For the second consecutive season, Kennedy Catholic’s Layke Fields is the Pennsylvania Sports Writers’ Class 2A Girls Basketball Player of the Year.
Fields led Kennedy Catholic to its second consecutive state championship, scoring 29 points in a 42-40 win over Marion Center in the state title game, including the game-winning bucket with 5.1 seconds left.
Averaging a season double-double of 20.6 points and 12.0 rebounds per game, Fields added 2.9 blocks, 2.2 assists, and 1.1 steals per contest while shooting 68.9% (250 of 363) from the field.
She recorded 23 double-doubles in 29 games including a double-double in all five PIAA playoff game. She averaged 26.6 points and 14 rebounds per game in the PIAA postseason.
Fields, the YDL Sports Network’s District 10 Player of the Year powered by TapNPay+, will enter her senior season with 1,503 career points and 896 career rebounds.
Fields was one of 13 players from District 10 and 9 to earn all-state honors, joining, among others teammates Bella Magestro (second team in Class 2A) and Monique Vincent (third team Class 3A).
Class 5A state runner-up Cathedral Prep also had three players selected, as Jayden McBride and Addie Biel were first-team selections and Lena Walz was second team.
In Class 4A, St. Marys’ Jayssa Snelick, who led the Lady Dutch to a D9 title and a first-round PIAA win, was a second-team selection. Snelick was the YDL Sports Network’s District 9 Player of the Year powered by TapNPay+.
In Class 3A, Olivia Kulyk of PIAA semifinalist Mercyhurst Prep as well as Northwestern’s Makayla Presser-Palmer were second-team selections. Wilmington’s Lia Krarup was honored as a third-team choice in Class 3A.
In addition to the Kennedy Catholic players in Class 2A, Redbank Valley’s Mylee Harmon was second team and West Middlesex’s Caitlin Stephens third team.
In Class 1A, North Clarion’s Lily Homan was a second-team choice.
The full teams are listed below (District 10 and District 9 players are bolded)
CLASS 6A
Player of the Year — Molly Rullo, Cardinal O’Hara
Coach of the Year — Ed Ohlson, Parkland
First Team
Anna Azzara, Spring-Ford, 5-6, Sr., 15.6
Kailah Correa, Lebanon, 5-4, Jr., 19.0
Joanie Quinn, Cardinal O’Hara, 5-6, Sr., 12.0
Molly Rullo, Cardinal O’Hara, 5-9, Jr., 17.0
Brooke Wilson, Archbishop Carroll, 5-9, Sr., 14.0
Reese Zemitis, Neshaminy, 5-0, Sr., 17.6
Second Team
Haylie Adamski, Garnet Valley, 6-0, Jr., 14.1
Alexis Eberz, Archbishop Carroll, 5-8, So., 15.0
Grace Galbavy, Perkiomen Valley, 5-11, Jr., 15.9
Mackenzie Pettinelli, Spring-Ford, 5-10, Sr., 6.7
Natalie Wetzel, Peters Township, 6-3, Jr., 17.3
Talia Zurinskas, Parkland, 5-9, Sr., 14.4
Third Team
Ava Byrne, Manheim Township, 5-9, Sr., 19.6
Quinn Boettinger, Perkiomen Valley, 6-2, Jr., 14.1
Evelyse Cole, Easton, 6-2, Sr., 16.6
Amber Howard, Bensalem, 6-0, Sr., 18.2
Lola Ibarrondo, Neshaminy, 5-8, Sr., 11.7
Megan Ngo, Upper Dublin, 5-3, So., 9.7
Lauren Palangio, Norwin, 6-1, Sr., 13.7
Caleigh Sperling, North Penn, 5-10, Sr., 17.2
CLASS 5A
Player of the Year — Ava Renninger, Archbishop Wood
Coach of the Year — Mike McDonald, Archbishop Wood
First Team
Addie Biel, Cathedral Prep, 6-2, Jr., 15.6
Emily Knouse, Archbishop Wood, 6-0, Jr., 13.0
Jayden McBride, Cathedral Prep, 5-11, Sr., 13.6
Ava Renninger, Archbishop Wood, 5-6, Sr., 13.1
Zya Small, Scranton, 6-2, Fr., 18.0
Second Team
Schuyler Coles, Susquehanna Township, 5-9, Sr., 18.8
London Creach, Oakland Catholic, 5-8, Jr., 15.1
Cici Hernandez, Bethlehem Catholic, 5-6, Sr., 12.2
Gianna Johnson, George School, 6-5, Sr., 17.3
Meghan Murray, Hampton, 5-5, Sr., 22.0
Emma Paul, Armstrong, 5-5, Sr., 22.2
Faith Walker, West York, 6-1, Sr., 18.4
Lena Walz, Cathedral Prep, 5-10, Sr., 11.4
Third Team
Riley Davis, Notre Dame de Namur, 5-9, Fr., 13.0
Lily Fatool, Shikellamy, 5-7, So., 20.0
Daniela Ranieli, Pittston, 5-3, Jr., 18.6
Grace Reedy, Exeter, 5-11, Sr., 20.9
Janay Rissmiller, York Suburban, 5-6, Sr., 12.0
Elle Snyder, Latrobe, 5-9, Sr., 19.8
CLASS 4A
Player of the Year — Shayla Smith, Universal Audenried
Coach of the Year — Greg Huston, Blackhawk
First Team
Peyton Dincher, Jersey Shore, 5-11, Jr., 20.3
Alena Fusetti, Blackhawk, 5-9, Sr., 15.8
Alayna Rocco, Pittsburgh North Catholic, 5-10, Sr., 19.0
Shayla Smith, Universal Audenried, 5-8, Jr., 25.3
Amaya Stewart, Wyomissing, 6-1, Jr., 19.5
Second Team
Isabella Casey, Germantown Academy, 5-9, Sr., 15.8
Molly Driscoll, Allentown Central Catholic, 5-8, Sr., 16.5
Jenna Hillebrand, Scranton Prep, 5-7, Jr., 15.0
Aubree Hupp, Blackhawk, 5-10, So., 14.0
Megan Jacoby, Delone Catholic, 5-5, Jr., 12.0
Arianna Seitz, Eastern York, 6-0, Sr., 20.1
Jayssa Snelick, St. Marys, 5-9, Sr., 19.7
Third Team
Jessica Canty, Parkway Center City, 5-6, So., 22.7
Carryn Easley, Neumann Goretti, 5-4, Jr., 15.0
Maya Jenkins, Scranton Prep, 5-7, Jr., 11.6
Grace McDonough, Lansdale Catholic, 6-2, Jr., 13.5
Oumou Thiero, Quaker Valley, 6-4, So., 19.4
CLASS 3A
Player of the Year — Jordyn Palmer, Westtown
Coach of the Year — Brittany Eisenhuth, Westmont Hilltop
First Team
Mary Bolesky, Lancaster Catholic, 5-4, Sr., 14.4
Ryan Carter, Penn Charter, 5-11, Fr., 17.1
Mallory Daly, Seton LaSalle, 5-8, Sr., 23.8
Brie Droege, Columbia, 5-10, Sr., 18.2
Christiana Gordon, Westmont Hilltop, 6-0, Jr., 21.6
Logyn Greer, Friends’ Central, 6-3, Jr., 14.8
Jordyn Palmer, Westtown, 6-1. Fr., 17.9
Ava Persichetti, River Valley, 5-9, Jr., 20.3
Second Team
Savannah Curry, Westtown, 5-11, Sr., 13.0
Alaina Dadzie, Loyalsock, 6-0, So., 18.4
Olivia Jones, Westtown, 5-10, Jr., 10.0
Rylee Kraft, Lancaster Catholic, 6-0, Sr., 12.8
Olivia Kulyk, Mercyhurst Prep, 6-0, Sr., 17.9
Makayla Presser-Palmer, Northwestern, 6-1, So., 24.7
Third Team
Nal’La Bennett, Friends’ Central, 5-7, Jr., 13.1
Kaylinn Bethea, Penn Charter, 5-9, Jr., 17.3
Jocelyn Goldstein, Masterman, 6-2., Jr., 26.7
Lia Krarup, Wilmington, 5-7, Jr., 19.3
Lacey Kriebel, Loyalsock, 5-11, Jr., 12.1
Jessie Moses, Westtown, 5-10, Fr., 14.0
Maggie Spell, Shady Side, 5-10, So., 19.8
CLASS 2A
Player of the Year — Layke Fields, Kennedy Catholic
Coach of the Year — Amy Trimble, Marion Center
First Team
Shaye Bailey, Freedom Area, 5-8, Sr., 23.4
Layke Fields, Kennedy Catholic, 6-0, Jr., 20.6
Erica Gribble, Greensburg Central Catholic, 5-8, So., 19.4
Lauren Patnode, Perkiomen School, 6-0, Sr., 15.4
Iyanna Wade, Clairton, 5-4, Jr., 40.1
Second Team
Gianna Gallucci, Bishop McCort, 5-7, Sr., 21.3
Mylee Harmon, Redbank Valley, 5-7, Jr., 19.0
Bella Magestro, Kennedy Catholic, 5-8, So., 12.0
Lydia Miller, Marion Center, 5-6, Sr., 14.3
Aubrey Pollard, Northern Lehigh, 5-10, Sr., 17.8
Third Team
Jenna Burkett, Portage, 5-9, Sr., 16.4
Maddison Maynard, Panther Valley, 5-8, Sr., 17.0
Carly Minchoff, Marian Catholic, 5-10, Sr., 14.9
Cloe Price, Everett, 5-8, Sr., 18.5
Kayce Raczka, Minersville, 5-11, Sr., 14.2
Caitlin Stephens, West Middlesex, 5-11, Sr., 20.9
Monique Vincent, Kennedy Catholic, 5-5, Jr., 11.3
CLASS 1A
Player of the Year — Addison Kilmer, Mountain View
Coach of the Year — Kristi Kaack, Bishop Guilfoyle
First Team
Kelly Cleaver, Union (New Castle), 6-0, Sr., 16.0
Addison Kilmer, Mountain View, 6-1, So., 16.9
Emma Larkin, Geibel, 5-6, So., 29.8
Gigi Parlante, St. John Neumann, 5-10, Sr., 16.1
Julie Spinelli, St. Joseph (Natrona Heights), 5-11, Sr., 21.2
Second Team
Naomi Crispin, St. Joseph’s (Boalsburg), 5-5, So., 20.4
Ayla Hileman, Williamsburg, 5-8, Sr., 16.6
Lily Homan, North Clarion, 5-6, Sr., 19.7
Coral Prosser, Berlin Brothersvalley, 5-9, Fr., 16.6
LeeAnna Royer, Williamsburg, 5-5, So., 15.6
Third Team
Kailey Devlin, Meadowbrook Christian, 5-8, Sr., 15.6
Kylie Fruehstorfer, Union (New Castle), 5-5, Jr., 13.0
Courtney Good, Linville Hill Christian, 5-6, So., 13.6
Ciara O’Hara, Kimberton Waldorf, 5-6, Jr., 18.7
Masie Reed, Lourdes Regional, 5-8, Sr., 12.5
Morgan Ruggery, Bishop Guilfoyle. 5-8, Fr., 10.8
