Sixteen high school basketball players in the Dothan Eagle coverage area have been named all-state members and three others have been selected honorable mention all-state by the Alabama Sports Writers
Members of the ASWA prep committee voted on all-state teams for both girls and boys in all seven classifications in the Alabama High School Athletic Association plus in the Alabama Independent Schools Association during a recent meeting. The teams were released Sunday morning.
Elba’s Whitfield, a 5-foot-6 sophomore guard, led all girls players in the Wiregrass in scoring, averaging 23.4 points a game. She also earned 5.0 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 5.8 steals and 1.3 blocks a game. Whitfield helped lead the Tigers to a 25-6 record and to the Class 1A state semifinals. Barbour County’s Grubbs, a 6-foot-3 junior guard, averaged a Wiregrass-best 24.3 points and also had 8.8 rebounds and 1.6 steals a game. The Jaguar standout had two games with 40 or more points. He helped Barbour County to a 16-6 record.
Geneva County’s Alston, a 5-foot-7 senior guard, averaged 17.1 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.0 assists a game. She had 20 points, 14 rebounds and six blocks in a state semifinals loss. She helped the Lady Dawgs to a 27-7 record and to the Class 2A state semifinals. Headland’s Neal, a 6-foot senior center, averaged 16.2 points, 15.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 3.1 blocks and 1.3 steals. Neal helped Headland to a 19-9 record and to the Class 5A sub-regional round.
Ashford’s Fields, a 6-foot-1 junior guard, averaged 23.3 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.3 steals. Fields helped Ashford to a 15-13 record.
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