CBA Coach of the Year: Chattanooga Rail Runners coach Paul Gaffney is the 2015 Central Basketball Assoc. Coach of the Year
Brainerd HS alum E'jay Ward earned first team All-CBA honors for 2015
Baylor School alum Jonathan Adams earned first team All-CBA for 2015
Brainerd HS alum Fred Sturdivant earned second team All-CBA honors for 2015
East Ridge HS alum Alex Wells earned third team All-CBA honors for 2015
For the second straight season the Chattanooga Rail Runners basketball team won the regular season, but have also lost in the Central Basketball Association playoff semifinals.
Saturday night in Fort Wayne, Ind., the host and No.4 seed Fort Wayne Flite upset the No.1 Rail Runners, 85-80.
Chattanooga was led by Brainerd HS alums E'Jay Ward and Fred Sturduvant with 17 points each.
The Flite met No.2 Bowling Green (Ky.) in today's championship game.
All-Stars: Chattanooga coach Paul Gaffney is the coach of the year and the Rail Runners have two players on the first team and one each on the second and third teams.
First Team:
Guard: E'Jay Ward (Brainerd HS/Tenn. Wesleyan)
11.5 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 8.5 apg, 4.4 spg, 0.2 bpg
Forward: Jonathan Adams (Baylor School/Old Dominion University)
13.5 ppg, 11.5 rpg, 2.7 apg, 0.3 spg, 1.5 bpg
Second Team:
Forward: Fred Sturdivant (Brainerd HS/Texas Southern University)
15.5 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 0.6 apg, 0.8 spg, 2.4 bpg
Third Team:
Guard: Alex Wells (East Ridge HS/Lee University)
20.9 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 1.8 apg, 1.2 spg, 0.5 bpg
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