Braves point guard C.J. Edwards is Herald Boys' Athlete of Week

C.J. Edwards is used to making his teammates look good, repeatedly feeding them for baskets as the La Conner High School boys’ basketball team’s assists leader.

Edwards is looking pretty good himself these days as the Skagit Valley Herald’s Boys’ Athlete of the Week award recipient.

Edwards, a 5-10 junior who runs the point for his team, received the SVH honor after scoring seven points and dishing off six assists in a 77-69 league triumph over Orcas Island on Jan. 23.

He followed that up with a season-high 17-point effort Jan. 30 at Mount Vernon Christian, a convincing 56-39 road victory. In that game his dazzling passing was also on display.

Edwards stepped up his point production against MVC to help La Conner overcome a first half deficit and win going away.

“While C.J. hasn’t scored a lot of points this year,” coach Lance Lopez said of Edwards in an interview with the SVH, “he leads the team in assists. He’s a hard worker, a captain and he’s also the player who keeps us going in the right offense.”

Edwards not only delivers passes to teammates from the perimeter but often rotates into the high post, where his interior passing has likewise been superb.