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2011-12 ALL-KENTUCKY NEW ERA BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ BASKETBALL TEAMS

Southern Pennyrile’s finestTim Haworth selectedKNE’s top boys’ coach

FROM NEW ERA STAFF REPORTS

Hopkinsville High Schoolboys’ basketball coach Tim Ha-worth knew he had a specialteam heading into the 2011-12season. Thirty-five gameslater, the Tigers finished 32-3,went undefeated in both Dis-trict 8 and Region 2 play, andreached the Sweet 16 state

tournament forthe first timesince 2003.

Haworth, inonly his secondseason at thehelm of the Hop-kinsville pro-gram, wasselected theKentucky New

Era boys’ coach of the year forthe 2011-12 season.

The vote was conducted bysouthern Pennyrile coaches andNew Era sports writers.

Two of Haworth’s playersearned selections to the 2011-12All-Kentucky New Era boys’ bas-ketball team.

Junior Jordan Majors, whogarnered All-State honorablemention honors from The As-sociated Press after averaging16.4 points and 5.4 rebounds

per game for the District 8 andRegion 2 champion Tigers,was named the team’s shoot-ing guard.

Majors’ teammate and fellowAll-District and All-Regionperformer Jaqualis Matlockwas voted as the club’s powerforward. Matlock, who aver-aged 12.3 points and 8.4 re-bounds for the Tigers, is the

lone freshmanon the team.

Joining Majorsin the backcourtis Trigg Countystandout Deon-quez Nance. Thejunior pointguard, who alsoearned AP All-State honorable

mention accolades, averaged21.5 points, 5.7 rebounds for theWildcats (21-7).

Christian County junior co-captain C.J. Cotton was se-lected the team’s starting smallforward after leading the de-fending state championColonels to a 9-22 final recordand the semifinals of the Re-gion 2 tournament.

Nick Allen, a senior at Univer-sity Heights Academy, roundsout the team at center. Allen,

who was also astandout de-fender on theUHA soccer team,led the Blazers toa 14-12 record.

Players earningat least one voteand honorablemention for the

All-KNE boys’team were Chris-tian County’sJarvis Irby, UHA’sDashjon Brown,K’Quan Mc-Nease, QuadreWhite and Lam-ontas “Boo”Johnson, Fort

Campbell’s KyleBryant and TriggCounty’s DavidWease.

Todd CountyCentral’s CalvinHead received avote for the topboys’ coachhonor.

Nance

Matlock Allen

Majors

NEW ERA FILE PHOTO

Hopkinsville coach Tim Haworth was selected the 2011-12 Kentucky New Era boys’ basketball coach of the year by the area’s coachesand New Era sports writers after leading the Tigers to a 32-3 record, the District 8 and Region 2 championships and the program’s firstappearance in the Sweet 16 state tournament since 2003.

Wells, Hoptown Lady Tigers headline All-KNE girls’ squadFROM NEW ERA STAFF REPORTS

The Hopkinsville girls’ basketballteam enjoyed the winningest sea-son in program history in 2011-12.

Hoptown won the District 8 andRegion 2 championships, and de-feated Marshall County 65-52 in thefirst round of the Sweet 16 statetournament. It was the Lady Tigers’first-ever state tour-nament win. Led byhead coach TonyaWells, Hopkinsvillefinished the season32-5.

Wells was se-lected the KentuckyNew Era girls’coach of the year.

The vote wasconducted bysouthern Pennyrile coaches andNew Era sports writers.

A large portion of Hopkinsville’ssuccess was due to Murray Statesignee and Region 2 Player of theYear Christy Soldo, who wasnamed All-State honorable men-tion by The Associated Press. Thesenior standout, who averaged 18.9

points and 9.5 rebounds for theLady Tigers, was selected theteam’s power forward.

Joining Soldodown low is team-mate Ashlee Cole.The senior centeraveraged 10.7points and 9.2 re-bounds during the2011-12 campaign.

Haley Cook, an-other major con-tributor for theHopkinsville club,was voted theteam’s shootingguard. Cook aver-aged 10 points.

C h r i s t i a nCounty’s Martes-sia Williams, whoalso earned AP All-State honorablemetion acclaim, isthe team’s floorgeneral. The senior point guard,who signed with Bethel Universityin McKenzie, Tenn., earlier thismonth, led the Lady Colonels to a14-14 final mark. Williams started

four years at Christian County.Rounding out the starting five for

the 2011-12 All-KNE girls’ basketballteam is Todd CountyCentral’s Ariel John-son. The juniorsmall forward aver-aged 16.8 points and5.9 rebounds enroute to guiding theLady Rebels (23-7) totheir second straightDistrict 13 title.

Other players whoearned at least onevote and honorablemention accoladeswere Todd CountyCentral’s KhalishaRose and ClaireHart, CaldwellCounty’s McKenzieAmes, Fort Camp-bell’s Alli Tellez,University HeightsAcademy’s DannikaPrater and DeNayia Holmes, andChristian County’s Kimberly Hyde.

Fort Campbell’s Brooke Taylorreceived a vote for the girls’ topcoach.

Cole

Williams

Cook

Johnson

Soldo

BoysDeonquez Nance, PG, No. 1, Jr., Trigg Co.

Jordan Majors, SG, No. 20, Jr., HopkinsvilleC.J. Cotton, SF, No. 5, Jr., Christian Co.

Jaqualis Matlock, PF, No. 32, Fresh., HopkinsvilleNick Allen, C, No. 12, Sr., UHA

Tim Haworth, head coach, Hopkinsville

Honorable Mention: Jarvis Irby (ChristianCo.); Dashjon Brown (UHA); K’Quan McNease

(UHA); Kyle Bryant (Fort Campbell); Lamontas “Boo” Johnson (UHA);

Quadre White (UHA); David Wease (Trigg Co.)

GirlsMartessia Williams, PG, No. 5, Sr., Christian Co.Haley Cook, SG, No. 22, Soph., HopkinsvilleAriel Johnson, SF, No. 24, Jr., Todd Co. Central

Christy Soldo, PF, No. 5, Sr., HopkinsvilleAshlee Cole, C, No. 20, Sr., HopkinsvilleTonya Wells, head coach, Hopkinsville

Honorable Mention: Khalisha Rose (ToddCo. Central); Alli Tellez (Fort Campbell); DeNayia Holmes (UHA); Dannika Prater

(UHA); Claire Hart (Todd Co. Central); Kimberly Hyde (Christian Co.)

2011-12 All-Kentucky New Era Basketball Teams

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NEW ERA FILE PHOTO

After leading the Hopkinsville Lady Tigers to their first Sweet 16 state tournamentwin in program history, Tonya Wells was selected the 2011-12 Kentucky New Eragirls’ basketball coach of the year.