Jake Singleton named D-II First Team All-Ohio, with Davis Singleton and Dominic Cork

On Apr 7, 2021

Meadowbrook junior sharpshooter Jake Singleton (3) lets loose with a deadly three-pointer during Division II regional semi-final action against Warren High at Southeastern High School. Singleton was named to the Division II All-Ohio First Team on Tuesday.

BYESVILLE — Meadowbrook High basketball players are becoming a fixture on the All-Ohio basketball team—Singleton’s in particular.

For the fourth time in five years, a Colts’ player was named to first-team when the All-Ohio Division I and II boys’ basketball teams were released Tuesday.

This time, it was junior Jake Singleton, joining his older brother Trey as first-team all-Ohio performers. Not to be outdone, Jake’s older cousin Davis was named third-team All-Ohio, this after being named First-Team All-Ohio during the fall as a quarterback.

It’s a good year for Singletons indeed.

“It’s a testament to the family to have two brothers on first team,” Meadowbrook head coach Lou “Scooter” Tolzda said. “They are both similar in how they play and have the same personality. Neither says a whole lot and you never had to get on either of them about working hard. You knew every day they were going to go out and work.”

“And Davis had a super year in football and followed it with a super year in basketball,” Tolzda added.

Jake Singleton led the Colts in scoring with a 20.5 points per game average and will be one of two starers returning from a team that reached the Division II regional finale before falling to DeSales.

Meadowbrook senior Davis Singleton (10) goes in for a layup during Division II regional semi-final action against Warren High at Southeastern High School. Singleton was named to the Division II All-Ohio Third Team on Tuesday.

Offensively, one of the stats that impressed Tolzda about Jake Singleton is the high percentage at which he hit 3-point shots—nearly 50 percent. Combine that with an 88 percent rating from the free throw line and his ppg average and it’s easy to see why he was named Eastern District Player of the Year and first team all-Ohio.

Davis scored at a 12.8 points per game clip and in reference to both Singletons, Tolzda admitted sometimes he had to ask them to shoot more.

“We had to get on them about shooting the ball more,” Tolzda admitted “Davis, there were times he never shot or cared if he shot the ball. Jake you had to get on him constantly about it. They are both committed to the team first.”

Cambridge senior Dominic Cork (32) goes in for two points of his game high 32 point explosion in Division II sectional final action with East Liverpool. Cork was named to the Division II Third Team All-Ohio on Tuesday.

Davis is joined on third-team by Cambridge’s Dominic Cork, the Bobcats’ 6-foot-6 double-double machine that saved some of his best games for the postseason.

Cork averaged 16 per game his season. In a sectional co-final at East Liverpool, he erupted for 32 points.

Tiffin-Columbian’s Travis Kinn was named DII Coach of the Year while Player of the Year honors went to St. Vincent-St. Mary’s Malaki Branham.