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- March 26, 2009
High School Sports
Davis, Perillo voted players of the
year
By: The News
Journal
Posted: March 22, 2009
Justin Perillo and Chelsea Davis have been
named state players of the year in boys and girls basketball. The two also head
the 2009 All-State basketball teams made public
today by the Delaware Sportswriters & Broadcasters
Association.
The player of the year awards and the All-State
teams are based on voting by the state's head coaches.
Perillo is a 6-foot-4 senior at Tatnall School who
averaged 24.9 points and 15.9 rebounds per game this season, when the Hornets
went 23-2 and reached the semifinals of the state
tournament. Perillo accepted a football scholarship from the University of Maine
in February, and also plays baseball for Tatnall.
Rounding out the boys first team are four more
seniors: Tyshawn Bell (6-7, Caesar Rodney), Charles Burley (5-8, Glasgow),
Daiquane Peterson (6-2, A.I. du Pont) and Paul
Reynolds (6-4, Smyrna).
Reynolds is a first-team selection for the second
straight year. He also made honorable mention in 2007 at Christiana, which won
the state title that year. Perillo and Peterson
were second-team choices a year ago, and Bell earned honorable mention in the
two seasons prior to this one.
The 6-foot-3 Davis finished her Middletown
career with 1,912 points, and also more than 1,000 rebounds. She averaged 22.2
points and 13.5 rebounds per game this season. She has signed with Florida State, and was also a
first-team selection her sophomore and junior years (making honorable mention as
a freshman). Joining her on the first
team this year are seniors Jaquetta May (5-10, Delcastle) and Dara Taylor (5-7,
Caravel), junior Telisha Turner (5-7, Glasgow) and sophomore Betnijah Laney
(6-0, Smyrna).
May, who helped guide Delcastle to a win in the
championship game over Middletown, was a third-team pick as a sophomore. She
made second team last season. Taylor was also on
the second team last season, with Laney and Tuner third-team choices a year ago.
Additionally, Hodgson senior Ericka Furrowh made third team this
season, after being an honorable mention her first
three seasons.
BOYS
Player of the Year: Justin Perillo (sr.,
Tatnall)
FIRST TEAM
Tyshawn Bell (sr., Caesar
Rodney)
Charles Burley (sr., Glasgow)
Daiquane Peterson (sr., A.I. du
Pont)
Paul Reynolds (sr., Smyrna)
SECOND TEAM
Terrance Bobb-Jones (so.,
Delcastle)
Trevor Cooney (so., Sanford)
Anthony Myles (jr.,
Polytech)
Brian Oliver (sr., William Penn)
Eric Selby (sr.,
Howard)
THIRD TEAM
Eric Buckland (sr., Caravel)
Corey
Crawford (sr., Dover)
A.J. English (so.,
Appoquinimink)
Erique Gumbs (sr., Caravel)
Marcus Nock (sr.,
Woodbridge)
HONORABLE MENTION
Greg Benjamin (sr.,
Newark)
Bernard Carter (sr., Caesar Rodney)
Thomas Davis (sr., William
Penn)
Andre Dickerson (sr., Woodbridge)
Francis Drummond (sr., Red Lion
Christian)
Jordan Dupree (jr., Concord)
Jeff Hill (sr., Caesar
Rodney)
Marcus Jones (jr., Milford)
Mark Medley (so., Tatnall)
Omar
Skinner (sr., William Penn)
Ryan Steiner (sr., Salesianum)
Kyle Sullivan
(sr., St. Mark's)
Leyland Tait (sr., Newark)
Taylor Trevisan (sr.,
Salesianum)
A.J. Williams (sr., St. Elizabeth)
GIRLS
Player of the Year: Chelsea Davis (sr.,
Middletown)
FIRST TEAM
Betnijah Laney (so.,
Smyrna)
Jaquetta May (sr., Delcastle)
Dara Taylor (sr.,
Caravel)
Telisha Turner (jr., Glasgow)
SECOND TEAM
Cortney Baynard (sr., Caesar
Rodney)
Sironda Chambers (sr., Hodgson)
Kelley Doogan (sr.,
Ursuline)
Myisha Rufus (sr., Polytech)
Kellie Whaley (sr., Sussex
Central)
THIRD TEAM
Ericka Furrowh (sr.,
Hodgson)
Andrea Hines (so., Sanford)
Alex Massado (sr., St.
Elizabeth)
Jazmine Miller (sr., Dover)
Bianca Paker (jr.,
Delcastle)
HONORABLE MENTION
Tomorrow Bridell (jr.,
Laurel)
Aimee Bowie (jr., A.I. du Pont)
Jordann Duncan (sr.,
Brandywine)
Mary Hobbs (sr., Tower Hill)
Katie Jezyk (sr., Padua)
Asha
Jones (sr., Hodgson)
Sunny Jones (sr., Charter of Wilm.)
Jeanne Knowles
(sr., St. Mark's)
Erin Pitcher (sr., Padua)
Annie Rivituso (jr., St.
Mark's)
Ashley Robbins (sr., Delcastle)
Ashleigh Roberts (jr.,
Concord)
Kelci Roberts (sr., Caesar Rodney)
Antoinette Robinson (jr.,
Dover)
Deandra Scott (jr., Caesar Rodney)
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