Fresh off a second-straight appearance in the VHSL Class 2 state championship game, Robert E. Lee placed two players on The News Leader's 2018 All-City/County boys basketball first team.
Jarvis Vaughan and Jayden Williams, both seniors, helped lead Lee High back to the state title game a year after winning it all. Lee came up short this year, falling to Gate City, but Vaughan and Williams certainly left behind a legacy with the back-to-back championship appearances.
In addition to the Lee duo, another senior, Wilson Memorial's Greg Woodard, also finished a successful high school basketball career in leading the Hornets into the Region 2B tournament. He also landed on the first team.
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Those three were joined by a pair of underclassmen, Stuarts Draft junior Antonio Ruiz-Haynes and Riverheads sophomore Braeson Fulton. Draft reached the Region 2B tournament, while Riverheads advanced to the Class 1 state quarterfinals.
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Four underclassmen earned second-team honors. Wilson Memorial junior Chance Church, Fort Defiance junior Jacob Jones, Lee High junior Jalen Henderson and Riverheads sophomore Grant Painter all made the second team, joined by Waynesboro senior DaJuan Moore, who will play football at the University of Virginia next year.
Player information may include the following stats: points per game (ppg), rebounds per game (rpg), assists per game (apg), and steals per game (spg); plus any postseason honors already awarded. Players are listed alphabetically.
ALL-CITY/COUNTY FIRST TEAM
Braeson Fulton, Riverheads, sophomore
17 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 2.6 apg
1st team all-Shenandoah District, 1st team all-Region 1B, 1st team Class 1 all-state
Antonio Ruiz-Haynes, Stuarts Draft, junior
18 ppg, 3.5 apg
1st team all-Shenandoah District, 1st team all-Region 2B
Jarvis Vaughan, Lee High, senior
17.8 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 2.4 apg
1st team all-Shenandoah District, 1st team all-Region 2B, Shenandoah District & Region 2B POY
Jayden Williams, Lee High, senior
7.5 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 3.5 apg, 2.8 spg
2nd team all-Shenandoah District, 1st team all-Region 2B
Greg Woodard, Wilson Memorial, senior
17.3 ppg, 8.9 rpg
1st team all-Shenandoah District, 1st team all-Region 2B
ALL-CITY/COUNTY SECOND TEAM
Chance Church, Wilson Memorial, junior
10 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 1.5 apg
2nd team all-Shenandoah District, 2nd team all-Region 2B
Jalen Henderson, Lee High, junior
8.4 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 2.0 apg
2nd team all-Shenandoah District
Jacob Jones, Fort Defiance, junior
13 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 3 apg
1st team all-Valley District, honorable mention all-Region 3C
DaJuan Moore, Wayneboro, senior
7.9 ppg, 5.4 rpg
2nd team all-Valley District, 2nd team all-Region 3C
Grant Painter, Riverheads, sophomore
17 ppg, 5 rpg, 2.8 apg, 2 spg
1st team all-Shenandoah District, 1st team all-Region 1B, 2nd team Class 1 all-state
ALL-CITY/COUNTY HONORABLE MENTION
Drew Bond, Riverheads, junior
Everett Castle, Lee High, senior
Dequiondre Clark, Waynesboro, senior
Justin Crowe, Fort Defiance, senior
Elijah Dunlap, Riverheads, sophomore
Zach Eppard, Fort Defiance, senior
Nick Lasam, Stuarts Draft, senior
Akadeon Napier, Lee High, senior
Jahleel Pettiford, Lee High, senior
Matt Poole, Wilson Memorial, sophomore
Mark Rodgers, Stuarts Draft, sophomore
Weston Smith, Buffalo Gap, sophomore
Garrick Welch, Wilson Memorial, junior
Josh Whelan, Fort Defiance, senior
Colin Williams, Stuarts Draft, senior
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