Sumter – The Wilson Hall boys basketball team went 24-8 on the season, won both the SCISA Region II-AAAA regular-season and tournament titles and picked up a victory in the state tournament.
All in all, a pretty good year.
“I’m really proud of the growth we saw on this year’s team,” said Barons head coach Rip Ripley, who was selected as the Region Coach of the Year. “We were able to close and win a few tournaments, won the region regular season and tournament. Those are things we will look back on fondly,
“We had a lot of guys thar really stepped up and excelled this season.”
Daniel Burton, Hugh Humphries and Shawn Michael Matthews were all selected to the All-Region team. Each of the three was also picked to play in the SCISA North-South All-Star Game.
Burton was selected as the Region Player of the Year. The 6-foot-8-inch senior averaged 13.2 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.6 blocked shots per game.
Humphries, a 6-5 junior, averaged 11.3 points and 6.7 rebounds. Matthews, who was named the Most Valuable Player in the region tournament, averaged 9.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.6 assists.
Other key contributors were senior Jones DesChamps, senior Tucker Burnette, junior Knox Buxton and sophomore Ford Wilder. Jones averaged 5.5 points and 2.3 assists, Wilder 6.5 poitns and 3.8 rebounds, Buxton 6.0 points and Burnette 2.3.
The other seniors were Connor Hanson and Andrew Brown.
LADY BARONS FINISH 12-10
The Wilson Hall girls basketball program had its first winning season since 2019, finishing the year at 12-10.
Lady Barons head coach Glen Rector was proud of what his team accomplished.
“After three losing seasons in a row, the young ladies were committed to developing a winning culture,” Rector said of his team, which had six seniors. “From Day 1 we talked about trying to have a winning season. To have a winning season was just a thrill for these young ladies.”
Wilson Hall had three girls selected to the All-Region team in seniors Sullivan Jarecki and Aubrey Payne and junior Logan Mims.
Mims led Wilson Hall in scoring at 8.6 points while averaging 4.2 rebounds and 1.3 steals. Payne averaged 6.9 points and 4.6 rebounds while Jarecki averaged 4.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.5 steals.
Other key contributors were Marybeth Van Patten and Maggie Norris, both seniors.
Van Patten, who was selected to the region All-Tournament team, averaged 6.8 points per game. Norris averaged 6.5 points and 4.6 rebounds.
The other seniors were Caroline McElveen and Elizabeth Busch.
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