Almost All-Staters : Small West

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Last week I took a look at some big school seniors that just missed out on the OGBCA All-State team. Today we are looking at some small-school standouts. All of these players made the All-Region squad. Some of them were playing on State Tournament Saturday, and the only thing in some cases keeping them from an All-State jacket was that they had a great teammate on the squad already. While Dover and Seiling were able to have multiple players named to the All-State squad, limited spaces were available for some tremendous players. 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