(Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Sam Masten, #24, Rock Canyon, celebrates as time runs out for the Overland Blazers at the Colorado High School basketball Championships Great Eight at the Denver Coliseum March 03, 2018. Rock Canyon won 54-47 to move on to the Final Four next week. 
Getting your player ready...
Rock Canyon point guard Sam Masten was named the state’s boys basketball Gatorade Player of the Year on Thursday morning, becoming the first Jaguar to receive the honor.
The senior leads Rock Canyon into its second straight Class 5A Final Four on Friday, when the Jaguars take on George Washington at 8:30 p.m. Masten ranks second in the state in scoring average at 22.5 points per game, and is also putting up 7.9 rebounds and 3.4 assists.
A University of Northern Colorado commit, the 6-foot-4, 170-pounder holds a 3.84 GPA and is now a finalist for the Gatorade National Boys Basketball Player of the Year award to be announced in March.
