The Little Lions' guard averaged 12.6 points per game and saved his best for last. Morse scored a career-high 33 points in leading State College to a 76-71 overtime win against Chester in the PIAA Class AAAA championship game on March 22. The 6-foot, 3-inch Morse averaged 15.0 points per game in five state tournament games.

An outstanding shooter, Morse, who gave a verbal commitment to play at Penn State prior to the season, is the first State College player to earn all-state honors since Chris Dodds in 1978.

Morse scored his 1,000th career point against Hempfield on March 8 in the first round of the PIAA tournament and set the school's single-season record with 60 3-pointers. He will enter his senior season with 142 career 3-pointers, 22 shy of Rob Krimmel's school record.

Joining Morse on the third team are Ray Barbosa of Allentown Allen, Harrisburg's Camar Hall, Penns Hills' Byron Knight and Chester's Shaheer McBride.

Headlining the Class AAAA first team is player of the year Maureece Rice.

Rice, a two-time state player of the year, broke Wilt Chamberlain's Philadelphia career scoring record at Strawberry Mansion while averaging nearly 30 points per game this season. Not surprisingly, he was a runaway choice for The Associated Press Class AAAA all-state team.

A 6-foot guard, Rice is a first-team choice for a second consecutive season. He averaged 29.3 points this season after averaging 32.1 as a junior and finished his career with 2,681 points.

Joining Rice on the first team are Pitt recruit Aaron Gray, a 6-11 center from Emmaus who averaged 20.6 points and 12 rebounds; Dustin Salisbery, a 6-4 senior at Lancaster McCaskey who averaged 21 points; Mark Zoller, a 6-5 senior from Saint Joseph's Prep who averaged 21.4 points and 11 rebounds; and Charron Fisher, a 6-3 junior at Philadelphia Roman Catholic. He averaged 20.6 points.

Darrell Blackman, first-team selection last year from Williamsport, dropped to the second team. He was slowed by injuries but still averaged 21.6 points despite missing some playing time.

Blackhawk's Ryan Evanochko, a 6-2 senior, heads the Class AAA first team after averaging 25.4 points.

Joining Evanochko on the Class AAA first team are Greg Testa, who averaged 19 points in leading Lancaster Catholic to an undefeated season and a PIAA title; Michael Green, a 6-1 senior who averaged 19 points at Franklin Learning Center; Marcus Harley, a 5-11 senior at Harriton who averaged 22 points, and Brian Grandieri, a 6-4 junior at Malvern Prep who averaged 17.5 points and was the MVP in the Philadelphia Inter-Academic League.

The Class AA first team is dominated by guards and underclassmen -- only one of the five first-team picks is a senior.

Mike Walker, a 6-0, junior, led Trinity of Camp Hill to an undefeated season and the PIAA title by averaging 19.2 points. He was chosen earlier as the Class AA Player of the Year.

Also on the AA first team are Adam DiMichele, a 6-1 junior from Sto-Rox who averaged 15 points and played against Walker in the PIAA final; Darrelle Revis, a 6-0 junior who averaged 26.3 points while taking Aliquippa deep into the PIAA AA tournament; Jon Iati, a 5-11 senior from York Catholic who averaged 23.7 points and is headed to the University of Albany; and Chris Shovlin, a 6-1 junior at Wilkes-Barre GAR who averaged 30.5 points during the regular season.

Iati and DiMichele were Small School fifth-team choices last season when Class AA and Class A players were combined into a Small School all-state team.

Friends' Central star Mustafa Shakur, a 6-3 senior point guard headed to Arizona, tops the Class A first team after averaging 26.7 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals a game. The Class A player of the year moves up from third team Small School all-state last season.