By Mike Longo Jr. and Ken Hohman
Basketball bounces in as our local Boys and Girls hit the court with their 2022-23 entries for the upcoming season. Tip-Off Tournaments are over and pre-season nonconference games are in full swing heading toward the annual host of upcoming Holiday Tournaments. Next stop will be regular season play and a quest for a WPIAL Championship, every team’s dream.
Join us as Gazette 2.0 brings you start-to-finish coverage, Girls and Boys action, all season long as our local teams chase their dreams of WPIALGold.
Our staff has compiled a watch list of what we feel will be some of the best and brightest stars our area has to offer. Players to watch that will assuredly be a fan’s delight.
Gazette 2.0 players to watch 2022-23
BOYS BASKETBALL
Moon Area – Senior Maxwell Depner and Junior Elijah Guillery
Sto-Rox – Seniors Josh Jenkins and Drevon Miller-Ross
Bishop Canevin – Seniors Shea Champine and Geno DeFrank
Carlynton – Seniors Chase Jones and Austin Millner
OLSH – Seniors Rocco Spadafora and Bryson Kirschner
Montour – Seniors Jake Wolfe and Ricardo Johnson-McClain
Cornell – Freshman McKenna Griffith
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Moon Area – Senior Shea Evans and Junior Leiana Rucker
Sto-Rox – Senior Alona Eberhardt and Junior Neavah Blanchard
Bishop Canevin – Senior Rachel Boehm and Junior Ashley Lippold
Carlynton – Seniors Jade Adams and Skyla Brown
Montour – Seniors Olivia Persinger and Reagan Kadlecik
Cornell – N/A