The Apollo Conference has released its boys all-conference basketball team for the 2021 season.
Effingham’s Parker Wolfe and Nate Thompson, and T-Town’s Evan Wermert were among the six players selected to the first team.
The Hearts’ Jacob Stoneburner was selected to the second team as was Jordan Hardiek, from Teutopolis.
Wolfe averaged a team-high 25.8 points and 5 rebounds per game for Effingham. He had 38 assists and led the team with 63 steals. He shot 45.6 percent overall, making 146 of 320 shots. He shot 78 percent from the foul line, making 87-of-112 attempts.
Thompson averaged 20.1 points per game and led the team in rebounding, pulling down 154, an average of 9.12 per game. He had 25 assists and 29 steals. He made 128-of-248 total shots, a 51.6 percent clip, which was tops on the team. He also was the team’s best free throw shooter, making 72-of-90 attempts, an 80 percent clip.
Wermert also had an impressive year for the Wooden Shoes. He averaged a team-high 19.8 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. He had 55 assists and 30 steals. He shot 55 percent overall, making 142-of-256 attempts. That included shooting 48 percent from three-point range, making 50-of-105 attempts. He also shot 86 percent from the foul line, making 42-of-49.
Stoneburner led Effingham with 50 assists and shot a team-high 69.4 percent from two-point range during the season. He averaged 6.8 points and 6.3 rebounds. Overall, he made 48-of-99 attempts, a 48.5 percent clip. From two-point range, he made 34-of-49 shots. He also had 21 steals.
Hardiek averaged 12.5 points per game for T-Town. He led the team with 51 three-pointers for the season. Overall, he shot 43 percent for the season, making 83-of-193 attempts. That included going 51-for-133 from behind the arc. He shot 77 percent from the free throw line, making 20-of-26 foul shots. He also had 35 assists and averaged 3.2 rebounds per game.
Here is the complete list of the All-Apollo Boys Basketball Team.
First Team – Parker Wolfe (Effingham); Nate Thompson (Effingham); Evan Wermert (Teutopolis); Dylan Singleton (Lincoln); Landon Hullinger (Lincoln); and Eli Warren (Mahomet-Seymour)
Second Team – Jacob Stoneburner (Effingham); Jordan Hardiek (Teutopolis); Cam’ron Thomas (Mattoon); and Wyatt Shirley (Taylorville)