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This is 22nd Century Media’s All-Area team: Team 22. Thanks to help from area coaches and the
eyes of 22nd Century Media staff, the best players were selected from seven high schools — New
Trier (NT), Loyola Academy (LA), Glenbrook North (GBN), Glenbrook South (GBS), Highland Park
(HP), Lake Forest (LF) and Lake Forest Academy (LFA) — in our coverage area.
—Compiled by 22nd Century Media staff
First team
second team
Guards
Forwards
Brandon Weston — LFA freshman
19.3 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1 spg; Boy did
the freshman make a splash in the area.
Weston scored more than 30 points twice
during the season, including one game
where he scored a career-high 38 points.
Ben Gibson — LF senior
16 ppg, 5.5 rpg; The Scout was the
key player for Lake Forest this season.
Gibson was named to the North Suburban
Conference All-Conference Team and
proved to be a threat for the Scouts on the
floor, shooting 60 percent from the field.
G: Connor Barrett — LA junior
12.9 ppg, 2.8 rpg; The Rambler made
it difficult for opponents to stop the
versatile guard, especially around the
perimeter. His 91 3-pointers and 38.8
percent shooting from beyond the arc
earned him an All-Catholic League
Blue nod.
G: Matey Juric — LFA senior
12.3 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 3.6 apg, 2.1 spg; The
Toronto-born guard presented his best
in his final year with the Caxys. Juric
made 30 3-pointers this season after
only making one the previous season.
G: Daniel Michelon — HP senior
9.8 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 1.6 apg, 1 spg; The
Michelon-Tal duo caused opponents
issues all season. The Giant earned a
CSL All-Conference nod after he made
43 3-pointers this season.
F: Ciaran Brayboy — NT junior
10.8 ppg, 6.3 rpg; 1 bpg; The Trevian
big man has big potential. Brayboy
was named to the CSL All-Conference
Team and showed glimpses of why so
many colleges are interested in what
he can become.
F: Griffin Ryan — NT senior
9.3 ppg, 4 rpg, 2.1 apg; New Trier had
a lot of role players and Ryan was one
of them. The Trevian earned a CSL All-
Conference Team honor and shot 55
percent from the field.
Honorable mentions:
Ziv Tal — HP senior
16.7 ppg, 3 rpg, 1.5 apg, 2 spg; The Giant
is named to his second-straight Team 22
First Team. Tal was named to the Central
Suburban League All-Conference Team
and this season became the ninth player in
school history to score 1,000 career points.
Kevin Cunningham — LA senior
12.96 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 3.2 apg, 1 spg; After a
strong campaign, the Rambler improved on
his junior year Second-Team nomination.
Cunningham was named to the All-Catholic
League Team and was the MVP of the
Gulfshore Holiday Hoopfest (Fla.).
Andrew Kirkpatrick — NT senior
11.1 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 3.7 apg, 1.2 spg; The
Trevian finished a three-year varsity stint
as a key contributor for New Trier when
his teammates battled illness this season.
Kirkpatrick shot 41 percent overall and was
named to the CSL All-Conference Team.
Jimmy McMahon, GBS, junior; Will
King, GBS, junior; Dom Martinelli,
GBS, sophomore; Mac Hubbard, GBS,
junior; Evan Barnes, GBN, senior;
Kellen Witherell, GBN, senior; Noah
Shutan, HP, senior; Spencer Boehm,
NT, junior; Brian Conaghan, NT, senior;
Sam Silverstein, NT, junior; Pete
Mangan, LA, senior