Recently, we unveiled our plan to name area programs’ top five players of the 21st century, which sits at 25 seasons in both football and basketball.
Reminder, this is based on high school career performance ONLY. This is by no means a definitive list and, if anything, is encouraging debate on potential omissions to this list.
Through exhaustive research, reaching out to former coaches and players and our own personal opinion, here is the OTH Quarter Century Team for Lakewood Park Panthers boys basketball.
Note: The list is in alphabetical order
Caedmon Bontrager
For the most part, you won’t see players who didn’t finish their careers at a school on these Quarter Century team lists. But when you factor in how dominant that Bontrager was through 2 and 1/3 seasons, his value has been neat unmatched for the Panthers. In his freshman season, Bontrager averaged 11.8 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game while shooting 54.6 percent. As a sophomore, his averages went up to 20.7 points with 6.6 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game. Bontrager played 8 games for the Panthers his junior season before leaving for prep school, but in that time averaged 21.8 points and 10.3 rebounds and was actively one of the best players in the area at the time. He is tied in program history with 7 blocks in a game and still ranks second in blocks in a season and career and rebounds in a game, season and career.
Zac Crosby
Zac Crosby capped his high school basketball journey at Lakewood Park Christian in 2013 as a standout scorer, finishing with 1,184 career points. He was recognized among the Fort Wayne area’s top seniors and hit 80 threes in 2012–13, then was honored in 2024 with induction into the LPCS Athletics Hall of Fame. As of press time, Crosby still holds five program records for Lakewood Park: steals in a season (80) and career (226), as well as three pointers made in a season (60), a game (6), and a career (180).
Keegan Fetters
Keegan Fetters, a 2017 grad, left a vivid imprint on the Panthers’ basketball program. In his senior season, he posted impressive averages —21.5 points, 6.6 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 2.6 steals, and 1.3 blocks per game — ranking among Indiana’s top performers and leading Class 1A statistically while Lakewood Park captured their first ever Sectional title. He delivered several standout outings, including a 31-point game in a regional tournament win. His 515 points during his senior season ranks 2nd all-time for the program while he holds program records for steals in a game (10), blocks in a game (7), free throws made in a season (149) and in a career (334).
Avery MacFarlane
Still an active player for the Panthers (Class of 2026), MacFarlane has been a high-usage scorer and rebounder, turning in lines like 23 points and 14 boards against Adams Central and a run of three straight 23+ point outings late in 2024–25. As a junior, MacFarlane posted a program record with 282 total rebounds, coming out to averaging 18.8 points and 11.8 rebounds per game, while adding 2.2 assists, 1.7 blocks, and one steal per game. He had 18 double doubles as a junior. During his sophomore year, MacFarlane averaged 12 points, 8.7 rebounds, 1.3 steals, and 1 block per game.
Tommy Strine
Strine, a member of Lakewood Park’s Class of 2009, starred for the Panthers and amassed 1,601 career points, ranking him among the top 50 scorers in Indiana high school basketball history. He showcased his scoring ability with 20 points in the 2009 Indiana Christian High School All-Star Game. Strine scored 500 points as a senior, still 3rd most in a season for the Panthers; his 16 assists in a single game, 21 rebounds in a single game in 2007 and his 800 career rebounds remain program records. He later helped Anderson University to their first Heartland Conference title and is now a coach, inducted into the LPCS Athletic Hall of Fame in
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