MaxPreps/JJHuddle Ohio boys basketball athlete of the week winner & nominees

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You vote, you decide...who had Ohio's best individual performance this past week?
 
MaxPreps and JJHuddle are proud to announce that they will sponsor an athlete of the week in boys basketball during the 2016-2017 school year.

Each week during the season (regular and post), there will be a fan-generated contest to tab a weekly winner. Each winner will receive awards (bracelets and certificates).

How does it work?

Fans will nominate top performances (send emails to efrantz@maxpreps.com) and nominees will also be selected from those schools that report stats on MaxPreps. We will announce the weekly finalists (up to 10) on MaxPreps and JJHuddle every Tuesday and voting will be conducted in a special poll. Voting will cease at noon on Monday. The winners (two per week) will be announced the next day along with the next week's nominees. The TOP THREE vote-getters will win this week's awards. This is the most nominees we have had in a single week.

Vote as many times as you want. It's a competition. Vote Now!

Last week over 70,000 votes were cast!

* Tommy Bissler, Garfield (Garrettsville) (FINAL VOTING RESULTS)
Senior dropped 41 points, including nine 3s, in an 83-38 win over Middlefield Cardinal.

* Luke Schaefer, Medina (FINAL VOTING RESULTS)
Senior scored 18 points and surpassed 1,000 for his career in a 68-55 loss to Elyria.


* Derek Koch, Northwestern (West Salem)
Senior grabbed 19 rebounds in a 53-50 win over Norwayne to become to the state’s career rebounding leader with 1,378 boards. The previous record of 1,374 was set in 1973 by Wyoming’s Steve Bell.

* Ethan Linder, Wayne Trace (Haviland)
Senior scored 23 points to surpass 2,000 for his career in a 61-36 win over Tinora that wrapped a fifth straight and 28th overall Green Meadows Conference title.

* Micaiah Cox, Fort Recovery
Had 33 points and nine rebounds in an 86-82 four-OT win over Minster. The next night had 31 points and 12 rebounds in an 81-40 win over McComb.

* Gavin Richards, Tri-Village (New Madison)
Senior scored 16 points to become the seventh player in program history to surpass 1,000 for a career in a 69-36 win over Greeneview.

* Jevon Dible, Upper Sandusky
Hit 11 threes and scored 35 points in a 96-56 win over Wynford that clinched an outright Northern 10 Athletic Conference title.

* Davey Hipp, Shelby
Senior scored 20 points to surpass 1,000 for his career in a 75-40 win over Willard.

* Christian Montague, Chaminade-Julienne (Dayton)
Senior became just the sixth player in program history to surpass 1,000 for a career in a 53-48 loss to LaSalle.

* Andrew Lyons, Southeastern Local (South Charleston)
Scored 17 points to surpass 1,000 for his career in a 66-52 win over Legacy Christian.

* Drew Johnson Pandora-Gilboa
Junior scored 23 points to surpass 1,000 for his career in a 56-44 win over Fort Jennings.

* Jarius Ward, Lima Senior
Senior scored 26 points to surpass 1,000 for his career in a 56-53 OT win over Findlay.

* Chase Yoho, Bellaire
Junior guard scored 51 points and set school records for free throws made (26) and attempted (31) in a 78-71 win over Steubenville Catholic Central. The free throws made record had stood since 1967, while the attempts mark was previously set in 1988.

* Devin Pearl, Cardington-Lincoln
Senior surpassed 1,000 career points in a 56-47 win over Elgin.

* Dominic Laravie, Archbishop Alter (Kettering)
Senior scored 29 points to surpass 1,000 for his career in a 68-49 win over arch rival Chaminade Julienne that secured an outright GCL North title. Laravie also passed his father Greg on Alter’s all-time scoring list during the game.

* Kolden Uribes, Montpelier
Junior scored a school record 41 points and surpassed 1,000 for his career in a 91-51 win over Edon.

* Justin Bofenkamp, John F. Kennedy Catholic (Warren)
Senior scored 20 points to surpass 1,000 for his career in a 59-50 win over Valley Christian.