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Trio of Lady Bucs receive honors

Robinson garners spot on third unit; Gaudet, Maxwell appear on honorable mention list

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CHARLESTON — A trio of Buckhannon-Upshur High School girls basketball players have earned Class AAA all-state honors.

Senior Alli Robinson is a third-team selection, while teammates Audrey Gaudet and Brooklyn Maxwell appear on the honorable mention list.

Gaudet is a senior and Maxwell a junior.

After ripping through a one-loss campaign that concluded with a second straight Class AAA championship, Parkersburg was well represented on the all-state teams, which were released today by the West Virginian Sports Writers Association.

Senior Shay-Lee Kirby and junior Madi Mace were named to the first team.

Kirby, who averaged 17.7 points per game, hit 51 3-pointers and shot 49 percent from the floor, was named captain of the eight-player first team as chosen by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association.

It marked the first, first-team selection for Kirby, who was the second-team captain a year ago and the third in as many years for Mace, who averaged 15.7 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 3.2 steals per contest despite missing six games this season.

The Big Reds weren’t the only team with two representatives on the first team. George Washington, which fell in a Region 3 co-final to Greenbrier East, also landed two players in senior guard Katy Darnell and sophomore guard Kalissa Lacy.

Darnell made the first team for the second straight year, averaging 16.2 points, 7.7 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.8 steals per game while Lacy’s scoring mark of 17.9 points per game led the Mountain State Athletic Conference. Kirby was just behind with Darnell finishing third. It was the second straight season that Darnell and Lacy finished in the top three in the league scoring race.

University, which fell to Parkersburg in the state championship game, wasn’t without representation as junior Ashten Boggs (16 points, 10 rebounds, four assists per game) earned her inaugural first-team nod as did John Marshall senior Shay Straughn (24.2 points, 4.7 rebounds, 5.1 steals per game) and Parkersburg South junior Makenna Winans (14.7 points, 7.1 rebounds, 2.4 blocks per game).

Greenbrier East junior Haley McClure rounded out the first team after leading the Spartans to the state tournament, averaging 16.7 points per game along the way. It was the second straight first-team selection for McClure.

Woodrow Wilson’s Laken Ball captain the second team after helping keep the Flying Eagles ranked solidly in the top 10 all season. Ball was joined by South Charleston teammates Myra Cuffee (junior) and Lavender Ward (senior), Parkersburg’s Bre Wilson, University’s Zoe Murphy, Morgantown’s Kaitlyn Ammons and Wheeling Park’s Shanley Woods.

Huntington junior post player Madison Slash captained the third team and was joined by Robinson, Parkersburg’s Aleea Crites, Martinsburg’s Morganne Andrews, Greenbrier East’s Emma Dotson, Parkersburg South’s Sierra Hays, Woodrow Wilson’s Victoria Staunton and Morgantown’s Sydni Clawges.

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