2021 All Area Boys Basketball

Welcome to the 2021 All Area Basketball Team, presented by Mainstreet Daily News and The Prep Zone. We convened a panel of local sports writers and coaches to select the best of the best from the 2020-21 high school basketball season, taken from within Mainstreet’s nine-county coverage area in North Central Florida.

The team is broken into four squads: small school (1A-3A) girls and boys and big school (4A-7A) girls and boys. It includes 44 players and two coaches, each of whom is receiving a commemorative plaque in recognition of their outstanding season. We’ve also recognized another 14 players as honorable mentions. Each of our stories is listed below, followed by the full roster with photos. Congratulations to each of these student athletes and coaches on a job well done!

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All Area: Santa Fe’s Ross, Jenkins lead big school boys

All Area: Trenton puts pair on boys small school quad

Small School - Team One

Tyler Jefferson

Ashton Lovette

Guard
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SFCA
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Tyler Perry

Guard
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Trenton
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Issacc Williams

Forward
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Williston
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Aiden Newman

Guard
|
SFCA
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Curran Webb

Forward
|
Union County
Sr.

Small School - Team Two

Tyler Jefferson

Perrion Sylvester

Guard
|
Newberry
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Yarnell McCray

Guard
|
Hawthorne
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Daniel Pittman

Forward
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Bell
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Xavier Jones

Guard
|
Trenton
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Jesse Williams

Forward
|
Bronson
Sr.

Big School - Team One

Tyler Jefferson

Don'Trell Jenkins

Guard
|
Santa Fe
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Charleston Ponds

Forward
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Columbia
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Marcus Peterson

Center
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Columbia
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Jarviel Gainey

Guard
|
Eastside
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Ernest Ross

Forward
|
Santa Fe
Sr.

Big School - Team Two

Tyler Jefferson

Quay Broadus

Guard
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Eastside
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

A'donte Balfour

Guard
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Bradford
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Justus Wilburn

Forward
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Gainesville
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Omar Brown

Guard
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Eastside
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Brian Fuery

Forward
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Suwannee
Sr.

Coaches of The Year

Tyler Jefferson

Cedric Booth

Small School Coach
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Trenton
Tyler Jefferson

Elliot Harris

Big School Coach
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Santa Fe

Honorable Mentions

Small School

Austin Arban – Bell | Forward/Center
Xavier Guyton – Bronson | Guard
Richard Smith – Hawthorne | Guard
Steven Nelson – Newberry | Guard
Keith McGuire – Williston | Guard

Big School

Gage Stevens – Keystone Heights | Guard
Matthew McKinney – Oak Hall | Guard
Adrian Bloodworth – PK Yonge | Guard
Palmer Pressley – PK Yonge | Forward

Coaches

Greg Bowie – Hawthorne
Herman “Pop” Williams – Eastside