The 2018 Wichita Eagle All-Metro boys basketball team

Ty Berry, Newton sophomore

Berry might be the most sought-after recruit in the Wichita area.

He already holds offers from Kansas State, Nebraska, Colorado and Creighton, and Kansas has been trending on the 6-foot-4 sophomore.

Berry averaged 21.6 points per game for the Railroaders. He possesses a rare skill-set with his size and athleticism. He can get to the basket with ease off the dribble, post up smaller guards and pull up from three.

Although Newton finished with a 9-11 record this season, there is great potential on the roster, graduating only one senior. The future was on display in the sub-state tournament, losing to eventual Kansas Class 5A runner-up Salina Central 62-58 on the road.

Newton will have a new coach in 2019 after Andy Hill took over at Northwest, but the stock seems to be rising North of Wichita.

"It's kind of exciting to see what our new coach has to bring to the table from what our last coach had," Berry said. "New experience and just a new way to get better."

Luke Evans, Bishop Carroll senior

Despite finishing third in the City League, Carroll won its first boys basketball state championship in 2018, and Evans was the motor.

Carroll won 18 of its last 19 games against the likes of City League champion Heights, runner-up Southeast and Class 6A championship finalist Lawrence Free State among others. Although Evans wasn't the team's leading scorer, all of the Eagles looked to him for leadership and guidance on a roster that had little of either.

In the Class 5A championship game, a 43-41 overtime victory against Salina Central, Evans led the charge late, including making three free throws to ice the win.

The run started at the McPherson Tournament with a win against Derby, followed with a victory over Free State. Although the Eagles lost to the McPherson Bullpups in the final, the ball was rolling, and they were far removed from the start to the season.

"There was definitely a little bit of panic when we had our 1-4 start," Evans said. "But we knew the things that were causing us to have those losses and blown leads late in the game, we could fix. ... We knew we could fix our mistakes. It was just a matter of time when we would do that."

Caleb Grill, Maize junior

Grill became one of the most electrifying players in the Wichita area this season.

Behind a 41 percent three-point percentage and a knack for getting to the basket, Grill led Maize to an AVCTL I title in 2018 with a 17-6 record. His elevation for momentum-swinging dunks and poise as a versatile defender earned him a spot on this year's All-Metro team.

Grill was named Most Valuable Player in AVCTL I, averaging 16.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game.

Grill has already started to receive Division I attention, holding offers from Colorado State and South Dakota State. Another year with the Eagles and his dad, Chris, as coach should help his stock going forward.

"I'm ready for next year," Grill said. "We'll miss our seniors, but I think we'll have another good year next year. Hopefully we can get to the state tournament and win it."

Bryant Mocaby, Derby senior

Mocaby was only at Derby for one season, but he had a profound impact.

The Panthers made it to the Class 6A semifinals, losing to eventual champion Blue Valley Northwest, but Mocaby turned it up in the state tournament.

He averaged 25.3 points in the tournament, well above his 19.3 season average. The Huskies just had too many options to defend.

Mocaby scored 463 points in his only season in Derby, finishing second on the school's single-season scoring list. And at 6-5, he was a constant threat on the boards.

Mocaby spent three years at Goddard where he played football and basketball. He said the move was one of his best decisions.

"We were talking about it all summer; we were thinking about what we should do and when we should make the decision," he said. "And then we made it, and then it all just paid off from there. ... The relationships that I created with all the guys and all the coaches, it will last a lifetime."

Dylan Vincent, Eisenhower senior

The Wichita-area's top scorer, Vincent filled it up in his Eisenhower career.

Vincent became one of the most prolific three-point shooters in recent Wichita-area history, capable of scoring 40 on any night. He averaged 25.8 points and 5.9 assists per game as a senior and led the Tigers back to the Class 5A tournament for the fifth time in seven years.

Eisenhower was the No. 1 seed in the state tournament for the third straight year behind Vincent.

He and the senior class will go down as the winningest class in Eisenhower history with a 73-19 four-year record. He went 63-7 as a starter.

Vincent leaves Eisenhower as the school record holder in career points, assists, three-pointers made and field goals made.

He has signed to play for Hutchinson Community College. He said he is ready.

"I wish I was already there," Vincent said. "I'm just ready to get to work and get a championship at that level."

Mike Domnick, Bishop Carroll coach

Domnick was not coaching basketball two years ago.

After jumping around from a few different schools, he started to settle in on coaching girls tennis at Maize South. Then the Carroll job came available.

In just his second season with the Eagles, Domnick won his first state championship, a 43-41 overtime victory against Salina Central. There were certainly challenges along the way.

Carroll lost two of its top scorers and rebounders before the season to injury and started the season 4-4 with losses to East and Northwest.

Domnick went to work, trying to find the right formula and niche for each player, and starting with the GWAL/AVCTL Challenge in Koch Arena, Carroll lost one game for the rest of the season.

"I didn't put to much expectations on them," Domnick said. "We just wanted to go in and get better. I had no idea that we would peak and have the success that we did because common sense tells you that young and that inexperience and that small, we would probably struggle a little bit."

This story was originally published March 23, 2018 at 11:21 AM with the headline "The 2018 Wichita Eagle All-Metro boys basketball team."