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WVC coaches announce girls basketball award winners, all-stars

<p>The Wyoming Valley Conference boys basketball coaches selected their divisional MVPs, all-stars and coaches of the year Sunday afternoon.</p><p>Hazleton Area&#8217;s Da&#8217;Mir Faison was selected the Division 1 MVP, Nanticoke Area&#8217;s Nate Kreitzer was picked the Division 2 MVP and Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Dimitri Gnall was chosen the Division 3 MVP.</p><p>Coaches of the year were: Hazleton Area&#8217;s Mike Joseph, Division 1; Nanticoke Area&#8217;s John Beggs, Division 2; and Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Pete Moses, Division 3.</p><p>Joining Faison on the Division 1 first-team all-stars were Dallas&#8217; Jack Farrell, Crestwood&#8217;s Camden Boris and Sean Murphy, Hazleton Area&#8217;s Sparky Wolk and Pittston Area&#8217;s Brennan Higgins.</p><p>Kreitzer&#8217;s teammates on the Division 2 first-team were Nanticoke Area teammates Colby Butczynski and Trahjan Krupinski, GAR&#8217;s Will Johnson, Meyers&#8217; Kendall Brewster and Tunkhannock&#8217;s Tyler Faux.</p><p>Besides Gnall, the other Division 3 first-team all-stars were Hanover Area&#8217;s Asad Whitehead, Holy Redeemer&#8217;s Collin Cook and Nick Prociak, MMI Prep&#8217;s Matt Marchetti and Northwest&#8217;s Jaxson Yaple.</p><p>The Division 1 second-team consisted of Coughlin&#8217;s Tony Egidio, Crestwood&#8217;s Ryan Petrosky and Mike Palmiero, Dallas&#8217; Nick Nocito and Pittston Area&#8217;s Mike George.</p><p>Named to the Division 2 second-team were Berwick&#8217;s Zach Evans, GAR&#8217;s Jared O&#8217;Day, Meyers&#8217; Cole Walker, Nanticoke Area&#8217;s Jake Krupinski and Tunkhannock&#8217;s Ryan Harder.</p><p>Division 3 second-team picks were Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Nick Ganter and Jeremy Callahan, Hanover Area&#8217;s Khairi Carson, Lake-Lehman&#8217;s Max Paczewski and Northwest&#8217;s Sam Saxe.</p><p><strong>Rosters set for Moses Senior All-Star Classic</strong></p><p>The rosters were selected for the 50th annual Dr. George P. Moses Senior All-Star Classic.</p><p>The game is scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday, April 5, at Holy Redeemer High School. The girls game will be played at 6:30 p.m. The preliminary rounds of the 3-point contest will take place at 6 p.m. Monday, April 1, at Coughlin. The finals will be held at halftime of the game.</p><p>Although team names weren&#8217;t chosen, the coaches decided to have all three Wilkes-Barre Area school &#8212; Coughlin, GAR and Meyers &#8212; on one roster. Those schools will be merging athletic programs for the 2019-20 school year. That team will be coached by Coughlin&#8217;s Mike Day, GAR&#8217;s Jerry Altavilla and Meyers&#8217; Pat Toole.</p><p>Players selected to the team were: Aaron Bennett and Tony Egidio, Coughlin; Justin Finarelli, Dallas; Will Johnson, Jared O&#8217;Day and Tyler Young, GAR; Da&#8217;Mir Faison, Kyle Franek, Warren Seigendall and Sparky Wolk, Hazleton Area; Collin Cook and Nick Prociak, Holy Redeemer; Keegan Brewster and Kendall Brewster, Meyers; Bryce Koser, Sam Saxe, Tyler Stevens and Jaxson Yaple, Northwest; Danny Gibbons, Wyoming Valley West.</p><p>Nanticoke Area&#8217;s John Beggs and Tunkhannock&#8217;s Spencer Lunger will coach the other squad.</p><p>Players chosen to the team were: Zach Evans, Berwick; Camden Boris, Frank Casarella, Sean Murphy and Mike Palmiero, Crestwood; Justin Kopko and Evan Materna, Hanover Area; CJ Cercone, Lake-Lehman; Matt Marchetti, MMI Prep; Nate Kreitzer, Trahan Krupinski and Dylan Szychowski, Nanticoke Area; Sevion Leak, Pittston Area; Avery Billings, Tyler Faux and Nick Reposa, Tunkhannock; Dan Wiedl, Wyoming Area; Nick Ganter and Dimitri Gnall, Wyoming Seminary.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Nanticoke Area&#8217;s Nate Kreitzer (right) and Hazleton Area&#8217;s Da&#8217;Mir Faison (left) both earned MVP awards in votes by Wyoming Valley Conference coaches on Sunday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/web1_TTL010419HSBB-Hazleton-Nanticoke_1-2.jpg</photo0><caption0>Nanticoke Area&#8217;s Nate Kreitzer (right) and Hazleton Area&#8217;s Da&#8217;Mir Faison (left) both earned MVP awards in votes by Wyoming Valley Conference coaches on Sunday. </caption0><photoCredit0>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>WVC coaches select divisional all-stars</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By John Erzar</p><p>jerzar@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach John Erzar at 570-991-6394 or on Twitter @TLJohnErzar</p></shirttailMeta></div>

H.S. Boys Basketball: Da’Mir Faison, Nate Kreitzer, Dimitri Gnall named divisional MVPs