Tigers and Eagles have G-R All-Stars

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 11 March 2019 at 1:32 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Nate Warters and Lyndonville’s Zach Johnson have earned Genesee Region League All-Star honors.

Division II champion Lyndonville has placed two players, senior Zach Johnson and sophomore Nathan Dillenbeck, on the Genesee Region League All-Star basketball team.

Johnson scored 322 points (14.6 average) and had 169 assists, 152 rebounds and 43 steals.

Dillenbeck scored 301 points (13.7 ave.) and had 63 rebounds, 51 assists and 45 steals.

GR All-Star Nathan Dillenbeck of Lyndonville drives against Kendall’s John Rath who earned Honorable Mention.

Kendall is represented by senior Nate Warters who scored 356 points (17.8 ave) highlighted by his topping the milestone 1,000 point career scoring mark late in the season. He also had 86 rebounds, 45 assists and 28 steals.

Lyndonville also had senior Nathan Poler and junior Nathan Hydock earn Honorable Mention as did Holley junior Kohl Morgan and Kendall senior John Rath.

Poler scored 251 points (11.4 ave.) and had 165 rebounds while Hydock tallied 281 points (12.8 ave.) and grabbed off a team high 179 rebounds.

Morgan averaged 14 points and 11 rebounds while Rath scored 245 points (12.2 ave.) and had 95 rebounds, 70 assists and 54 steals.

The All-Star first team also includes senior Jon Boyce and junior Colton Dillon from Elba, seniors Chris McClinic and Ryan Davis from Alexander, seniors Dawson Nelson and Devon Henderson from Attica, junior Gabe MacDonald from Notre Dame, senior Joey Burdick from Oakfield-Alabama and senior Jordon Ludwig from Pembroke.

Johnson and Boyce will represent the G-R League at the Ronald McDonald game on March 23.

Also earning Honorable Mention were, from left, Nathan Poler (Lyndonville), Kohl Morgan (Holley) and Nathan Hydock (Lyndonville).