Des Moines Public Schools' Boys Basketball Players Earn All-CIML Metro Conference Honors

Des Moines IA

16 March, 2021

9:43 AM

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Press release from the Des Moines Public Schools: March 15, 2021 This year's Winter sports season got started a little later at Des Moines Public Schools, due to COVID-19, but once practices resumed on the first day of Winter break it was off to a busy January and February for the boys basketball season. The seasons ended with two DMPS high schools atop the CIML Metro Conference, with Hoover (7-1 conference, 12-4 overall) as champions followed by North (8-2 conference, 10-4 overall). This week the CIML Metro Conference announced their all-conference boys' basketball teams (see below). In addition, the Iowa Basketball Coaches Associations awarded All-Region honors to four DMPS student-athletes: Jakari Bradley – Roosevelt – Region 8 Trovary Covil – Lincoln – Region 2 Chase Henderson – Hoover – Region 2 Diondre Taylor – North – Region 7 Congratulations to the Huskies, Polar Bear, Rail, Riders and Scarlets earning honors: FIRST TEAM * denotes unanimous selection Player School Year Pts PG Reb PG *Trae Swartz Ottumwa SR 19.3 5.4 *Diondre Taylor North SR 27.0 4.4 *Chase Henderson Hoover SO 17.7 2.7 *Manny Austin Hoover SR 18.5 4.6 Trovary Cavil Lincoln FR 14.7 3.7 Tharon Locure North SR 20.3 7.9 Tyron Wright East FR 11.3 10.9 SECOND TEAM Player School Year Pts PG Reb PG Joe Hammer Ottumwa SR 6.1 3.6 Gatlin Menninga Ottumwa SR 8.5 4.1 Adam Greiner Ottumwa JR 12.9 6.4 Jakari Bradley Roosevelt SR 11.7 5.8 Sam King Roosevelt SO 11.4 4.2 Deavin Hilson North SR 7.8 7.4 Elijah Vos Hoover SO 12.7 3.7 HONORABLE MENTION East Kobrom Milele, SO; James Jefferson, SR; JaCari Patton, FR; DeSante McMurry, SO Hoover Jaden Loveless, SR Lincoln Ja'Vion Bell, FR; Jamal West, SO North Kevon Bickham, SR; David Caulker, SO Roosevelt Jamison Patton, SO; Ethan Lovan, SR; George Williams, SO Ottumwa Matt Graeve, SR FINAL TEAM RESULTS School Conf. Record Overall Record Hoover 7-1 12-4 North 8-2 10-4 Ottumwa 6-3 15-5 Roosevelt 4-5 6-10 Lincoln 2-8 5-12 DM East 1-9 2-13 This press release was produced by the Des Moines Public Schools. The views expressed here are the author's own.