John McFadden and Mark Reichner of San Juan Hills and Miguel Ortega of Garden Grove are CIF Southern Section boys basketball players of the year, the CIF-SS office announced Monday.

McFadden and Reichner, seniors, were named CIF-SS Division 2A Co-Players of the Year. They led San Juan Hills to the 2A championship. Jason Efstathiou of San Juan Hills is the 2A coach of the year.

Ortega is the player of the year in Division 4AA. Garden Grove won the 4AA championship. Garden Grove’s Brian Girard is the 4AA coach of the year.

La Quinta’s Mark Sanchez is the coach of the year in CIF-SS 5A. He guided La Quinta to the 5A semifinals.

Players from CIF-SS champions usually are selected for the player of the year honors. That happened this season in every CIF-SS division except one, Division 4A. Western won the 4A championship, but Valley Torah’s Johnny Dan is the 4A player of the year.

Western’s representative on the All-CIF Division 4A team is senior Ahmad Hammouri.

Orange County boys basketball players named to the All-CIF teams:

Open Division: Zach Davidson, Mater Dei, Jr.; Koat Keat, Crean Lutheran, Sr.; Vyctorious Miller, Crean Lutheran, So.

Division 1: Rob Diaz, JSerra, Sr.

Division 2AA: Brandon Benjamin, Canyon, Fr.; Cruz Billings, Foothill, Sr.; Makaih Williams, Capistrano Valley Christian, Sr.

Division 2A: Carson Brown, Tesoro, Jr.; John McFadden, San Juan Hills, Sr. (Player of the Year); Mark Reichner, San Juan Hills, Sr. (Player of the Year); Parker Strauss, Pacifica Christian, Jr.; Trey Wilborn, Edison, Sr.

Division 3A: Griffin Haugh, Dana Hills, Sr.; Ramon Lopez, Ocean View, Sr.; Tyler Woods, Orangewood Academy, Sr.

Division 4AA: Dylan Cormac, St. Margaret’s, Sr.; Christian Hubbard, Fullerton, Jr.; Miguel Ortega, Garden Grove, Sr. (Player of the Year)

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Division 4A: Ahmad Hammouri, Western, Sr.

Division 5AA: Lewis Tate, Estancia, Sr.

Division 5A: Viggo Nguyen, La Quinta, Sr.; Shaub Tahir, La Quinta, Sr.