{"id":15526,"date":"2013-03-27T10:41:22","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T15:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=15526"},"modified":"2013-03-27T10:41:22","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T15:41:22","slug":"n-d-class-a-boys-all-state-basketball-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=15526","title":{"rendered":"N.D.Class A Boys All-State Basketball Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/basketball.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7811\" title=\"basketball\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/basketball-300x202.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/basketball-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/basketball-431x291.png 431w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/basketball-259x175.png 259w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/basketball.png 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP Mar 27, 2013) &#8211; Guards, guards, everywhere guards. Frontcourt players took a back seat when the 2013 Class A boys all-state basketball team was selected.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As chosen by the state Associated Press Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association, the first team consists of three pure guards and three rovers.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A.J. Jacobson of state champion Fargo Shanley is the focal point of the team. He won a triple crown of sorts by winning a state championship, earning the Class A senior athlete award and claiming Mr. Basketball honors.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Along the way, he broke the unofficial Class A career scoring record with 2,002 points. He averaged 26.4 points, 12.8 rebounds and 5.1 assists as a senior and scored 27 points in the Deacons&#8217; 73-54 win over Bismarck in the state title game.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In addition, he grabbed 12 rebounds and assisted on six baskets against Bismarck.\u00a0 For the season he averaged 2.6 steals and 2.5 blocked shots. He&#8217;ll attend North Dakota State next fall.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jacobson&#8217;s first-team all-state teammates are Mac Kroeplin of Grand Forks Red River, Erron Collins of Mandan, Nate Mertens of Devils Lake, Tanner Kretchman of Fargo Davies and Ben Weisbeck of St. Mary&#8217;s. Jacobson returns to the first team. Weisbeck, Kroeplin and Mertens were second-team picks last season.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kroeplin, Collins and Mertens were Mr. Basketball finalists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP Mar 27, 2013) &#8211; Guards, guards, everywhere guards. Frontcourt players took a back seat when the 2013 Class A boys all-state basketball team was selected. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As chosen by the state Associated Press Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association, the first team consists of three pure guards and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13771,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15527,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15526\/revisions\/15527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}