Boyertown’s Kapp, Bieber honored on All-State list

The 2016-2017 Pennsylvania Sportswriters All-State teams were announced Saturday morning and the lists had some Southeast Pa. flavor added to it as a bevy of local athletes were honored.

Players of the Year were Pine Richland’s Amanda Kalin (Class 6A), Washington Trinity’s Sierra Kotchman (5A), Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic’s Sam Breen (4A), Neumann-Goretti’s Chyna Nixon (3A), Bishop McCort’s Haley Thomas (2A) and Lebanon Catholic’s Alexis Hill (1A).

Coaches of the year were Boyertown’s Jason Bieber (6A), Archbishop Wood’s Mike McDonald (5A), Bethlehem Catholic’s Jose Medina (4A), West Shamokin’s Frank Nagy (3A), Minersville’s Jared Homa (2A) and Juniata Valley’s Rachelle Hopsicker.

Boyertown’sAbby Kappwas the lone selection from the Pioneer Athletic Conference. She earned first team honors along with Kalin, Cumberland Valley’s Katie Jekot, Plymout Whitemarsh’s Taylor O’Brien and Penn Hills’ Desiree Oliver. Kapp was instrumental in the Bears’ run to their first state title in school history, hitting the game-winning shot in the team’s semifinal victory over Cardinal O’Hara before scoring a game-high 17 points in state final, a 46-35 victory over North Allegheny. Kapp, who was third in the PAC in scoring averaging 15.5 points per game, finished her Boyertown career as the school’s second all-time leading scorer. She finished her career on 1,671 points, second to only Brad Unger (1,684) in Boyertown history.

A full list of All-State selections:

Class 6A

Katie Jekot, Cumberland Valley, 5-9, Sr., 14.5 Amanda Kalin, Pine-Richland, 5-7, Sr., 23.0 Abby Kapp, Boyertown, 6-0, Sr., 15.5 Taylor O’Brien, Plymouth Whitemarsh, 5-10, Jr., 22.1 Desiree Oliver, Penn Hills, 5-8, Sr., 18.0

Aja Blount, Northampton, 5-11, Sr., 22.0 Tessa Brugler, Nazareth, 5-10, Sr., 17.4 Hannah Nihill, Cardinal O’Hara, 5-5, Sr., 13.0 Lizzie Oleary, Abington, 6-2, Sr., 13.9 Kiyea White, Emmaus, 6-0, Sr., 14.6

Sam Carangi, North Penn, 5-9., Sr., 7.7 Kate Connolly, Souderton, 6-2, Jr., 10.8 Kenzie Gardler, Cardinal O’Hara, 5-6, Sr., 8.8 Rachel Martindale, North Allegheny, 5-8., So., 13.0 Mary Sheehan, Cardinal O’Hara, 5-11, Sr., 12.7 Hailey Zeise, North Allegheny, 5-11, Sr., 10.0

CLASS 5A

Johnasia Cash, McKeesport, 6-1, Sr., 18.0 Jenay Faulkner, Greencastle-Antrim, 5-11, Sr., 18.9 Sierra Kotchman, Washington Trinity, 5-7, Jr., 19.0 Katie May, Archbishop Wood, 5-11, Jr., 9.5 Michaela Porter, Obama, 5-11., Sr., 15.0

Rajah Fink, Dover, 5-10, Jr., 19.5 Erin Gibbons, Wyoming Valley West, 5-8, Sr., 15.6 Megan McConnell, Chartiers Valley, 5-5, Fr., 15.0 Amanda Mobley, Southern Lehigh, 5-7, Jr., 12.4 Cassie Sebold, Archbishop Wood, 5-6, Sr., 8.8

Dajahnae Brannon, Harrisburg, 5-10, So., 16.3 Ashley Hallowell, DuBois, 6-1, Jr., 16.8 Olivia Snyder, Southern Lehigh, 5-10, So., 15.5 Shannon May, Archbishop Wood, 5-5, Sr., 7.1 Courtney Warley, Bishop Shanahan, 6-2, Sr., 17.0 Kaylee Young, Fort LeBoeuf, 5-7, Sr., 21.5

CLASS 4A

Sam Breen, Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic, 6-1, Sr., 23.0 Courtney Cecere, Forest Hills, 5-9, Sr., 17.5 Madison Demski, Erie Villa Maria. 6-2, Jr., 12.5 Kiki Jefferson, Lancaster Catholic, 5-11, So., 22.1 Neila Luma, Bethlehem Catholic, 6-0, Sr., 10.2

Molly Aulbach, Blackhawk, 5-5, So., 14.0 Bella Posset, Beaver, 5-7, Jr., 20.0 Lisa Marchioni, Montoursville, 5-7, Sr., 14.4 Molly Mraz, Erie Villa Maria, 5-8, Jr., 9.2 Zoe Zerman, Northern Lebanon, 5-9, Sr., 13.1

Kayla Aufiero, Nanticoke, 5-7, Sr., 16.2 Sunshine McCrae, East Pennsboro, 6-2, So., 16.2 Taylor Medina, Bethlehem Catholic, 6-0, Fr., 10.8 LeahMiller, Punxsutawney, 6-0, Jr., 16.3 Emily Shopene, Mercyhurst Prep, 5-7, Sr., 9.3 Allison Shuke, Bedford, 5-9, Sr., 19.5

CLASS 3A

Kate Bauhof, York Catholic, 5-7, Jr., 23.2 Amani Johnson, East Allegheny, 5-5, Jr., 31.0 Ashley Jones, Neumann-Goretti, 4-5, Sr., 17.0 Kaley Kovac, Jim Thorpe, 5-10, Jr., 26.0 Chyna Nixon, Neumann-Goretti, 5-10, Sr., 16.0

Brionna Allen, Bishop Canevin, 5-7, Jr., 14.0 Morgan Gentile, Troy, 5-11, Fr., 23.8 Halle Herrington, PhilipsburgOsceola, 5-4, So., 30.3 Natalie Kucowski, St. Basil, 6-3, Sr., 16.2 Maddie Martin, Dunmore, 5-6, Sr., 16.1

Abby Anderson, Holy Cross, 5-11, Sr., 19.1 Alana Davidson, New Hope-Solebury, 5-2, Sr., 13.1 Kasey Engle, Tyrone, 5-7, Sr., 19.2 Olivia Fusaro, West Shamokin, 5-8, Jr., 18.4 Alexa Naessens, Germantown Academy, 6-2, Jr., 9.4 Nicole Varano, Mount Carmel, 5-7, Sr., 18.6

Class 2A

Lili Benzel, Bishop Guilfoyle, 5-8, Sr., 19.1 Diamond Bragg, Camp Hill, 5-8, Jr., 21.4 Karson Swogger, Bellwood-Antis, 5-8, Sr., 26.7 Haley Thomas, Bishop McCort, 5-10, Sr., 23.5 Alexa Williamson, Chartiers-Houston, 6-1, Jr., 23.5

Alli Campbell, Bellwood-Antis, 5-11, Fr., 17.6 Rena Enterline, Blairsville, 5-7, Jr., 18.2 Adrienne Kroznuskie, Minersville, 5-8, Sr., 16.1 Bronwyne Mellott, McConnellsburg, 5-10, Sr., 26.3 Abby Schoffstall, Minersville, 5-7, Sr., 11.4

Megan Bisco, Mahanony Area, 5-9, Jr., 11.6 Mikayla Lovelace, Leechburg, 5-10, Jr., 23.5 Emily Mealy, Minersville, 6-0, Sr., 11.2 Olivia Sirnic, Jeannette, 5-7, Sr., 21.1 Maggie Wigoda, Minersville, 5-10, Jr., 12.4 Jade Young, Abington Friends, 5-10, Sr., 13.7

CLASS A

Carmella Bickel, Lourdes Regional, 5-5, Sr., 15.8 Daeja Quick, Cornell, 5-8, Sr., 22.9 Alexis Hill, Lebanon Catholic, 5-10, Jr., 19.2 Tori Obenrader, North Clarion, 5-11, Jr., 23.5 Ayanna Townsend, Winchester Thurston, 6-2, Jr., 19.2

Laura Barhacs, Williamsburg, 6-2, Sr., 20.2 Ashley Forker, Faith Christian, 5-10, Sr., 15.9 Alyssa Martinazzi, Bishop Carroll, 5-9, Jr., 16.6 Olivia Mottern, Southern Fulton, 5-9, Sr., 17.9 Gian Thorpe, Winchester Thurston, 5-9, Jr., 20.3

Madison Lampe, West Greene, 5-5, So., 18.0 Shayna McNamee, St. John Neumann, 5-7, Jr., 17.3 Sarah Parrish, Sullivan County, 6-3, Sr., 11.4 Halee Smith, Juniata Valley, 5-10, Fr., 14.8 Camryn Thomas, Otto-Eldred, 6-0, Jr., 16.0 Emily Zocsin, Weatherly, 5-8, So., 19.3