Alderson Broaddus got a tremendous late addition to their men's basketball program last week. Tavon Horton of Fairmont, WV signed on with the Battlers. Horton was a West Virginia 1st-team AA All-State selection this past season for his accomplishments on the court for the Fairmont Senior Polar Bears. This past season Horton average 11 point per game, 5 rebounds per game, 4 assists per game and 2.5 steals per game while playing the point guard position. Those were impressive numbers on a team that regularly played 10 to 12 players a night. He was named the 2015 Times-West Virginia Player of the Year.Horton really caught the eye of the Battler coaching staff at this past season's West Virginia Boy's
State Tournament. This was the venue where Tavon took his game to another level and showed why the Battlers would come calling this summer. He averaged 17 points per game during the three games that Fairmont Senior played in the state tournament. What is even more impressive is that Horton drew the opposing team's best player in each of the three games of the state tournament. He drew the defensive assignment of guarding Bridgeport's John Wilfong and Poca's Elijah Cuffee. Both of those players were also 1st-team all-state selections. Horton held both players to a combined 16 points. Cuffee already has several D-I offers including an offer to play at Texas Tech. Fairmont Senior finished as the WV AA Boys Basketball Runner Up. The Polar Bears finished the season with 23 wins an 3 losses.This past summer Tavon was selected to play in the prestigious West Virginia North-South All-Star basketball game. Horton didn't slow down his progress at this venue either. He finished the game with 15 points, 8 assists and 4 steals. For his efforts, Tavon was named the North All-Star Most Valuable Player of the Game. We hope to catch up with Tavon for an interview later on this week.
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