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Basketball players from local area high schools were honored for their performance this season, earning recognition after the Arizona Interscholastic Association recently released its All-Division and All-Section teams.
The following is a list of players, by school, who were named by the AIA:
QUEEN CREEK
AIA Division II Section VI Girls’ Honorable Mention – Jayden Kartchner and Kendyl Payne.
AIA Division II Section VI Boys’ Honorable Mention – Frigny Niclasse, Bradley Woods, Malik Cobbins, and Kade Parks.
POSTON BUTTE
AIA All-Division III Girls’ Honorable Mention – Angelica Garrido and Gabby Musselman.
AIA Division III Section V Girls’ First Team – Gabby Musselman.
AIA Division III Section V Girls’ Second Team – Angelica Garrido.
AIA Division III Section V Girls’ Honorable Mention – TiAnna Bruce, Leonor Guardado, and Abigail Urquidez.
AIA All-Division III Boys’ Honorable Mention – Preston Anderson and Tyson Berringer.
AIA Division III Section V Boys’ First Team – Preston Anderson.
AIA Division III Section V Boys’ Second Team – Tyson Berringer.
AIA Division III Section V Boys’ Honorable Mention – Qujuan Steward.
COMBS
AIA All-Division IV Girls’ Honorable Mention – Landry Armstrong and Nikki Ruiz.
AIA Division IV Section V Girls’ First Team – Landry Armstrong and Nikki Ruiz.
AIA Division IV Section Girls’ Honorable Mention – Ashlyn Allen, Cydnee Colpaert, Kyla Pena, and Ilaria Vesely.
AIA All-Division III Boys’ Honorable Mention – Clayten McCarthy.
AIA Division III Section V Boys’ First Team – Clayten McCarthy.
AIA Division III Section V Boys’ Honorable Mention – Josh Allen and Brian Tucker.
SAN TAN FOOTHILLS
AIA Division V Section IV Girls’ Honorable Mention – Mikayla Eriacho
AIA Division V Section IV Boys’ Honorable Mention – Nick Saults.
Andrew Luberda began writing for Copper Area News Publishers (CANP) in February 2013 after working 15 years in Healthcare Financial Management. Andy covers sports for 11 high schools. His stories are published in Copper Basin News, San Manuel Miner and Superior Sun, in addition to the San Tan Valley Daily PRSS and CopperArea websites. Additionally, he has written human interest stories and business profiles. In May 2012, he earned an AAS in Sports Management at Central Arizona College before graduating with a BS in Communication from Arizona State University in 2014. He and his wife, Kelli, have three sons – AJ, Kyle, and Kade.
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