Broward 7A-6A boys basketball first team, second team, honorable mention, coach of the year
The top large-school boys basketball honorees for Broward County
FIRST TEAM
Tahir Bond, PG/SG, Coral Glades senior: Three-year team captain and 4-year varsity starter holds 20 offers; said beating rival Taravella was the season highlight; averaged 16 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2.5 steals per game.
Matthew Curprew-Elsy, SF, Coral Springs senior: Four-year varsity member was named MVP of the BCAA Big 8 championship; also plays soccer and football; averaged 13 points, 10.9 rebounds, 2 assists, 0.8 blocks per game to help Colts finish 21-6.
Kaiden Francis, PG, South Plantation senior: Team captain scored his 1,000th point on Senior Night against Nova; season highlight was winning first game of regionals in 13 years; averaged 14.1 points, 4 assists, 3.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists for the 21-6 Colts.
Sehmaj Mentor, PG/SG, Cooper City senior: Team captain and four-year starter averaged 18.8 points, 8.5 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 3.2 steals; scored 1,000th point this season against Deerfield Beach; signed with Florida Memorial in Miami Gardens.
Alex Pierre-Louis, PG/SG, Coral Springs junior: Averaged 14.3 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.7 steals per game; school won its first Big 8 this year; other career highlight was pouring in 33 against Blanche Ely last year; also played football.
DJ Sandi, PG/CG, St. Thomas Aquinas sophomore: Two-year captain helped Raiders win back-to-back district titles; career highlight is beating the defending 6A champions by 30 points to move on to regional final.
Joshua Harris, Wing/F, Pembroke Pines Charter senior: Three-year varsity member and North Florida signee helped Jaguars win Class 6A title; averaged a team-leading 19.7 points, 9 rebounds per game, shooting 60 percent from the floor.
SECOND TEAM
Ayden Ambrose, G/PG, St. Thomas Aquinas sophomore
Cody Dinnall, F, Monarch senior
Harry Gelin, Wing, South Plantation senior
Trey George, PG, Blanche Ely junior
Joshua Skinner, G, Miramar junior
Jabari Washington, SG, Plantation sophomore
Ramez Zayed, G, Pembroke Pines Charter senior
HONORABLE MENTION
Blanche Ely: Dylon Hanna, Jayelen Jonas
Boyd Anderson: Theodore Richardson III, Jaydan Silvera, Juawayne Walters
Cooper City: Jamier Johnston
Coral Glades: Dylan Burrowes, Anthony Valdes
Coral Springs: Romae Brown, Walter Pierre Louis, James Saulsby
Cypress Bay: Julien Belle, Caleb Krivitzkin, Christian Leone
Dillard: Bradley St. Preux
Everglades: Lance Bailey Jr., Daunte Foster Jr.
Fort Lauderdale: Reggie Cleveland, Thomas Cole
Miramar: Zayvian Bieger, Siah Blot
Pembroke Pines Charter: Solomon Hughes, Max Ortega
Plantation: Daterrius Heller
St. Thomas Aquinas: Matt Andreopoulos, Zane Elliott, Clarence Westbrook
South Broward: Dominique Brutus, Gabriel Collier
South Plantation: Lathan Coleman, Dwight Stephens
Stoneman Douglas: Brady Kuebler, Ayden McLean
Taravella: Camden Fearon, Andres Ganley, James Ganley
West Broward: Matthew Copeland, Jace Galvez, Matthew Martinez
Western: Maddox Fowles, Stefan Frisby, Ethan Panton-Hazell
CO-COACHES OF THE YEAR
Derek Felder, South Plantation: Led the Paladins to a 25-6 record and the regional semifinals. “After winning the first district championship in 23 years and a runner-up finish in the BCAA Big 8 last season, there was an expectation of a drop-off this season, but we were able to win 25 games with a more challenging schedule…I am proud of the growth and development of our program.”
Dave Roca, Pembroke Pines Charter: Guided the Jaguars (26-4) to their second state championship in four years with a 59-56 win over Orlando Edgewater. “This is a huge deal. They did it organically. It was great to see them put the team first and I didn’t have to joystick them. We didn’t expect to be at the state championships, but the kids worked so hard. … This one is special.”