The 2011-12 Super 7 was revealed today, although many of you already had some — if not all — of these picks nabbed throughout the week.
The group is headlined by a pair of Mount Vernon seniors and three other players who helped their teams hoist gold balls.
Here’s a look at the Super 7, as well as much more than you saw in the paper. Below is my Next 7, plus a list of players you can expect to enter the discussion for all-star and all-county discussion by season’s end:
Super 7 —
Isaiah Cousins, Mount Vernon: The 6-foot-4 senior guard really emerged during the state playoffs and has since received scholarship offers from Rhode Island, Iona, Manhattan, Central Connecticut, Stony Brook, Hofstra, St. Bonaventure and Towson.
Josh James, Stepinac: The 6-foot-1 junior returns as the starting point guard fresh off strong performances at national summer AAU tournaments that netted early offers from Iona, Stony Brook, Quinnipiac, St. Peter’s, Manhattan, Canisius, Albany and Siena.
Jeff Lynch, Byram Hills: The 5-foot-11 junior led the Bobcats in scoring as a sophomore and earned Section 1 tournament MVP honors as they won a surprise Class A championship. He will shift from off-guard to this point this season.
Mike McCahey, Clarkstown South: The 6-foot-5 all-section swingman committed to Division II Saint Anselm after ranking among the section’s top scorers as a sophomore and junior. He averaged 21 points and 10 rebounds last season and now sits just 46 points shy of 1,000 for his career and roughly 500 shy of the program’s all-time record.
Pat McGuinness, Albertus Magnus: The 6-foot all-section point guard committed to Division II Le Moyne after averaging 17.1 points per game as a junior and leading the Class B champ in assists, minutes and free throws.
Tyler Sayre, Albertus Magnus: The versatile 6-foot-5 senior led the Class B champ in scoring (17.2) and rebounding (9.0) and won the Section 1 tournament MVP. Sayre has attracted attention from several Ivy League schools, as well as Randolph Macon, Roger Williams, Stonehill, Saint Michael’s and Springfield.
Randy Stephens, Mount Vernon: The 6-foot-4 senior swingman served as the sixth man for the Class AA Federation champs and is the Knights’ only returning all-section player. It helped him get a scholarship offer from Northeastern.
Next 7 —
Felix Abongo, Iona Prep: The 6-foot-3 senior forward can play both on the wing and in the paint thanks to superior athleticism and good ball skills. He’ll be the focal point for the Gaels, who should compete for the championship in the CHSAA “A.”
Thomas Fleming, Dobbs Ferry: The 6-foot-4 swingman is a blend of size, skill and toughness. He was the top player and leading scorer on a team that came a few plays from winning the gold ball in Class B.
Jarrel Marshall, Mount Vernon: The 6-foot-6 senior forward already has three Division I offers and has delivered in big moments, as evidenced by his play in the 2010 Section 1 Class AA final four. He’ll now have a chance to deliver on a more consistent basis as a senior.
Pat Peterson, Tappan Zee: This 6-foot-1 senior sharpshooter has already been a Section 1 tournament MVP. Now, with even more of the attention of defense, he’ll try to help the Dutchmen maintain their elite status in Class A.
Dave Solano, Eastchester: Few players in the area light it up quite like this consistent 20 PPG scorer. He can shoot from deep or attack the rim. This season, the 6-foot-3 Solano will now venture to push his Eagles deeper into the playoffs.
Will Trawick, Fox Lane: This 6-foot-5 forward averaged a double-double last season. He ranks among the top post players in the section and will try to lead the Foxes back to the County Center for the first time since Taj Finger graduated.
Sky Williams, Tuckahoe: The 6-foot-1 guard is instant offense. He really thrives in the open floor and is adept at finishing around the rim. As a senior, he and the Tigers have one goal in mind, that being to win another gold ball and advance on to Glens Falls.
Players to watch —
Kyle Altman, Sr., Hen Hud
Zack Ankier, Sr., Mahopac
Jerrell Benitez, Sr., Saunders
Harrison Brown, Jr., Horace Greeley
Armando Castillo, Sr., North Rockland
Joe Clarke, Jr., New Rochelle
Joe Clinton, Sr., Pearl River
Brian Daniels, Jr., Briarcliff
Jack Dignan, Sr., Brewster
Josh Doughty, Jr., Mount Vernon
Vaughn Dweck, Jr., Panas
Keon Ervin, Sr., Ossining
Ryan Golden, Byram Hills
Quarry Greenaway, Sr., Stepinac
David Haye, Sr., Ramapo
Matt Henson, Sr., Pelham
Kyree Hull, Sr., Peekskill
Tyler Iacuone, Stepinac
Joe Letizia, Jr., Tappan Zee
Matt Mezansky, Sr., Mamaroneck
Andrew Maloney, Sr., Byram Hills
Austin O’Toole, Sr., Pearl River
Alex Perlman, Sr., Lakeland
Thiago Randazzo, Sr., Kennedy
Will Robinson, Sr., Mount Vernon
Antoine Saliba, Sr., Blind Brook
Jack Sullivan, Jr., Albertus Magnus
Ian Thom, Jr., Croton-Harmon
Max Twyman, Jr., Rye
Akeem Williams, Sr., White Plains
Brandon Williams, Jr., Iona Prep
29 Comments
I was watching sportscenter and just knew Josh’s man crush on Anthony Davis would come out again (j/k). Great prospect, once he fills in a bit he’ll be even more of a beast.
NO Dashawn Rodriguez or DeQuan Rogers Returners from last year Nyack Team Dashawn Averaged 15 points a game as a sophomore and DeQuan Averaged 10 and 7 assist last year…
Come on Rockland, Nyack has been one of the worst programs in Section 1 since Gary Grey left. I know it’s supposed to be an individual award, but I think the play of the team they are on should be considered. For example, if AM had lost to DF in the title game last year, we might have seen Fleming in the top 7 in place of one of the two AM guys. Not going to complain about a couple of Falcons in the top 7 tho!
Super 7 is accurate. Great job Josh. Trying to get to the Step/Byram scrimmage tomorrow at noon. Will be a nice match up between with Lynch/James
Sports with Ethan as the head coach there, Nyack will be back on the map. He will get the kids to play. Excellent hire. Both AM kids are deserving. Congrats to your Falcons.
Sky would take down lynch or mcguiness 1 on 1. The kid can ball. He’s not as great a passer but that’s because he’s the teams go to scorer day in day out. Kid grew 5 inches I want to say past 2 years.
Alex Gendelman should be on this list. Easily the most underrated player in the nation. Watch out for RCDS and the Gendel squad this season.
Congrats to the super 7, but not even a mention of mahoney or bonilla from brewster in players to watch…. come on mann
Put me in the county center and my first pick in ROCKLAND is Peterson. Hands down- no brainer. Before the county center it comes down to winning games and building a team.
Congrats to everyone on the list, you should be proud of your accomplishments!
Congratulations to all super 7 and good luck with your seasons.
The Sports Guy
I would have to disagree with you about the team being part of an individual award. There are many athletes who are over looked for individual recognition and awards because their team is not good. That is not fair to that athlete who works just as hard or even harder then another athlete on a team who gets recognized because their team is good and gets more publicity. Thats is not fair. It should be based on how the individual performs not the team.
Observation,
I would tend to agree. What I should have made more clear in my original post is that most people who have votes on individual awards DO, not necessarily should, take into account the play of the team.
Statesman… Man crush? 15, 15 and 8 blocks on 10 shots in his sixth college game in a slaughter of a good Big East team. Hmm. He’s like Marcus Camby, only if Camby was a guard three years before he sprouted to 7 feet.
Is Mount St Michael not eligible? If they are, how do you explain leaving out Malik Gill?
Mount is not eligible because we no longer cover Mount. Gill would’ve certainly been included.
I see…Thanks for the reply…another question (may be a bit off topic)...Is it due to Mount being located in NYC and not Westchester? (Why are Stepinac, Iona, Salesian etc fair game?)
It is a travesty that Matthew Jeffery Debold was not named super 7. He is a class act of a kid and should surprise teams with his dead shot and explosiveness off the dribble, as well as being a lock-down defender. A true triple threat. Hopefully you properly name him as an all-star or all-section at the end of the season.
Josh,
You’ve been high on him for a while. I remember you posting about him after the Kansas game so when I saw him going to work on God’s Gift (no easy) task I said to myself Josh had to hit twitter about this one haha.
Davis is very used to his body besides only recently sprouting up. He kept his fleet-flootedness and uses it well when most 7 footers usually have cinder block feet.
NR… Yes. We only cover Westchester, Rockland and Putnam.
Is it just me or were the Byram Hills kids a little too cocky in the article in today’s paper? They sounded like they just read the Professional Athlete’s cliche handbook. Don’t get me wrong, they had a great run last year, but they don’t “have a bullseye” on their back and noone is “gunning” for them this year. They talk about only a few teams in the state being able to beat them. Not this year my friends, A will be even tougher, especially with Poughkeepsie coming back down. Everybody was talking about Tappan Zee repeating last year with all 5 starters returning and look what happened there. Byram Hills has been irrelevent for so long that they should just let their play do the talking. If they win again, great, but no need to talk about it in the beginning of the season like that.
The kid from Fox Lane should have been in your top 7. I know he is in the top 5 of most of the coaches in the county as well as the D1 colleges.
Trawick had a triple-double and Reece Williams had 17 as Fox Lane beat a very good Woodlands Team 58-56
Josh James-Stepinac.. One hell of a ball-player. How isn’t he on this. As a junior has 9 D1 Offers.
mahopac will dominate their schedule…
Bleed Blue… James is on this. I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Josh,
Still think the Trawick kid is not Top 7. 32pts 10rbs all with a broken nose wearing a face mask!
sorry did not see! hahaha oops
PeekFatDaddy,
One thing is for sure…Byram and no else is worrying about Peekskill, does Peekywood have an indoor track team or something?
Byram hills was a great story last year, but as I recall Kennedy was without Jordan Hardy their most versatile and underrated player who I watched defend and rebound exceptionally at the county center against Burke and MT St Michael, was told he shutdown Jordan Moody and locked up Mahopac’s Ryan Wagner.
Did Jordan graduate JOSH.
Where did he go?
MRBBALL… Jordan is a senior this season. I believe he had an injured finger at the end of last season.
Thanks Josh, also whatever happened to Dayvon WHITAKER.