All-Area High School Basketball 2024: The Dalton Daily Citizen’s All-Area Boys Teams

Published 11:00 am Friday, May 17, 2024

First team

Player of the Year: Jax Abernathy, senior, Christian Heritage School (guard): 24.9 points per game, 5.4 rebounds per game, 3.2 assists per game. Shot 37% on 3-pointers and 56% on 2-point field goals. Region 7-A Division II Player of the Year. Georgia Athletic Coaches Association All-State.

Cash Hare, senior, Christian Heritage School (forward): 11.7 points per game, 8.4 rebounds per game, 3.2 assists per game, 2.5 steals per game. Region 7-A Division II first team. Georgia Athletic Coaches Association (GACA) All-State.

Chase Ward, senior, Coahulla Creek (guard/forward): 16.8 points per game, 8 rebounds per game, 2.5 assists per game, 1.8 steals per game. Shot 49% from the floor. Region 6-3A Player of the Year. Georgia Athletic Coaches Association (GACA) All-State.

Judson Petty, senior, North Murray (guard): 14 points per game, 5 rebounds per game, 2 steals per game. Scored 51 points in a game. Region 7-2A first team.

Drew Snyder, junior, Dalton (guard/forward): 12 points per game, 5.4 rebounds per game. Region 7-5A first team.

Second team

Dontae Crowder, junior, Christian Heritage School (guard/forward): 9.6 points per game, 5.7 rebounds per game, 2.6 steals per game, 2.1 assists per game. Region 7-A Division II second team.

Isaac Plavich, junior, Christian Heritage School (guard): 10.2 points per game, 2.4 assists per game. Region 7-A DII second team.

Gage Voyles, junior, Coahulla Creek (guard): 11.2 points per game, 6.1 assists per game, 5.8 rebounds per game. Region 6-3A second team.

Dakota Blackwell, senior, Northwest Whitfield (guard): 10.3 points per game, 5.5 rebounds per game, 1.6 steals per game. All-Region 7-4A team.

Beau Ellis, junior, North Murray (guard): 13 points per game, 6 rebounds per game, 2 steals per game. Region 7-2A first team.

Parker Hawkins, senior, Murray County (guard): Region 7-2A first team.

Braxton Vineyard, senior, Murray County (forward): Region 7-2A first team.

Third team

Cullen Marti, junior, Coahulla Creek (forward): 10.5 points per game, 6.8 rebounds per game, 2 blocks per game. Region 6-3A second team.

Kobi Cooper, junior, Dalton (guard): 9.3 points per game, 6 rebounds per game, 3 assists per game. Region 7-5A second team.

Malik Holland, senior, Dalton Academy (forward): 12.6 points per game, 13.5 rebounds per game, 3.7 blocks per game.

Jackson Harris, senior, Northwest Whitfield (forward): 10.1 points per game, 6 rebounds per game. All-Region 7-4A team.

Isaiah Morrison, senior, North Murray (forward): 10 points per game, 6 rebounds per game. Region 7-2A second team.

JD Ellis, junior, North Murray (guard): 10 points per game, 6 rebounds per game, 3 steals per game. Region 7-2A second team.

Skyler Pulliam, senior, Southeast Whitfield (forward)

Honorable mention

Christian Heritage School: Carter Triplett

Coahulla Creek: Carter Quarles

Dalton: CJ Weaver, Eli Burt

The Dalton Academy: Jacorri Robinson

Northwest Whitfield: Hudson Gray, Tytus Ramsey, Isaiah Foster

Southeast Whitfield: Coy Jones

Murray County: Avery Jones, Judah Woodall