Boys Basketball: Vote for the 2023-2024 LebCo All-County Team!

The LebCo All-County Basketball Team voting is proudly sponsored by our friends at TJT Sports.

With the conclusion of the high school basketball season, we want to recognize the outstanding accomplishments from the 2023-2024 LebCo Boys Basketball season. THREE LebCo teams made it to the Districts, with Cedar Crest leading the pack by winning the Lancaster Lebanon League Championship and qualifying for the PIAA State Championship Tournament.
We made an effort to identify all of the season’s top performers, and after consulting with each local program, we narrowed down our selections. Nevertheless, we still need your help selecting the LebCo All-County Boys Basketball Team.

Below is a list of twenty-one nominees for the All-County Team. You are being asked to select your top five choices. After you have reviewed each nominee, please use the link to give your opinion in order to help us make the selections.

If you are unsure as to how each team finished the season, please see down at the bottom for a very brief recap.

Once fan voting is complete, it will be combined with voting from the coaches and the LebCoSports.com panel to determine which players were chosen for the First Team, Second Team, and Honorable Mention.

It is very important to note that while voting is involved and emotions can run high, the primary purpose is to draw attention to the hardworking athletes who competed for LebCo’s high schools this past season.

Please also note that the nominees are listed by class and then alphabetically ordered by last name. Any athlete we profiled as an Athlete of the Week during the Winter season is hyperlinked

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Read about each of the athletes that have been nominated, then go vote!

Voting will remain open until Tuesday, April 2nd at 10 pm.

You may vote once per day, per valid email address.

The Nominees

Owen Chernich (Cedar Crest / Sr.) Averaged 7.5 points and 1.9 steals. Touted a 2:1 assist to turnover ratio. Chernich totaled 30 three-pointers. Named LL Section 1 Second Team All-Star. 

Dallas George (ELCO / Sr.): Averaged 12.0 points and 2.3 steals. He also shot 90% from the free-throw line. The team’s point guard, George averaged 1.96 assists to each turnover on his way to becoming ELCO’s all-time assists leader. He also finished his career as the school’s leader in steals. Named LL Section 3 First Team All-Star. 

Colson Hess (New Covenant / Sr.): Averaged 9.2 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.1 assists, and 1.0 blocks. Named CCAC West 1st Team All-Conference.

Camden Marquette (ELCO / Sr.): Averaged 12.5 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 2.1 steals. Marquette added 25 three-pointers. Named LL Section 3 Second Team All-Star. 

Fernando Marquez (Cedar Crest / Sr.): Averaged 12.9 points per game. Marquez was a unanimous selection as a LL Section 1 First Team All-Star.   

Hunter Mayer (Palmyra / Sr.): Averaged 7.9 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.1 steals. 

Aiden Schomp (Cedar Crest / Sr.): Averaged 7.5 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. Named LL Section 1 Second Team All-Star. 

Keenan Stoner (New Covenant / Sr.): Averaged 8.3 points, 7.8 rebounds, 2.1 steals, and 1.6 assists. Known as the “Junkyard Dog”, Stoner was willing to do it all and was considered as the best all-around player for the Flames.

Leo Tirado (Cedar Crest / Sr.): Averaged 7.7 points while successfully hitting 37 three-pointers. Tirado also averaged 1.6 steals per game while touting a 2:1 assist-to-turnover ratio. Named LL Section 1 Second Team All-Star. 

Tycen Vanderploog (New Covenant / Sr.): Averaged 10.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists, and 1.8 steals. Named CCAC West 1st Team All-Conference.

Tyler Burgess (Palmyra / Jr.): Averaged 8.7 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1.5 steals. 

Micah Gray (ELCO / Jr.): Averaged 10.8 points while hitting 37 three-pointers and shooting 72% from the free throw line. Gray took 14 charges during the season.

Riley Messinger (Northern Lebanon / Jr.): Averaged 6.1 points and 1.7 assists. Messinger totaled 23 three-pointers. For the season, he led the Vikings in three-pointers and assists, while also being called upon to guard the opposing team’s best wing.

Hank Roesch (Palmyra / Jr.): Averaged 13.1 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 1.7 steals. Totaled 25 three-pointers for the season. Selected as a Mid Penn Keystone All-Star – Honorable Mention.

Elisha Slabach (Annville-Cleona / Jr.): Averaged 18.6 points and 4.5 rebounds. Slabach totaled 66 three-pointers on his way to finishing as the LL’s 3rd leading scorer. A well-rounded player, he was called upon defensively to guard the opposing team’s top offensive player. Named LL Section 4 First Team All-Star. 

Jon Shay (Annville-Cleona / Jr.): Averaged 12.9 points and 6.1 rebounds. Shay is a high-motor player who is constantly looking to make a play. He is known for the toughness he brings to the court. Named LL Section 4 Second Team All-Star. 

RJ Young (Cedar Crest / Jr.): Averaged 9.0 points and 7 rebounds per game. Young finished the season with 40 blocks. Named the Section 1 Defensive Player of the Year and was selected as an LL Section 1 First Team All-Star.

Malachi Briddell (Lebanon / So.): Averaged 8.7 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 1.9 steals. In the year’s performance, Briddel tallied 22 points and 4 steals against Penn Manor.

Brady Krall (Northern Lebanon / So.): Averaged 8.5 points and 4.8 rebounds. Krall finished the season as the Viking team leader in points, rebounds, free throw % (71%) and blocks (10). Named LL Section 3 All-Star – Honorable Mention.

Jadison Shuey (Our Lady of the Cross / So.): The leader of an inexperienced team of only five boys, Shuey was able to average 9.9 points. He finished the year with a 28 point performance to his credit. 

Andrew Via (Northern Lebanon / So.): Averaged 6.8 points. With 30 steals, Via led the Vikings. He also led the team with 60 successful free throws. 

Season Recap

Annville-Cleona (10-13) – District 3 Qualifier [3A]

Cedar Crest (21-8) – LL League Champions. 6th in District 3. State Qualifier [6A]

ELCO (13-10) – District 3 Qualifier [4A]

Lebanon (0-22) – Finished 26th in District 3 Power Rankings [6A]

New Covenant (13-10) – CCAC Playoff Qualifier. Finished 11th in District 3 Power Rankings [1A]

Northern Lebanon (6-16) – Finished 19th in District 3 Power Rankings [4A]

Our Lady of the Cross (0-9) – First year.

Palmyra (5-16) – Finished 23rd in District 3 Power Rankings [5A]