The Southwestern Maine Athletics Association recently honored six local boys basketball players with its end-of-season awards.
Keegan Highland of South Portland High School was named to the SMAA All-Conference First Team. Teammate Will Furbush was named to the third team, as was Chris Hughes of Scarborough. South Portland’s Matt Lee was an All-Rookie selection.
Nick Wright of South Portland and Andy Pogar of Scarborough joined Furbush and Hughes in last night’s SMAA senior All-Star game held at Deering High School.
Highland, a 6-3 sophomore guard led the league with 17.6 points per game. He also averaged three assists a game.
“He came up big for us in big games all year,” said South Portland coach Phil Conley. “He’s a leader on and off the court. He has great work ethic and is just a tremendous player. I look forward to coaching him the next two seasons.”
Furbush, a 6-1 guard, averaged 11 points, three assists and 2.5 steals a game for the Red Riots.
“Will showed great leadership as one of my tri-captains,” Conley said. “He’d settle us down in big games.”
Wright, a 6-3 center, pulled down eight rebounds a contest, and was also an All-Academic selection.
“He controlled the boards for us,” Conley said. “He gave up some height, but never got outrebounded.”
Lee, a 6-2 sophomore guard, scored eight points a game and snared four rebounds a night.
“He hit some big threes for us in some big games and is also a very good rebounder,” Conley said.
Hughes, a 6-foot guard, averaged 9.9 points a game for the Red Storm. He made 18 three-pointers and shot 70 percent from the foul line during his senior campaign.
“He was our most consistent scorer throughout the year and one of our better shooters,” said Scarborough coach Matt Townsend. “He made some big shots for us during the year.”
Pogar, a 6-5 forward, scored 9.1 points a game and pulled down 5.6 boards a night while shooting 48 percent from the field for Scarborough.
“Andy was one of our toughest matchups inside,” Townsend said, adding that he also learned to play well away from the basket.
‘The last four of five games, he averaged 14 or 15 points a game,” the coach said. “He really finished strong.”
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