2025-26 Franklin Free Press All-Franklin County Boys’ Basketball Team
Introducing the 2025-26 Franklin Free Press All-Franklin County Boys’ Basketball Team…
First Team
Jake Dill, Jr., Belgreen
Austin Elliott, Jr., Phil Campbell
Evin Lawson, Fr., Tharptown
Khalil Luster, Soph., Red Bay
Jaxon Vinson, Sr., Red Bay
Sir Williams, Soph., Russellville
Second Team
Colton Davis, Jr., Vina
Bryant Harris, Sr., Red Bay
Braycen Johnson, Sr., Belgreen
Parker Odom, Sr., Russellville
Zach Riley, Soph., Tharptown
Madden Welch, Jr., Phil Campbell
Honorable Mention
Malaki Groce, Sr., Russellville
Jonathan Mendoza, Sr., Belgreen
Matthew Patterson, Sr. Vina
Brody Raper, Sr., Vina
Hagen Raper, Sr., Phil Cambell
Franklin County Coach of the Year
John Torisky, Red Bay
(Players on the All-Franklin County Team were nominated by their head coaches and selected by the FFP sports editor. The Coach of the Year award was voted on by the coaches with the coach receiving the most votes selected.)
The Franklin Free Press announced it’s 2025-26 All-Franklin County Boys’ Basketball Team on Friday morning. Of the First Team selections, there were two from Red Bay and one from Belgreen, Phil Campbell, Russellville, and Tharptown.
Red Bay’s two First Team selections are sophomore Khalil Luster and senior Jaxon Vinson, who helped lead the Tigers to an eighth consecutive Franklin County Tournament title and an AHSAA Northwest Regional championship.
Luster, a reigning All-State forward, is the top scorer in the county, averaging 22 points per game—in fact, he averages a double-double with 11 rebounds per game, as well. During the course of the season, Luster has scored 25 points or more in nine games this campaign. And for a big man, he shoots well from beyond the arch with 44 made three-pointers.
The Tigers’ senior leader, Vinson, was a major presence on the floor for RBHS, too. The senior averaged 13 points per game and gave his team 5.5 rebounds on average, as well. Vinson logged a lot of minutes and his performance increased down the all-important stretch.
This is Luster’s second All-County First Team selection and Vinson’s second time appearing on the All-County Team (he was Second Team in 2024-25).
Belgreen’s Jake Dill is up next. Dill stepped up for the Bulldogs after the injury of BHS star Braycen Johnson and helped lead his team to another area championship appearance and a berth in the AHSAA sub-regional. Averaging 15.1 points per game, Dill also averaged 4.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. He was the FFP Athlete of the Week the week of November 24-29. An Honorable Mention last season, this is Dill’s second selection to the All-Franklin County Team.
Phil Campbell’s Austin Elliott is another First Team pick, once again; he was also a First Team All-County player last season. This year the junior was the second leading scorer in the county, averaging 19.1 points per game. He passed the 1,000 career points milestone early on in the season and kept progressing from there. In addition to his double figures scoring average, Elliott added six rebounds per game, 2.5 steals, and two assists.
Russellville’s Sir Williams is one of two newcomers to the All-Franklin County Team. The sophomore had big shoes to fill after the graduation of a scorer like EJ King, but Williams met the challenge with a 17 points-per-game average this campaign, as well as 6.3 rebounds per game. Williams finished as the third-leading scorer in the county.
Rounding out the First Team is Tharptown’s Evin Lawson. The freshman is the other first-time All-County selection. Lawson ended the year averaging 15.1 points per game and, with a shooting percentage of 40, was a constant threat from anywhere on the court. He also did his work off the ball averaging three steals and four rebounds per game.