Cheyanne Alcala

School: Lemoore

Year: Senior

Position: Guard

Need to know: A threat to Hanford’s Cougar Williams for the West Yosemite League Player of the Year award, he closed a three-year career by averaging 12 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists as the Tigers went 28-6, including an 11-1 mark in the conference. His 937 career points rank fifth in school history, and he also walks away with 477 rebounds, 164 assists and 223 steals.

“On most teams, he would have averaged 25 [points],” Lemoore coach T.J. Wilkins says. “But, in our system, we play 12 to 14 guys. Cheyanne is a workhorse, and he finds a way to get it done, to get that steal, to hit the big shot or whatever your teams needs. He will fit in great at any school next year, and I can’t wait to see him play at the next level. His effort and hustle on the court is awesome.”

Jackson Carbajal

School: Buchanan

Year: Junior

Position: Guard

Need to know: He averaged 17 points, 6 rebounds and 1.6 steals, and made the shot that impacted the D-I postseason — a stumbling, off-handed flip that crawled up the rim and dropped through in the final seconds of a shocking 70-69 first-round conquest of top-seeded Clovis East.

The Bears, seeded ninth, had lost 90-66 to the same team at the same site nine days earlier.

“I really thought he stepped up and carried us most of the season,” Buchanan coach Eric Swain says. “We didn’t have a lot of experience, and he shouldered most of the load. Most teams around here knew he was real important for us to be successful, and he still got his. Most important, he became a real all-around player. He’s getting a lot of [college] interest.”

John Hedrington

School: Clovis East

Year: Senior

Position: Guard

Need to know: Two-time first-team Bee All-Star had fewer touches, given the new presence of Sandoval and Bailey, but still had few section rivals in regard to his powerful play around the rim.

He averaged 12.6 points, 6 rebounds and 2.3 assists while making All-TRAC for the third straight year.

“The most impressive thing about John, when we had two other players step in, he was open to being unselfish and not disrupting the team concept,” Timberwolves coach Amundsen says. “He got less shots but tried to help in other areas. He led the team in rebounding and was second in blocks and assists. He just made plays, and he made teammates better all year.”

Steve McClellan

School: Edison

Year: Junior

Position: Center

Need to know: All-County/Metro Athletic Conference for the unbeaten league champions, he averaged 13 points and 11 rebounds while stepping forward in the absence of Greg Smith, who transferred out of state for his senior season.

McClellan, with 11 points and 11 rebounds, had the only double double in the D-I title game as the Tigers defeated Central 66-65 on a last-second shot.

Rodney Webster

School: Hanford West

Year: Junior

Position: Guard

Need to know: He made all-tournament in the Kings County Classic, Dinuba Holiday Invitational and the Polly Wilhelmsen Invitational, but a D-III championship 54-45 win over Ridgeview proved to be his coming-out party. It was then, at Selland Arena, that he delivered 24 points, seven rebounds, four assists and two steals.

Included was the best improvised play of the two-day, 10-game tournament: With the score tied 32-32 and Webster inbounding the ball under his team’s basket, Wolf Pack junior Shannon Ervin turned his back on him. The Huskies’ point guard bounced the ball off Ervin, caught it in the air and laid it in with 1 minute and 24 seconds remaining in the quarter — a turning point in their march toward the school’s first section title in boys basketball.

“That was one of the greatest games in our school’s history,” Hanford West coach Tim Caudillo says. “Rodney’s only a junior and he has to be considered one of the best point guards in the Valley.”

Alton Williams

School: Central

Year: Senior

Position: Guard

Need to know: One of the section’s premier outside threats, the All-TRAC selection averaged 14.9 points and 2.7 steals.

An 81% free throw shooter, he made all eight attempts at the line in the fourth quarter while scoring 19 points in the Grizzlies’ 68-61 D-I semifinal win over Centennial. Then, in the championship against Edison, he scored the last of his game-high 19 points on a 3-pointer with 30 seconds left that gave Central a 63-61 lead in a game it would lose 66-65 at the buzzer.

“The great thing about Alton was people knew he could shoot,” Grizzlies coach Loren LeBeau says. “He was a marked man night in and night out. He made multiple big shots, and he’s a character kid.”