The same day she helped her team to a spot in the regional championship game, New Riegel's Brooke Scherger was recognized by the Associated Press as a second team All-Northwest District selection in Division IV.
Scherger, the Midland Athletic League's Player of the Year, ranked third in the league in points (14.2) and assists (4.1), while leading the league in steals (5.4).
She is the lone senior on a 21-3 Blue Jacket team that will play for a chance to go to state Saturday night in Elida.
Also in Division IV, Mohawk's Lynsey Trusty was named to the third team. The junior guard helped lead Mohawk to a 17-5 record and a sectional championship. She was named first team All-MAL and second team All-District 6 by the coaches. Trusty averaged 11.1 points per game, led the MAL with 5.2 assists per game and was right behind Scherger in the MAL ranks with 4.5 steals per game.
Honored in Division II on the third team was Columbian senior Anna Williams. Williams was a second team All-District 6 and second team All-Northern Ohio League selection. She nearly averaged a double-double with 16.8 points and 9.6 rebounds a game.
Upper Sandusky's Taylor Graboski was a third team selection in Division III. The Ram sophomore averaged 11.4 points per game and ranked fourth in the North Central Conference, pulling down 8.3 rebounds per game. She also blocked 52 shots on the year.
Special mentions in Division III went to Upper Sandusky's Jorden Born (10.2 ppg, 7.8 rpg), Seneca East's Ashton Daniel (MAL-leading 14.0 ppg) and Lakota's Jessica Hoffman (12.9 ppg, 6.9 rpg).
Earning special mentions in Division IV were Calvert's Olivia Smith (12.5 ppg, 7.7 rpg) and Megan Funkhouser (10.6 ppg), Hopewell-Loudon's Cassandra Hohman (12.5 ppg) and Courtney Burns (10.5 ppg), Carey's Hannah Tong (10.8 ppg, MAL-leading 10.3 rpg) and Shelby Seifert (9.4 ppg, 7.8 rpg), Mohawk's Kasey Adelsperger (11.4 ppg) and Sarah Runion (10.6 ppg, 4.0 apg), New Riegel's Taylor Kirian (11.0 ppg) and Kara Scherger (9.6 ppg), St. Wendelin's Colleen Fondessy (14.5 ppg, 7.1 rpg) and Old Fort's Johanna Becker (9.7 ppg, MAL-leading 40 percent 3-point shooting).
