Under the canopy that covers Chenango County basketball resides a decidely purple hue as we unveil our 2011-2012 boys’ basketball all-stars.

Ten young men, all of whom have found themselves on prior all-star lists, made the grade for this year with the Norwich Purple Tornado occupying 30 percent – three of 10 – of our allotted roster spots.

For NHS seniors Dennis Oralls and Seth Thomsen, it is a return appearance to our season-ending list. In fact, six of our ten-pack are again gracing the pages as Chenango County’s best. In that select alumni are Bainbridge-Guilford’s Ryan Porter, Unadilla Valley’s Justin Hofer, Sherburne-Earlville’s Randy Briggs, and Oxford’s Andrew Golden.

Among the new faces are Norwich junior Kyle Edwards, Otselic Valley senior Gideon Schena, Greene senior Sam Adams, and Gilbertsville-Mt. Upton senior DeMario Reed.

This group is senior dominated with just Edwards and Golden the lone athletes returning next season. Every local team but one (Unadilla Valley) sports an all-star selection and finished the regular season with a .500 record or better. B-G and Oxford qualified for the Midstate Athletic Conference final four; Sherburne-Earlville was an unbeaten Center State Conference division champion; Otselic Valley was one win away from sharing the Central Counties League division title; and Norwich, above all, won a Section IV Class B championship.