Nashua South's Josh Caruso was named the Division I All-State Player of the Year as well as Mr. New Hampshire Basketball. (Telegraph file photo by TOM KING)

He’s simply the best on many levels.

Nashua High School South scoring sensation Josh Caruso was named the Division I Player of the Year by the New Hampshire Basketball Coaches Organization (NHBCO) as their All-State teams have been revealed.

It’s a fitting honor for the 28-point per game scorer, whose season and high school career came to an abrupt end this past Saturday when Exeter eliminated the Panthers in the Division I quarterfinals. He was also named New Hampshire Mr. Basketball as the state’s best overall boys player.

Caruso (First Team) and guard Josh Tripp (Honorable Mention) were the lone Panthers on the Division I All-State team. Alvirne had guard Sammy DeWitt (Second Team) and forward Garrett Hall (HM), while Bishop Guertin’s Connor McGowan was Second Team and Eli Youseff HM, as was Nashua North’s Robinson Rodriguez. Tripp was also on the All-Defensive Team.

In Division II, Hollis Brookline’s Alton Williams was on Second Team, while his Cavalier teammates, Y’Arie Ramas and James Aruthur, were Honorable Mentions. Souhegan’s Weston Hickman made HM, while Ramas, Souhegan’s Lincoln Wilkins, and Milford’s Tyler Constable were on the All-Defensive team. Hollis Brookline’s Ryan Kelley was Co-Coach of the Year.

Here are the complete Division I and II NHBCO All-State Teams:

DIVISION I

First Team – Josh Caruso, Nashua South; Javon Massiah, Keene; Mason Paquette, Londonderry; Nate McNeff, Exeter; Isaiah Reis, Portsmouth; Christian Bilolo, Manchester Memorial.

Second Team – Sammy DeWitt, Alvirne; Deek Swartz, Portsmouth; Connor McGowan, Bishop Guertin; Shawn O’Neil, Trinity; Logan O’Connell, Bedford; Marcel Rose, Spaulding.

Honorable Mention – Nik Greco, Exeter; Jack Koutrobis, Windham; Christian Chartier, Winnacunnet; Landon Ellsmore, Bedford; Jamal Sanley, Keene; Josho Tripp, Nashua South; Garrett Hall, Alvirne; Brock James, Salem; Jordan Torres, Trinity; Robinson Rodriguez, Nashua North; Brady Sullivan, Pinkerton; Yavier Morales, Dover; Fitch Hennessey,Keene; Wiji Dak, Bedford; Eli Youseff, Bishop Guertin.

All-Defensive Team – Josh Tripp, Nashua South; Jamal Stanley, Keene; Connor O’Rourke, Bedford; Jack Murphy, Windham; Nate McNeff, Exeter.

Player of the Year: Josh Caruso.

Jack Ford Award: Cal Dearborn, Dover.

New Hampshire Mr. Basketball: Josh Caruso.

Varsity Coach of the Year: Frank Moreno, Bedford.

Sub-Varsity Coach of the Year: Brent Smith, Exeter.

DIVISION II

First Team – Evan Berkeley, Pembroke; Tevin Edmunds, Manchester West; Jake Reardon, Bow; Matthew Jernigan, Oyster River; Chase Frizzell, Sanborn; Aiden Gray, Merrimack Valley.

Second Team – Jack Matson, Coe-Brown; Dylan Rego, Sanborn; Devin Riel, Pembroke; Ryan Close, ConVal; Brady Hegan, Pelham; Alton Williams, Hollis Brookline.

Honorable Mention: Brady Moulton, Kingswood; Roy Lucas, Hanover; Beckett Sobel, Hanover; Daven Bailey, Kennett; Max Houde, Manchester West; Weston Hickman, Souhegan; Ryan Casey, Bishop Brady; Nic Oglesby, Merrimack Valley; Y’Arie Ramas, Hollis Brookline; Peyton Larrabee, Bow; Justin Bowlan, Pelham; James Arthur, Hollis Brookline; Brendan Kirby, Oyster River; Ryan Kouchoukos, Coe-Brown; Andrew Fitzgerald, Pembroke.

All-Defensive Team: Y’Arie Ramas, Hollis Brookline; Dave Frechette, Hanover; Lincoln Wilkins, Souhegan; Tevin Edmunds, Manchester West; Tyler Constable, Milford.

Player of the Year: Evan Berkeley, Pembroke.

Jack Ford Award: Daven Bailey, Kennett.

Varsity Co-Coaches of the Year: Ryan Kelley, Hollis Brookline and Rich Otis, Manchester West.

Sub-Varsity Coach of the Year: Julia Labrecque, Pembroke.

MONDAY’S TOURNEY GAMES

It will be, as expected, No.1 Bedford vs. No. 2 Londonderry in Saturday

s Division I finals at UNH. Bedford handled No. 4 Concord Christian 58-34, and No.2 Londonderry bested No. 3 Windham, 51-36.

And, in the Division II boys semis in Rochester, No. 1 Pembroke topped No. 4 Pelham 57-42, while No. 3 Sanborn downed No. 7 Oyster River, 69-59. Pembroke and Sanborn will square off at noon on Sunday at UNH in the finals.