SHIPPENVILLE — Players Owen Chambers of Coudersport and Chase Beighley of Karns City and coach Rich Glover of Austin are the major All American Awards & Engraving D9Sports.com District 9 boys basketball awards winners for the 2017-18 season.
Chambers was named Player of the Year, Beighley was selected Rookie of the Year and Glover received Coach of the Year laurels.
Three All-District 9 teams of six standouts were selected, and Curwensville senior Josh Terry landed on the third unit.
Chambers’ first-team mates are Jared Green of Coudersport, Ian Callen of Clarion-Limestone, Ryan Newton of Elk County Catholic, Neil MacDonald of Ridgway and Nathan Schneider of St. Marys.
The second teamers are Cameron County’s Adam Shaffer, Clarion’s Cam Craig, DuBois Central Catholic’s Justin Miknis, Forest’s Seth Berlin, North Clarion’s Nathan Banner and Punxsutawney’s Brandon Matthews.
Joining Terry on the third team are Bradford’s Tyler Gigliotti, Brockway’s Carter Adams, Port Allegany’s Howie Stuckey, Ridgway’s Daunte Allegretto and Union’s Lucas Bowser.
All honorees receive either a plaque or a certificate from All American Awards & Engraving of Shippenville.
Players must participate in at least 70 percent of their teams’ games to be eligible to be honored by D9Sports.com, an independent media site not affiliated with the district or the PIAA in any way, that is in its 18th season of covering high school athletics within District 9.
Chambers averaged 24.9 points, second in the district, while leading Coudersport (23-4) to its second straight District 9 Class AA championship, topping that number 15 times, including six 30-point performances.
The Falcon junior shot 52.6 percent from the floor, even though 216 of his 456 attempts were from behind the three-point line. He made 94 of those three-pointers and was 97-for-107 (90.7 percent) at the foul line.
Chambers, who will go into his senior season with 1,439 career points, also averaged 5.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.1 steals.
Beighley, a freshman, led two-time District 9 Class AAA champion Karns City with 13.2 points and 3.9 assists per game to earn the Rookie of the Year Award, which is reserved for freshmen or sophomores who saw little or no time as freshmen.
He made 48 three-pointers and averaged 2.5 steals for the 17-8 Gremlins, who were Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference runners-up after winning the South Division title.
Glover’s selection as Coach of the Year was the result of Austin’s amazing turnaround season.
The Panthers, who were 2-20 last season, finished 13-10 for the program’s first winning record since 2003-04. The next 13 Austin teams were a combined 19-271.
All-District 9 First Team
Ian Callen, Clarion-Limestone junior (19.0 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 6.1 spg, 5.3 apg; 1,005 career points)
Owen Chambers, Coudersport junior (24.9 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 2.7 apg, 2.1 spg; shot 52.6 percent from field and 90.7 percent at foul line; 1,439 career points)
Jared Green, Coudersport senior (16.3 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 4.7 apg, 3.1 spg; shot 61.5 percent from field; 1,514 career points)
Ryan Newton, Elk County Catholic senior (17.4 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 2.0 apg, 1.4 spg; shot 52.1 percent from field)
Neil MacDonald, Ridgway senior (11.5 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 3.8 apg, 2.1 spg; shot 52 percent from field)
Nathan Schneider, St. Marys senior (25.7 ppg first in District 9, 5.1 rpg, 4.0 apg, 2.6 spg, 1.1 bpg)
All-District 9 Second Team
Adam Shaffer, Cameron County senior (17.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 3.1 apg, 2.1 spg)
Cam Craig, Clarion senior (18.1 ppg; 1,138 career points)
Justin Miknis, DuBois Central Catholic junior (21.9 ppg; 1,003 career points)
Seth Berlin, Forest senior (21.7 ppg, 14.5 rpg; 1,127 career points)
Nathan Banner North Clarion senior (16.2 ppg; 1,037 career points)
Brandon Matthews, Punxsutawney senior (18.6 ppg; 1,067 career points)
All-District 9 Third Team
Tyler Gigliotti, Bradford sophomore (14.6 ppg)
Carter Adams, Brockway senior (15.3 ppg)
Josh Terry, Curwensville senior (20.0 ppg)
Howie Stuckey, Port Allegany sophomore (20.9 ppg)
Daunte Allegretto, Ridgway junior (7.8 ppg, 4.5 apg, 2.8 spg, 2.1 rpg)
Lucas Bowser, Unions senior (18.5 ppg; 1,421 career points)
