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Osweiler, Cutler on All-State first team

| March 13, 2008 1:00 AM

The Daily Inter Lake

Flathead's Brock Osweiler, a 6-foot-8 junior forward/post, and Glacier's Ben Cutler, a 5-10 junior guard, have been named to the Class AA All-State boys' basketball team from the Western Division.

Osweiler averaged 21 points and 13.9 rebounds during the regular season for the Braves, while Cutler averaged 18.9 points for the Wolfpack.

It's the third straight year Osweiler has been named to the All-State first team. Last year, he averaged 17.3 points and 10.2 rebounds.

Osweiler and Cutler were also on the Western Division All-Conference first team.

Flathead's Jake Thiesen and Glacier's Shay Smithwick-Hann were selected to the All-State second team. Thiesen averaged 10.1 points and Smithwick-Hann 18.6 points and 10.4 rebounds.

Thiesen and Smithwick-Hann were also named to the Western Division All-Conference second team.

Western Division

All-State

First Team

Andy Garland, 6-5, senior, Sentinel; Brock Osweiler, 6-8, junior, Flathead; Grant Fink, 6-7, senior, Helena High; Matt Miller, 6-4, sophomore, Helena Capital; Mark Henkel, 6-3, senior, Sentinel; Ben Cutler, 5-10, junior, Glacier

Second Team

Justin Montelius, 6-0, senior, Big Sky; Mike LaValley, 5-11, junior, Big Sky; Jake Thiesen, 5-10, senior, Flathead; Mike Devlin, 6-1, senior, Big Sky; Shay Smithwick-Hann, 6-4, sophomore, Glacier

All-Conference

First Team

Garland, Osweiler, Fink, Miller, Henkel, Cutler

Second Team

Montelius, LaValley, Thiesen, Devlin, Smithwick-Hann

Honorable Mention

Matt Njos, 5-8, junior, Helena Capital; Brendan Brown, 6-0, senior, Hellgate; Justin Reynolds, 6-6, senior, Hellgate; Taylor Norby, 6-2, senior, Hellgate; Dan Thisselle, 6-2, senior, Sentinel; Casey Lamping, 6-2, senior, Helena Capital

Eastern Division

All-State

First Team

Casey Rogers, 6-1, senior, West; Cole Conway, 6-3, senior, Butte; A.J. Paine, 6-0, senior, Senior; James Cole, 6-2, senior, Bozeman; Eric Halvorson, 6-5, junior, West

Second Team

Josh Huestis, 6-5, sophomore, C.M. Russell; Brandon Boltz, 6-4, senior, Butte; Mike Hawbaker, 6-2, senior, Butte; Gabe Rucker, 6-1, junior, Bozeman

Al-Conference

Rogers, Conway, Paine, Cole, Halvorson, Huestis, Boltz, Hawbaker, Rucker

Honorable Mention

Peter Stordahl, 6-1, junior, West; Patrick Webb, 6-6, senior, Bozeman; Devin Scott, 6-2, senior, Skyview; Ben King, 6-3, junior, West; Joel Reitz, 6-0, senior, West; Andrew Heavyrunner, 5-11, junior Great Falls; Cramer Caouette, 6-2, senior, C.M. Russell; Jordan Clark, 5-11, junior, Skyview; Austin Heavyrunner, 6-2, sophomore, Great Falls; Sean McGrath, 6-3, senior, West