Carmody to headline 22nd Cager Classic All-Star Game
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018 | 6:48 PM
The 22nd annual Cager Classic will include the WPIAL's top boys recruit.
Mars senior Robby Carmody will headline the annual All-Star game, set for March 24 at Highlands High School.
The Cager Classic matches senior players from schools in portions of Allegheny, Butler and Westmoreland counties. A skills competition will take place March 23, with a girls game at 5:45 March 24 and the boys game immediately afterward.
Carmody, a Notre Dame recruit who led Mars to the WPIAL Class 5A championship last weekend, averaged 24 points during the regular season and surpassed 2,000 career points in January. The East roster, meanwhile, includes a trio of players from host Highlands, a WPIAL Class 5A semifinalist: Shawn Erceg, Romello Freeman and Christian Tanilli.
Rob Carmody, the Mars coach and Robby's father, will coach the West boys team, while Valley's Mark Faulx will coach the East boys.
The girls game will feature a pair of Division I recruits against a 2,000-point scorer on the opposing team.
Mars' Lauren Wasylson, a Xavier recruit, and Hampton's Laryn Edwards, a Loyola (Md.) recruit, will lead the West girls team against the East team, which includes Leechburg's Mikayla Lovelace, a 2,000-point career scorer and IUP recruit.
Mars coach Dana Petruska will coach the West girls, and Valley's Jason Kerr will coach the East girls.
The full rosters are:
• East girls: Mallory Shick, Kiski Area; Kenzie Lasher, Armstrong; Olivia Fusaro, West Shamokin; Anna Walkowiak, Valley; Brittany Robilio, Leechburg; Cam Davies, Leechburg; Renee Cebula, Highlands; Brittany Dunn, Burrell; Mikayla Lovelace, Leechburg; Megan Ost, Apollo-Ridge.
• West girls: Alex Jones, St. Joseph; Laryn Edwards, Hampton; Asti Brestensky, Freeport; Lauren Wasylson, Freeport; Ali Collins, Hampton; Kathleen Marsili, Springdale; Chloe Kurpakus, St. Joseph; Nichole Sommers, Mars; Emily Fraser, Knoch; Casey Kretzer, Knoch; Jenna Manke, Freeport; Emily Mischen, Deer Lakes.
• East boys: Drew Orlosky, West Shamokin; Romello Freeman, Highlands; Christian Tanilli, Highlands; Dru Stokes, Valley; Christian Hack, Leechburg; Shawn Erceg, Highlands; Kyle Fitzroy, Apollo-Ridge; Dorian Rodriguez, Riverview; Alex Ward, Valley; Nate Baillie, Armstrong; Donovan Russell, Burrell.
• West boys: Robby Carmody, Mars; Adam Bittner, Hampton; Ben Beale, Freeport; Cade Hetzler, Mars; Ben Lucas, Knoch; Marc Vrane, Deer Lakes; Isaiah Malloy, Cheswick Christian; Damon Shiring, Freeport; Luke Morrissey, Mars; Gabe Szep, St. Joseph.
Tags: Apollo-Ridge, Armstrong, Burrell, Freeport, Hampton, Highlands, Kiski School, Knoch, Leechburg, Mars, Riverview, St. Joseph, Valley, West Shamokin
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