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CHILLICOTHE — The future is undeniably bright at Unioto.
The Shermans’ varsity, junior varsity and junior high basketball programs each claimed Scioto Valley Conference championships this season.
At the varsity level, Unioto polished off an SVC-title season with a 13-1 mark in league play alongside a 19-3 overall record.
Junior Blake Fitch led that charge with 14.4 points and five assists per night while shooting 47.9 percent from the floor and 80.5 percent from the free throw line.
For those efforts, Fitch was named the SVC’s Player of the Year when the conference released its all-league honors on Wednesday.
Joining Fitch with first-team all-league honors is Zane Trace’s Gunnar McCullough, Southeastern’s Lane Williams, Paint Valley’s Carson Free and Piketon’s Bo Henry.
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McCullough has been instrumental for the Pioneers all year long, averaging 13.9 points and 8.3 rebounds per night, while Williams has led the Panthers to their best season in quite some time with 12.1 points and 4.2 assists each game.
Meanwhile, Free has posted 16 points and a league-high 10.3 rebounds per night while Henry has averaged 13.8 points and 6.7 rebounds.
The league’s second-team list is made up of Westfall’s Joe Wray, Huntington’s Frankie Hirsch, Unioto’s Blake Hoops, Westfall’s Bryan Craig and Zane Trace’s Grady Stewart.
Third-team honors were earned by Paint Valley’s Braylon Robertson, Zane Trace’s Landon Robinson, Southeastern’s Carter Fisher, Adena’s Joey Francis and Unioto’s Caden Cutright.
Honorable mention honors were earned by the following players: Adena’s Colton Garrison and Christian Heath, Huntington’s Gabe Beardsley and Kalvin Manson, Paint Valley’s Jase Rinehart and Colton Yoakum, Piketon’s Jace Ritchie and Luke Gullion, Southeastern’s Gage Cheadle and Brevin Strausbaugh, Unioto’s KB Perkins and Jaxon Zickafoose, Westfall’s Haden Rigsby and Jacob Hicks, and Zane Trace’s Noah Houston and Ezra Rippeth.
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