Ten from PHS named XC all-stars
Five members of the Parkland cross country team earned East Penn Conference All-Lehigh County honors recently.
The league announced its list of all-stars for the 2020 season recently. This year the league held all its dual meets within county lines and the all-star lists are broken down by county.
Parkland boys runners Ben Esquieres, Paul Abeln and Josh Beltrame all made the first team. They’re joined by Trojan girls runners Elena Wenger and Brooke Labenberg. Parkland also had a few runners earn second-team honors, including Ava Bendetti and Gracie Trexler on the girls team along with Brady Hoffman, Cameron Price and Brian Warren on the boys team.
A league MVP was named for both boys and girls. Liberty’s Emily Jobes and Cole Frank earned the MVP honors. Both Hurricane runners took first place at districts.
The following is a list of this year’s East Penn Conference cross country all-stars.
GIRLS
Lehigh County
First Team
Ashleigh McNellis (Emmaus), Hailey Reinhard (Emmaus), Kera Reinhard (Emmaus), Elena Wenger (Parkland), Brooke Labenberg (Parkland).
Second Team
Ava Bendetti (Parkland), Keerstin Augustin (Emmaus), Clara Kennedy (Emmaus), Isabella Lees (Emmaus), Gracie Trexler (Parkland).
Northampton County
First Team
Lauren Charboneau (Freedom), Amber Poniktera (Northampton), Georgia Wiswesser (Northampton), Ella Scott (Liberty), Madison Drager (Liberty).
Second Team
Brianna Tyler (Northampton), Caitlin Voloshen (Nazareth), Madeline Mumma (Liberty), Harvest Gil (Easton), Ren Burkit (Northampton).
Monroe County
First Team
Ciara Conboy (Stroudsburg), Mikayla DeReinzi (Pleasant Valley), Ella Bray (Pocono Mountain West), Paris Hayden (Pocono Mountain East), Carly Frable (Pocono Mountain East).
Second Team
Rylee Davis (East Stroudsburg South), Katie Verwys (East Stroudsburg South), Clodagh Conboy (Stroudsburg), Lily Mingora (Pleasant Valley).
League MVP: Emily Jobes (Liberty).
BOYS
Lehigh County
First Team
Ben Esquieres (Parkland), Paul Abeln (Parkland), Josh Beltrame (Parkland), Nick Buonanno (Emmaus), Geoffrey Kleinberg (Emmaus).
Second Team
Brady Hoffman (Parkland), Cameron Price (Parkland), Keshav Shankar (Emmaus), Brian Warren (Parkland), Ethan Strzempak (Emmaus).
Northampton County
First Team
Zeke Colyer (Northampton), Alex Heidemann (Freedom), Owen Nahf (Northampton), Anthony Kozitz (Nazareth), Alex Hume (Freedom).
Second Team
Cameron Kock (Nazareth), John Riley (Nazareth), Jon Breslin (Northampton), Adam Kollgaard (Nazareth), Trey Reinhart (Easton).
Monroe County
First Team
Jack Hollar (Pocono Mountain East), Liam Davis (East Stroudsburg South), Nathan Reish (Stroudsburg), Andrew Huntsberger (Stroudsburg), Gavin Peregrin (East Stroudsburg North).
Second Team
John Weichand (Pleasant Valley), Taha Vahanvaty (Stroudsburg), Cody Coman (Pleasant Valley), Nick Bodon (Stroudsburg), Jeremy Hojnowski (East Stroudsburg North). League MVP: Cole Frank (Liberty).