HILLSDALE — Readers and the Hillsdale Daily News both honored one Hillsdale County senior as the overall boys basketball player of the year.
Hillsdale senior Brody Adams was voted the reader's choice player of the year honoree with 65-percent of the total votes. In addition, he was our choice for the player of the year honor.
Adams helped lead the Hornets to the program's first Pool A title in years with wins over Jonesville and Reading, earning all-tourney honors. He then led the team to 12 regular season wins, including a district championship.
It was Hillsdale's first district title since 2018. The Hornets captured it with wins over Jonesville 58-52 and Hudson 62-57 in the title game. He had a season single-game high of 27 points in the district semifinal game against rival Jonesville, shooting five 3s, grabbing six defensive boards and taking three steals. He then had 12 points and four steals in the title game. In the regional semifinal, the senior almost led a comeback against Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central with 21 points, three 3s and five rebounds. The team ultimately fell in a close 70-66 final.
The senior averaged 13.12 points per game, 4.84 rebounds, 3.12 assists and 1.72 steals a game. He shot 58.39-percent from the field. He shot 31.45-percent from the arc and made 39 3s. In addition to his player of the year honors, he will also be a first team dream team honoree and was a second team all-LCAA honoree. He was named to the Michigan Sports Writers' Division 3 honorable mention all-state list.
Runners-Up: Caleb Blonde and Landon Monahan
Jonesville sophomore was voted the runner-up reader's choice player of the year honoree. The Cascades all-league dream team honoree was one of the most dynamic scorers in Hillsdale County this year.
He led Jonesville to 12 wins this season with 16.9 points per game, a field-goal percentage of 34.4, a free throw percentage of 73.5 and a 3-point field goal percentage of 34.1. He averaged 2.5 steals, 3.4 boards and 2.6 assists per game. He had a season single-game high of 29 points. Like Adams, he was named D3 honorable mention all-state by the Michigan Sports Writers and will be a first-team all-area honoree.
The Hillsdale Daily News' runner-up player of the year honoree was Division 4 all-state honorable mention honoree Landon Monahan. Monahan was also a Pat Patterson all-tourney honoree this year and first team all-league SCAA East. He led the Spartans to an 18-7 overall record, including a 16-year drought-breaking district championship ...
