Area schools well represented on District 11 Volleyball All-Star teams
Fourteen Times News area student-athletes were named District 11 volleyball all-stars.
The list of area players is headlined by five selections from Schuylkill League champion Panther Valley. Marian had three players on the squad; Pleasant Valley and Jim Thorpe both had two; and Weatherly and Lehighton had one apiece.
In Class A, Marian’s Alivia Karchner made the first team while teammates Antonina Zeleniak and Macie Mazalusky were on the second team. Weatherly’s Emily Zoscin was also a second team selection,
In Class 2A, Panther Valley dominated the squad, capturing five of the nine spots. Panthers on the first team were Rachelle Filer, Olivia Dacey, Emilee Kwaak, Jenna Dubosky and Erika Dubosky. Jim Thorpe players on the 2A team were Kelsey Carroll and Abbey McGinley.
In Class 3A. Lehighton’s Lillian Brown was a second team selection.
In Class 4A, Pleasant Valley’s Desi Powell was named to the second team and Jenny Clifton was named honorable mention.
DISTRICT 11 VOLLEYBALL ALL-STARS
CLASS 1A
MVP
Luca Walborn, Nativity, Sr., (S)
First Team
Emily Lawrence, Mahanoy Area, Jr. (OH); Caitlin Honus, Mahanoy Area, Jr., (S); Alivia Karchner, Marian, So., (MH); Samantha Heenan, Nativity, So., (OH); Allison Clarke, Nativity, Jr. (MH); Morgan Jacoby, Nativity, Sr. (MH/RS).
Second Team
Madison Cavenas, Mahanoy Area, Sr., (MH); Kendall Bernardyn, Mahanoy Area, Sr. (RS); Antonina Zeleniak, Marian, Sr. (L); Macie Mazalusky, Marian, Jr. (OH); Kierstyn Strauser, Narivity, Jr., (RS); Emily Zoscin, Weatherly, Sr. (OH).
CLASS 2A
First Team
Rachelle Filer, Panther Valley, Sr. (MH); Olivia Dacey, Panther Valley, Jr. (OH); Emilee Kwaak, Panther Valley, Sr. (OH); Jenna Dubosky, Panther Valley, Jr. (OH/S); Erika Dubosky, Panther Valley, So. (MH); Gabrielle Brown, Pine Grove, Sr. (MH/S); Meg Wolfe, Panther Valley, Fr. (MH/OH); Mary McFarland, Notre Dame GP, So. (S); Kelsey Carroll, Jim Thorpe, Sr. (OH/S); Abbey McGinley, So. (L).
CLASS 3A
MVP
Rachel Hess, Allentown Central Catholic, Sr., (OH)
First Team
Amelia Painter, Pottsville, Jr., (L); Mackenzie Fieght, Southern Lehigh, Jr., (OH); Courtney Kyliish Southern Lehigh; Jr., (OH); Grace Bar, Allentown Central Catholic, Sr., (MH); Sydney Giamialis Jr., (L).
Second Team
Kyleigh Brown, Bethlehem Catholic;So., (L); Margaret McGuire, Allentown Central Catholic, Jr., (MH), Margaret Benzing, Bethlehem Catholic, Sr., OH/DS); Monica Vargo, Allentown Central Catholic, So., (S); Lillian Brown Lehighton, Sr., (L); Jules Plachko, Fr. (OH).
Third Team
Maddie Gordon, Blue Mountain, Sr, (MH); Savannah Graver, Allentown Central Catholic, Jr., (OH); Genessa Sirard, Southern Lehigh, Sr.; (MH); Myah Conway, So., Blue Mountain; Ava Graspy, Allentown Central Catholic, Jr., (OPP); Brook Adm, Southern Lehigh, So.; (S).
CLASS 4A
MVP
Caroline Bond, Emmaus, Sr.. (S)
First Team
Lina Perugini, Liberty, Jr., (OH); Macy Van Den Elzen, Emmaus, Jr., (OH); Maria Harding, Nazareth, Jr., (OH); Adriana Goetz-Morales, Parkland, Sr., (MH); Grace Steurer, Parkland, Jr., (OH); Alyson Peters, Whitehall, Sr., (MH).
Second Team
Caroline Walsh, Nazareth, Sr. (MH); Julia Burcin, Liberty, Sr.,(MH); Emily Quinn, Nazareth, Sr., (S); Brooke Kratzer, Parkland, Sr., (S); Desi Powell, Pleasant Valley, Sr.; (OH); Jamie Byrne, Liberty (Jr., (S).
Honorable Mention
East Stroudsburg South - Alexis Cole; Easton - Jenna Deegan; Emmaus - Rebecca Dalstad, Jaya Bhagat; Freedom - Avery Lynn; Nazareth - Desta Zegeye; Northampton - Sydney Heffner; Parkland - Jenny Clifton; Pleasant Valley - Cameron Caffrey; Stroudsburg - Jamie Bittiger.