The Toledo Blade Online
The Toledo Blade OnlineThe Toledo Blade Green Edition
Click here to subscribe or renew!
Temp: 27°
Humidity: 92%
Tuesday, 02/09/10
Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here
Home »   Sports »   High Schools » 


Click to Receive RSS Feeds!EmailPrint IndexHelp FacebookTwitterDiggDel.icio.usFark

Article published March 31, 2008
OHIO'S MR. BASKETBALL
Libbey's Buford named a Parade All-American
Buford


Libbey High School senior basketball star William Buford has garnered yet another prestigious award.

The 6-foot, 5-inch shooting guard has been named to the 10-player first team on the 52nd annual Parade All-America Boys' Basketball squad.

The 2008 All-America teams will be featured in the Parade Magazine supplement in The Blade on Sunday.

Buford is joined on the Parade first team by fellow Ohio State recruit B.J. Mullens, a 7-1 center from Ohio's Canal Winchester High School. Brandon Jennings, a 6-2 guard from Oak Hill Academy, a prep school in Virginia, is the 2008 Parade boys' player of the year.

"It's a real big honor," Buford said of the Parade selection. "It feels like my hard work has paid off. It feels good to be named to the first team, but I still feel I need to keep working harder to get better."

On March 12, Buford was named Ohio's Mr. Basketball for 2008, the highest award for state high school players. He was previously named to the 20-member Jordan Brand All-America team, and to the 24-member McDonald's All-America team. Buford played in the 32nd annual McDonald's all-star game Wednesday, scoring six points, including two dunks.

In conjunction with the McDonald's team honor, Buford and Libbey coach Leroy Bates are scheduled to appear at the McDonald's restaurant at 1540 Broadway in south Toledo tomorrow at 4 p.m.

Buford will discuss his experience at the McDonald's game, which was played in Milwaukee. He will also sign autographs for the public.

Buford's final high school-related basketball contest will be the seventh annual Jordan Brand all-star game April 19 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

That game will be televised live nationally on ESPN2 at 9 p.m.

"The fact that he's scored over 2,000 points and was named Mr. Basketball in Ohio make him well deserving of this award," said Mr. Bates, whose Cowboys have won the past two City League championships.

"He's shown that he's a prolific scorer and our Libbey team has performed exceptionally well with him as the cornerstone. His being selected to these teams adds credibility to the awards."

The Libbey standout concluded his prep career with the Cowboys (24-3) on March 15 in the team's heartbreaking 70-69 overtime loss to Chillicothe in the Division II state championship game at Value City Arena in Columbus. Chillicothe's Ray Chambers scored the winning basket on a buzzer-beating layup.

Buford scored 29 points in his prep finale against Chillicothe to cap his four-year Cowboy career with 2,059 points. That is the second-highest total by a Toledo prep player.

Former Macomber, Ohio State, and NBA star Jim Jackson scored 2,328 points in his four-year prep career with the Macmen.

Contact Steve Junga at:
sjunga@theblade.com,
or 419-724-6461


Permanent Link
Click to order!

 RECENT RELATED ARTICLES

Lazette leads Bedford past Monroe | 02/06/2010
Sturt ignites Hawks to victory | 02/06/2010
Prep basketball scores, summaries | 02/06/2010
Hughes leads Jackets to key NLL win | 02/06/2010
Whitmer hangs on against St. Francis | 02/06/2010
Ottawa Hills tops TC to clinch share of TAAC title | 02/06/2010
Area boys: Liberty-Benton rallies to edge McComb | 02/06/2010
NWOAL boys: Archbold survives rally to knock off Wauseon | 02/06/2010
SLL boys: Eastwood slips by Elmwood in OT | 02/06/2010
NLL boys: Leahy's 26 points lead Rossford to win | 02/06/2010
City League boys: Titans still perfect in CL | 02/06/2010
Emmanuel Christian tops Cardinal Stritch | 02/04/2010
Otsego boys rally to beat Gibsonburg | 02/03/2010
Juergens' 3 carries Eagles past Comets | 01/29/2010
TC boys get victory at buzzer | 01/29/2010

More related articles »


Pro Sports
Updated: 10:23 pm
Cavs cruise to 12th straight victory >>
BGSU Athletics
Updated: 8:07 am
Falcons focused on finish >>
UT Athletics
Updated: 8:06 am
Dressler giving UT a real post presence >>
High School Sports
Updated: 8:50 am
Blade Basketball Poll: 2-9 >>
High School Sports
Updated: 8:22 am
Swanton girls get by Cardinal Stritch >>
Amateur/Olympics
Updated: 8:18 am
Everything but weather cooperating in Vancouver >>
More news stories



click here!
Click here to view our special section.

ADVERTISING SECTIONS
Click to visit us!
Steve Pollick
Updated: 8:23 am
Proposal aimed at cutting local deer herd >>

Dave Hackenberg
Updated: 7:22 am
Friendship deciding factor for ex-Aint  >>

More columnist stories

Golf Guide

Search by course:

MOST READ STORIES
1.  Disruptions abound as snow piles up
2.  Toledo officials given raises up to 26.9%
3.  Officer says 33 dogs seized from suspected puppy mill
4.  U.S. 24 traffic rerouted, I-75 backed up
5.  Weather check, radar and roads
6.  Northview principal gets words of support
7.  Introducing the new Sports Illustrated cover model, Brooklyn Decker
8.  Movie Gallery chain to shut 7 area stores
9.  Knights' Cromwell steps down
10.  Swiergosz sentenced over police standoff
MOST E-MAILED STORIES
1.  Tennis champ accused of phone harassment
2.  Toledo strip club puts cover charge into quake relief
3.  Mental health agency looks to pare $3.5M from services
4.  Homelessness board votes for outside audit; advocate Ken Leslie safe for now
5.  Sylvania lawyer charged in thefts from 2 clients
6.  'Stagecoach Mary' broke barriers of race, gender
7.  MAC basketball struggles with fall from elite
8.  Clyde plans to generate electricity from trash
9.  Equine devotee faces 42 counts of animal abuse
10.  Students, staff navigate Perrysburg High School halls in wheelchairs


AP  News Headlines



AP  Business Headlines



AP  Sports Headlines


AP  Features Headlines
Copyright 2010 The Blade. By using this service, you accept the terms of our privacy statement and our visitor agreement. Please read them.
The Toledo Blade Company, 541 N. Superior St., Toledo, OH 43660, (419) 724-6000
To contact a specific
department or an individual person, click here.
The Toledo Times ®