Schwartz named to BDC West second team

<span>The Black Diamond Conference, in a Facebook post, revealed its 2014-15 all-conference boys' basketball selections on Saturday.</span>

<span>Junior point guard Jason Schwartz was Chester's lone representative, earning a selection to the BDC West Division second team.</span>

<span>First-team selections are senior Nick Marlo (Sesser-Valier-Waltonville), senior Chase Rednour (Trico), junior Hunter Wheeler (Christopher), freshman Braden Webb (Goreville) and senior Ryan Myers (Trico).</span>

<span>Joining Schwartz on the second team are sophomore Kaeleb Pedigo (Christopher), senior Luke Thompson (SVW), senior Jake Chapman (Trico) and junior Josh Calloni (Christopher).</span>

<span>Marlo was selected as the Most Valuable Player, with Rednour designated as captain.</span>

<span>The Yellow Jackets saw their postseason run end with a 73-43 loss to Gibault Catholic in the semifinals of the Class 2A Chester Regional, but the team's season didn't end.</span>

<span>Weather-related cancellations at the end of the regular season resulted in a logjam at the top of the BDC standings.</span>

<span>Trico and S-V-W trailed West Division Christopher by one game when the regular season was cut short.</span>

<span>In a meeting of the BDC athletic directors last week at Zeigler-Royalton, it was decided that the Trico-Zeigler game would be made up, as well as the Chester-S-V-W contest - dependent on S-V-W's advancement in the Class 1A postseason.</span>

<span>The Red Devils lost to Meridian in the semifinals of the Hardin County Sectional, setting up Friday's makeup game with the Yellow Jackets.</span>

<span>Chester lost that contest, 63-52, to finish 17-12 for the season and 3-6 in the BDC. As a result, Trico and Christopher share the BDC West title.</span>

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