2017 News Tribune All-Area Boys Basketball Team
FIRST TEAM
CADE
GOGGLEYE
JAYLON
HOLMES
JAKE
SKELLY
ADAM
TRAPP
ETHAN
YOUSO
North Woods
Sophomore guard
Mountain Iron-Buhl
Senior guard
Grand Rapids
Senior guard
Esko
Junior center
Virginia
Junior forward
• Steely point guard and All-Arrowhead
Conference pick averaged 18.1 points,
6.2 assists and 4.5 steals as Grizzlies
went 31-2 and reached Class A title
game in tournament debut
• Nobody will soon forget Goggleye’s
halfcourt buzzer-beater that lifted North
Woods over Central Minnesota Christian
54-51 in state quarterfinals at Williams
Arena
• All-Arrowhead Conference selection
totaled 694 points this season (23.1
average) and departs with a programrecord 2,707
• Future St. Scholastica player added
5.6 assists and 2.9 steals per game for
Rangers, who won 25 games en route to
Section 7A final
• How dynamic was News Tribune’s
All-Area Player of the Year? From his
point guard position, Skelly averaged
5.8 rebounds and shot a blistering 59.7
percent
• 7-foot-3 Division I recruit — he has
scholarship offers from Purdue, Iowa and
DePaul — finished with nightly averages
of 17.5 points, 10.2 rebounds and 3
blocks
• Athletic big man and All-Iron Range
Conference pick scored 18.7 points,
grabbed 9.3 rebounds and blocked 3.1
shots a night for 25-win and IRCchampion Blue Devils
• Scored close to 22 points per night and
added six assists in his third year as a
starter, which ended with Thunderhawks
winning 24 games and Section 7AAA
• Polar League large-schools MVP, who
has 1,163 career points, shot 60.6
percent from the field as Esko won 26
games and advanced to another Section
7AA final
• 1,000-point scorer, who shot 54
percent on 2-point field-goal attempts
and 38 percent from the 3-point line, is
being recruited by Division I and Division II
schools
SECOND TEAM
CODY
CARLSON
COLE
GELHAR
NATE
SOUMIS
RILEY
STOWERS
BRYDEN
URIE
Duluth East
Senior center
McGregor
Senior guard
Hermantown
Senior guard
Northwestern
Senior guard
Proctor
Senior guard
• Despite being focal point of opposing
defenses, versatile inside-outside threat
still managed 16.7 points and 8.3
rebounds per game
• Do-it-all guard averaged 21.8 points,
10.2 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.3
steals while pushing his career point
tally to 1,577
• Fearless and dependable shooter used
his rapid release to score a team-high
16.3 points a night while stabilizing
retooled Hawks
• Enticing combination of size (6-foot-9)
and skill (52.4 percent shooter) has
Carlson headed to Division II ConcordiaSt. Paul
• Shot 53.7 percent (254-473) and
keyed Mercuries’ recent renaissance,
which included a 24-4 record and Polar
League small-schools crown
• Named to All-Lake Superior Conference
first team and selected for Border Battle
All-Star game
• Three-year starter at point guard led
Tigers in scoring (18.9), assists (3.1) and
steals (2.8) while becoming sixth player in
school history to surpass 1,000 career
points
• Lanky, quick athlete named to All-Heart
O’North Conference first team after
helping Northwestern win 20 games, a
league title and a third straight regional
title
• In his fourth season as a starter, Urie
averaged 18.3 points on his way to
breaking school’s career scoring record
(1,600 points)
• All-LSC first-teamer and Border Battle
representative also netted 6.6 rebounds,
2.5 assists and 2.3 steals a night, and
shot 53.7 percent from 2-point range