4 WPIAL basketball players chosen for new PIAA all-championship team honor
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Monday, March 31, 2025 | 4:59 PM
South Allegheny’s Drew Cook drives to the basket to score between West Catholic defenders during the PIAA Class 3A championship game on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at Giant Center in Hershey.
South Fayette’s Juliette Leroux celebrates with teammates after defeating Archbishop Wood in the PIAA Class 5A state championship game on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at Giant Center in Hershey.
Upper St. Clair’s Rylee Kalocay drives to the basket between Perkiomen Valley’s Quinn Boettinger and Grace Galbavy during the PIAA Class 6A championship game on Friday, March 28, 2025, at Giant Center in Hershey.
Neighborhood Academy’s Courtney Wallace drives to the basket past Sankofa Freedom’s Jameel Brown during the PIAA Class A state championship game on Thursday, March 27, 2025, at Giant Center in Hershey.
Four WPIAL basketball players were among 24 student-athletes chosen for the first-ever PIAA Hoopsfest All-Championship Teams.
South Allegheny’s Drew Cook, Upper St. Clair’s Rylee Kalocay, South Fayette’s Juliette Leroux and Neighborhood Academy’s Courtney Wallace were selected by the PIAA for the honor. The PIAA announced separate 12-player teams for boys and girls based on performances in the state finals Thursday-Saturday at Giant Center in Hershey.
This was the first year that the PIAA selected all-championship teams.
Eleven players on each team were identified through a vote of select media members and “representatives from the Pennsylvania basketball community,” according to the PIAA. TribLive was included in the media vote.
One player on each team earned a spot through fan voting. Kalocay was voted in as a fan favorite.
• Epps led South Allegheny with 22 points and five rebounds in a 60-51 loss to West Catholic in the Class 3A boys final.
• Kalocay scored a team-high 10 points for Upper St. Clair in a loss to Perkiomen Valley, 58-27, in the Class 6A girls final.
• Leroux led South Fayette with 15 points and seven rebounds as the Lions won 45-37 over Archbishop Wood in the Class 5A girls final.
• Wallace posted a double-double in the Class A boys final with 16 points and 13 rebounds as Neighborhood Academy defeated Sankofa Freedom Academy, 60-51.
PIAA Hoopsfest All-Championship Teams
Boys team
Stephon Ashley, Neumann-Goretti
Jayvon Byrd, West Catholic
James Campbell IV, Hershey
Drew Cook, South Allegheny
Sammy Jackson, Roman Catholic
Kevair Kennedy, Father Judge
Kingston McKoy, Berks Catholic
Stephen Smucker, Linville Hill
Cameron Sweeney, Hershey
Mason Thear, Devon Prep
Courtney Wallace, Neighborhood Academy
DeShawn Yates, Neumann-Goretti*
Girls team
Quinn Boettinger, Perkiomen Valley
Ryan Carter, Archbishop Wood
Alaina Dadzie, Loyalsock Township
Grace Galbavy, Perkiomen Valley
Lacey Kriebel, Loyalsock Township
Juliette Leroux, South Fayette
Sanyiah Littlejohn, Lansdale Catholic
Rylee Kalocay, Upper St. Clair*
Anberlyn Petrecca, Bishop Guilfoyle
Coral Prosser, Berlin Brothersvalley
Morgan Ruggery, Bishop Guilfoyle
Amya Scott, Neumann-Goretti
*Won fan favorite vote
The 2025 All-Championships HoopsFest Boys' Team is HERE
Congratulations to the student-athletes who were selected!
#PIAABasketball pic.twitter.com/UNmptlT1to
— PIAA (@PIAASports) March 31, 2025
Congratulations to the student-athletes who were selected!
— PIAA (@PIAASports) March 31, 2025
Chris Harlan is a TribLive reporter covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a reporter at the Beaver County Times. He can be reached at charlan@triblive.com.
Tags: Neighborhood Academy, South Allegheny, South Fayette, Upper St. Clair
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