It has become a tradition for the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference to release the league’s boys and girls basketball all-star teams just before kickoff on Super Bowl Sunday.
The league’s coaches have voted Pocono Mountain’s West KJ Coles and Liberty’s Ava Kopetskie as the league MVPs. They will be honored at the PPL Center in between games of the EPC finals at Allentown’s PPL Center. Both are the all-time leading scorers at their respective schools, although both of their teams were eliminated from the league tournament with quarterfinal-round losses on Friday night:
EPC Boys Basketball All Stars
1st Team
KJ Coles – Senior – Pocono Mountain West (MVP)
Blake Nassry – Junior – Parkland
Jake Pukszyn – Senior – Liberty
Noah Walakovits – Senior – Northampton
Tiheed Wise, Jr. – William Allen
2nd Team
Alphy Deris – Senior – Dieruff
Yariel Gonzalez – Junior – Allentown CCHS
Logan Hahn – Senior – Nazareth
Seth Hoderewski – Senior – Whitehall
Gavin Kershner – Senior – Nazareth
3rd Team
Tyler Beck – Senior – Parkland
Tae El-Bassiouni – Sophomore – Stroudsburg
Parker McClary – Senior – Bethlehem Catholic
Jacob Ross – Junior – Emmaus
Brady Simock – Senior – Northampton
Teddy Stiehler – Sophomore – Pocono Mountain West
Ava Kopetskie with her teammates and coaches after becoming Liberty’s all-time leading scorer in girls basketball. (Photo courtesy of Derek Bast)
Girls Basketball All Stars
1st Team
Aliyah Brame – Senior – Bethlehem Catholic
Alexa Davis – Senior – Nazareth
Gabby DeVita – Senior – Emmaus
Ava Kopetskie – Senior – Liberty (MVP)
Jayla Rosario – Senior – Dieruff
2nd Team
Leah Ault – Senior – Bethlehem Catholic
Kam Gallis – Freshman – Bethlehem Catholic
Aniya Holder – Senior – Dieruff
Karly Leszcynski – Sophomore – Nazareth
Gabby Wismer – Junior – Easton
3rd Team
Natalie Amato – Senior – Easton
Isabella Hallal – Senior – Parkland
Sara Kokolus – Senior – Freedom
Aneri McGalla – Senior – Parkland
Olive Whitney – Senior – Emmaus