Indiana high school basketball: Preseason coaches poll tabs Cathedral to defend City title

Cathedral is the pick to win the City in boys basketball by a preseason vote of the coaches in the City alliance.

Cathedral, coming off an 18-3 season, returns several of its top players, including seniors Tayshawn Comer (Eastern Kentucky) and Jaxon Edwards (Murray State) and highly-recruited junior Xavier Booker. The Irish are the defending City tournament champion.

In the coaches preseason vote, Tech is slotted second, followed by Crispus Attucks, Tindley and Heritage Christian. Attucks won the City two years ago, then lost to Cathedral in the championship game last year.

Here are the top players to watch this year in the City:

Tech: Dayveon Turner, Reggie Bass

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Bishop Chatard: A.J. Roseman, Carter St. John, T.J. Alexander, Sylvester Williams, T.J. Ford

Cardinal Ritter: Jordan Turner, Austin Sultzer, Mikal Miller

Cathedral: Tayshawn Comer, Jaxon Edwards, Xavier Booker, Jake Davis, Jaron Tibbs

Crispus Attucks: James Smith, Christian Nunn, Ron Rutland, Dezmon Briscoe

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Covenant Christian: Brock Buckley, Christian Flowers, Tony Flatt

Washington: Latraveon Enright, Ammon Burns, Erric Hickenbottom, James Holden, Clem Butler

Heritage Christian: Myles Colvin, Andrew Wiggins, John McLimore

Herron: Tendo Mubuuke

Christel House at Manual: Donnie Pruitt, Jashon Edwards, Brandon Hill

Providence Christo Rey: Jason Johnson, James Holmes Jr.

Purdue Poly: Jushawn Primus, Avery Douglas

Shortridge: Ethan Powell, Elias Diallo, Josh Stigger

Scecina: Layden Adair, Keaton Thibo

Tindley: Aaron Humphrey, Jayden Pinkston, Darion Davis

Call Star reporter Kyle Neddenriep at (317) 444-6649.

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