Locals named to MVC First Team
Lehighton's Jordyn Homyak and Pleasant Valley's Kasey Meckes were both named to the First Team of the 2009-10 Mountain Valley Conference Girls All-Star Team.
Homyak, a junior, averaged 15.4 points per game for the Indians while Meckes, also a junior, topped the Bears in scoring with 12.6 ppg.
No TIMES NEWS area boys players were named to the First Team although PV's Mike Sharpe was selected to the Second Team. Sharpe finished the season averaging 11.5 points per game.
Kyheim Hall of Pocono Mountain East was selected as the MVC boys' Most Valuable Player, while Carly Gallagher of East Stroudsburg South was named the girls' MVP.
Below is a list of all the All-Star teams.
2009-2010 Mountain Valley Conference
Boys' Basketball All-Stars
FIRST TEAM
Tynell Fortune (PM West), Kyheim Hall (PM East), Mike John (ES North), Lamont Tillary (PM East), Matt Poorman (Stroudsburg)
SECOND TEAM
Anthony Baker (ES South), Marvin Gumbs (ES South), Keon Scott (PM West), Mike Sharpe (Pleasant Valley), Sidney Stone (Stroudsburg)
HONORABLE MENTION
Jaquan Bryant (PM West), Tyler Hill (Lehighton), Pat Kregeloh (Pleasant Valley), Tim Pacheco (PM East), Michael Samuels (ES North), Nick Stanovick (Pleasant Valley), Rafiq Williams (ES North)
Girls' Basketball All-Stars
FIRST TEAM
Agatha Drodz (PM East), Carly Gallagher (ES South), Brittani Guerre (PM West), Jordyn Homyak (Lehighton), Kasey Meckes (Pleasant Valley)
SECOND TEAM
Morgan Booth (Stroudsburg), Catie Cardiello (PM East), Sam Fuss (PM West), Tara Steakin (ES South), Brielle Kessel (ES South)
HONORABLE MENTION
Kayla Humphreys (Stroudsburg), Katelyn McKillop (PM West), Yasmeen Shabazz (ES North), Sheena White (Lehighton)