ROANOKE TIMES 

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, April 10, 1995                   TAG: 9504110065
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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POTOMAC STAR, HINES LEAD ALL-GROUP AAA

Tinail Harris, who led Potomac High School to a state championship, has been named the Group AAA boys' basketball player of the year by The Associated Press.

Harris is joined on the first team announced Sunday by Derrick Hines of William Fleming, Brett Harper of runner-up Kecoughtan, Marco Harrison of Petersburg and Shawn Hobson of Granby.

Potomac's Kendall Hayes is the Group AAA coach of the year in balloting by state sportswriters.

Harris, a 6-foot-4 senior, averaged 20.9 points and 8.7 rebounds in leading the Panthers to a 28-1 record, the Group AAA championship and a spot in USA Today's national poll. Harris scored 26 points in Potomac's 62-53 victory over Kecoughtan in the title game.

Hines, a 5-8 senior, is a first-team All-Group AAA pick for the second consecutive year and was Timesland's player of the year. This season he averaged 18.6 points - 2.5 more than last season - and 6.3 assists while shooting 53 percent from the floor and 81 percent from the free-throw line.

Harper, a 6-3 senior, led the Peninsula District in scoring with a 21.1-point average during the regular season and finished with a 21.8 mark in 30 games. The (Newport News) Daily Press' player of the year, Harper scored a career-high 41 points in an Eastern Region semifinal victory over Churchland. He scored 32 or more points in six games and finished his career with 1,343.

Harrison, a 6-9 senior who was the Richmond Times-Dispatch's player of the year, averaged 17.4 points, 19 rebounds and 6.5 blocks for the Crimson Wave, which was ranked No.1 in the final Group AAA poll. Petersburg finished the regular season 21-0.

Hobson, a 6-5 senior who was The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot's player of the year, averaged 22.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 6.4 assists and 4.3 steals. He shot 51.2 percent from the field, including 46.7 percent from 3-point range, and 74.6 percent from the free-throw line.

The second team is Kecoughtan's Nsilo Abraham, Churchland's D.J. Dunbar, T.C. Williams' Michael Horton and Daymond Jackson, and Potomac's Rolan Roberts. 


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