coomer- Brownstown. N/A on MaxPreps. Regional Champion

All ERA 4th Team

Sr. Rylan Crocker- Orleans. 16.1 ppg. 1.4 assists per game. 1 steals per game. 44% FGs. 41% from three. 81% free throws. State Champion

Jr. Dane Sprigler- Silver Creek. 15.4 ppg. 2.5 rebounds per game. 2.1 assists per game. 2.1 steals per game. 58% FGs. 53% from three. 77% free throws.

Jr. Keaton Lawson- Columbus East. 18.8 ppg. 8.5 rebounds per game. 4.6 assists per game. 3 steals per game. 1.6 blocks per game. 53% FGs. 33% from three. 72% free throws.

Sr. Chris Lampkins- New Albany. 12 ppg. 6.2 rebounds per game. 1.9 assists per game. 1.5 steals per game. 55.6% FGs. 68.5% free throws.

Sr. Cole Thomas- South Central (Elizabeth). N/A on MaxPreps

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