Scharer and Bowles share boys hoops player of the year honors; 2023-24 All-Area Dream Team

HILLSDALE COUNTY — Congratulations to our 2023-24 All-Area Dream Team honorees for this boys basketball season. A total of five honorees were selected for our first team honors and five additional athletes earned second team honors.

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In addition to the honorees, a player each season is selected as our pick for the Hillsdale County boys basketball Player of the Year. This year, we have decided to give the honor to two senior players in the county who recently earned AP all-state honors.

Hillsdale Academy's Dominic Scharer and Hillsdale's Jack Bowles share this year's Player of the Year honors and our Dream Team Co-Captain honors. Both senior athletes finished their careers with milestone seasons that saw both pass 1,000 points.

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Scharer was named a second team AP all-state honoree for Division 4. The senior Colt and Hillsdale Charger track and field commit was also a SCAA East first team and Player of the Year honoree. A dominating rebounder and crafty scorer, Scharer helped lead the Colts to three district championships and was a four-time SCAA East champion with the Colts. Scharer led the team to a 21-5 record this season, with an appearance in a regional championship game.

Scharer shot 53 percent from the field this year, averaging 14.8 points and 8.9 rebounds per game, along with 1.5 blocks and 2.6 steals a game. This was Scharer's third team dream team honor.

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Bowles was named a second team honoree for the AP Division 3 all-state team. With over 1,265 career points, Jack Bowles finished fourth in program record books for his time as a Hornet. He was a first team LCAA honoree, a Pat Paterson Pool B Tournament MVP honoree and the team MVP. The Ohio Wesleyan men's hoops commit led the Hornets to nine wins in 2023-24, including a sweep of league rival Hudson.

Bowles was the most dynamic and creative scorer in Hillsdale County this season, averaging 20.71 points a game. Bowles averaged 1.71 assists and 1.79 steals a game. He shot 61.9 percent from the field and 25.45 percent from 3-point range. This was Bowles' second first team dream team honor.

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All-Area Dream Team First Team

▶ Dominic Scharer - Hillsdale Academy - Senior (Co-Captain)

▶ Jack Bowles - Hillsdale - Senior (Co-Captain)

▶ Warrick Elder - Jonesville - Senior

▶ Gavin Van Kampen - Jonesville - Senior

▶ Tyler Bills - Litchfield - Senior

Second Team

• Junior Alvarez - Litchfield - Senior

• Gavyn Carden - Pittsford - Senior

• Brady Kling - Reading - Senior

• Landen Monahan - Waldron - Junior

• Thomas Maier - Will Carleton Academy - Junior

Honorable Mention

• Kaiden Conroy - Camden-Frontier - Junior

• Luis Castro Thilo - Camden-Frontier - Sophomore

• Ridley Fast - Hillsdale Academy - Senior

• Andrew Spiegel - Hillsdale Academy - Junior

• Brody Adams - Hillsdale - Junior

• Jace Lennox - Hillsdale - Junior

• Caleb Blonde - Jonesville - Freshman

• Drew Bradley - Jonesville - Junior

• Brandon Campbell - Litchfield - Senior

• Simon Collins - Litchfield - Senior

• Connor Arsenault - North Adams-Jerome - Sophomore

• Connor McKay - North Adams-Jerome - Junior

• Mason Payne - Pittsford - Senior

• Bryce Williams - Pittsford - Senior

• Brayden Wright - Reading - Sophomore

• Nathan - Robbins - Reading - Senior

• Jacobi Gonzalez - Waldron - Senior

• Seth Williams - Waldron - Sophomore

• Tyler Barnes - Will Carleton Academy - Senior

• Tyler Slade - Will Carleton Academy - Junior

This article originally appeared on Hillsdale Daily News: Scharer and Bowles share boys hoops player of the year honors; 2023-24 All-Area Dream Team