Ottumwa -- Indian Hills had one player on the first team, three on the second team and one on the honorable mention list on the All-Region 11 basketball team announced this week.
Sophomore Dijon Farr is the lone IHCC player on the all-region first team. Warriors named to the second team were sophomores Stephen Coles and Jerome Jones and freshman Gary Ricks, Jr. Chad Dillard, a sophomore, was the honorable mention choice from Indian Hills.
Farr, from Pacolet, S.C., was a second-team pick last year as a freshman. He averaged 9.6 points and 5.4 rebounds a game this year and led the team in steals (50) and blocks (29). He didn’t miss a game in two years at IHCC, starting 64 of 66 contests.
Coles and Jones both transferred to Indian Hills after a year at four-year schools – Catawba University for Coles and Missouri State for Jones.
Jones, a St. Louis native, led the Warriors in scoring (13.3) and rebounding (6.2).
Coles, from Danville, Va., averaged 6.6 points and shot almost 60-percent from the floor.
Ricks, a native of Sylmar, Cal., was the second-leading scorer for the Warriors (12.5) while playing in all 33 games this season. He also led the team in three-pointers with 73 and made a three in every game but two, including the last 23 straight. Ricks also was the team-leader in assists with 90.
Dillard, from Rochester, N.Y., was a reserve as a freshman and then started 23 games as a sophomore. He had a 7.1 average and was second in assists.
In addition to Farr, the all-region first team includes Jeremy Robinson from Iowa Western, Tyler Brown from Marshalltown and Paris Gulley and Mansa Habeeb from Southeastern. Brown is a repeat first-team selection.
Chris Caird of Marshalltown and Abby Ruple, Jr. of Southeastern join the IHCC trio on the second team.
The two all-league teams are made up of eight sophomores and only two freshmen, Ricks and Caird.
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