All-state selections were announced. Photographer Steve Harrison knows talent! Here is a great photo he captured of New York State Girls Basketball First Team selection Vanessa Hall of Andover-Whitesville and New York State Boys Basketball Class D Player of the Year Pacey Hopkins of Avoca-Prattsburgh.
(Editor’s Note: The writers and photographers from wellsvillesports.com and the Sun publications did not vote in the all-state selections. The Sun will be publishing the Great 8 (story HERE) soon, with indepth features on the players and coaches of he year and fun bio’s on each player on all three teams. Congratulations to those selected to the all-state team)
Area Girls all-state selections:
Class B:
Player of the Year, Eva DeChaent, junior from Putnam Valley, 23 points per game
Second team: Giovanna White-Principio, Waterloo
Third team: Kylie Buckley, Livonia
Fifth team: Morgan Carabello, Waterloo
Sixth team: Grace Murphy, Midlakes
Eighth team: Emily Gersitz, Attica
Ninth team: Lillian Hoyt, Hornell
11th team: Sierra Harrison, Penn Yan
Honorable Mention: Marley Adams, Wellsville
Class C
Player of the Year, Mary Ashlet Groot, Dalton School, 24.2 points per game
Fourth team: Lillian Mullen, Canisteo-Greenwood
Eighth team: Mallory Welty, Portville
Ninth team: Libby Benner, Keshequa
11th team: Lilly Bentley, Portville
Hallie Knapp, Dundee-Bradford
12th team: Sarana McDowell, Avon, Karlee Zinkievich, Pavilion
Class D
Player of the year, Kayla Campbell, Franklin, Section IV, senior, 27.2 points per game
First team: Vanessa Hall, junior, Andover/Whitesville, 29.6 points per game
Emma Cole, Fillmore, senior, 21.8 points per game
Fourth team: Jadyn Mucher, Fillmore, senior
Mary Hamer, Belfast/Genesee Valley, sophomore
Fifth team: Lindsey Weidman, Notre Dame Batavia
Sixth team: Dakota Brinkman, Elba
Seventh team: Hannah Hoerter, Hammondsport
BOYS
Class B
Player of the Year, Zaire Baines, Portledge, AIS
Eighth team: Tyler Curran, Allegany-Limestone
Ninth team: Paul Goodness, Pal-Mac
10th team: Isaiah Camp, Newark
12th team: Drew Morrow, Dansville
13th team: Anthony Starks, Greece Olympia
15th team: Mitch Hockney, LeRoy
16th team: Carter McFollins, Batavia
Honorable mention: Jaeden Adams, World of Inquiry, Christopher Coyle, Livonia, Logan Dunbar, Wellsville, Andrew Eschnew, Northstar Christian, Ian Goodness, Pal-Mac, Jahod Faison, Olympia, Bringham Hansen, Penn Yan, Merritt Holley, LeRoy, Troy Kabat, Mynderse, Gennaro Picco, Hornell,
Class C
Player of the Year
Jalen Hardison, Newfield
First team: Lucas Brown, Salamanca
Second team: Zach Colvin, Avon
Eighth team: Logan Salvatore, Dundee-Bradford
Honorable mention: Hunter McCaffrey, Canisteo-Greenwood
Class D
Player of the Year Pacey Hopkins, Avoca-Prattsburgh
Second team: Macoy Putnam, Avoca-Prattsburgh
Third team: Sawyer Devoe, Avoca-Prattsburgh
Fourth team: Colin McCulley, Batavia Notre Dame
Fifth team: Terry Bayly-Henshaw, Wheatland-Chili, Leighton Williams, Wheatland-Chili,
Sixth team: Jordan Welker, Notre Dame Batavia
7th team: Diego Bessette, C.G. Finney
Honorable mention: Haden Abbott, Avoca-Prattsburgh; Colby Cornish, Jasper-Troupsburg; Ryan Fitzpatrick, Batavia Notre Dame; C.J. Gottler, Elba; Zach Marsceill, Elba; Will Roeske, Fillmore.
