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Boys' basketball: best of the best

By Tim Kolehmainen, Breakdown Sports Media, 04/01/17, 12:00PM CDT

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Jones named 2016-17 Breakdown boys' hoops player of the year

The Breakdown is pleased to announce its 2016-17 Minnesota high school boys' basketball players and coaches of the year. After leading his team to its third state championship in five years, Apple Valley's Tre Jones was honored as the overall Breakdown player of the year. The full list of honorees is below:

Overall

  • POY — Tre Jones, Apple Valley
  • COY — Zach Goring, Apple Valley

Class AAAA

  • POY — Tre Jones, Apple Valley and McKinley Wright, Champlin Park
  • COY — Zach Goring, Apple Valley and Bryan Schnettler, Wayzata

Class AAA

  • POY — Goanar Mar, DeLaSalle
  • COY — Dave Thorson, DeLaSalle and Kris Fadness, Austin

Class AA

  • POY — Jalen Suggs, Minnehaha Academy
  • COY — Lance Johnson, Minnehaha Academy and Dave Galovich, Crosby-Ironton

Class A

  • POY — Isaac Johnson, Minneapolis North
  • COY — Larry McKenzie, Minneapolis North and Will Kleppe, North Woods

Congratulations to our postseason players and coaches of the year for the 2016-17 Minnesota high school boys' basketball season!

For the past 15 years, the Breakdown has covered the high school sports scene in Minnesota, naming both a preseason and postseason player of the year in each sport covered for each year (15 years of girls' and boys' basketball, 10 years of boys' hockey and girls' volleyball, and three years of boys' baseball).

We've complied that full list of players through the years, which is peppered with recognizable names from Minnesota's high school sports history. The full list may be found at: http://www.breakdownsportsusa.com/page/show/336134