Via All-Star Basketball Classic
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Via All-Star Teams
The Classic features the best male and female high school basketball players in the greater Lehigh Valley, selected from the Lehigh Valley, Colonial League and Mountain Valley Conferences and three independent schools. The schools that make up the Via All-Star teams are listed below:
Lehigh Valley East
- Bethlehem Catholic
- Easton
- Freedom
- Liberty
- Nazareth
- Northampton
- Phillipsburg
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Lehigh Valley West
- Central Catholic
- Dieruff
- Faith Christian Academy
- Emmaus
- Parkland
- Whitehall
- William Allen
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Colonial League
- Bangor
- Catasauqua
- Moravian Academy
- Northern Lehigh
- Northwestern Lehigh
- Notre Dame of Green Pond
- Palisades
- Palmerton
- Pen Argyl
- Salisbury
- Saucon Valley
- Southern Lehigh
- Wilson
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Mountain Valley Conference
- East Stroudsburg North
- East Stroudsburg South
- Lehighton
- Notre Dame of East Stroudsburg
- Pius X
- Pleasant Valley
- Pocono Mountain East
- Pocono Mountain West
- Stroudsburg
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The Via All-Star media selection panel is made up of one representative from the Via All-Star Basketball Classic committee and invited representatives from each of the following sports departments: Morning Call, Express Times, Lehighton Times News, East Penn Press, RCN, Service Electric, Pocono Record, Blue Ridge Cable TV and WFMZ. They will select the following:
- Via All-Star Teams - 8 teams, 12 players per team
- Via All-Star Player of the Year, 1 girl, 1 boy
- Via All-Star Team of the Year, 5 girls, 5 boys
Via All-Star Player Selection Criteria
All selected players must be seniors in good standing with their respective teams and their respective leagues. The selection committee is asked to determine, to the best of their ability, the best overall players, by position, to represent the designated teams based on the player’s performance in the regular season of play. The selection committee may wish to have representation from all schools in the brackets or they may not.
Via All-Star Teams of the Year
The selection committee is asked to determine the best 5 boys and best 5 girls by position, to be recognized as the Via Teams of the year based on their play in the regular season. The selection process will not be determined by school size or location, but must be from the list of the participating schools.
Via All-Star Players of the Year
The selection committee is asked to determine the single best female and single best male players from the list of schools participating in the event, regardless of school size or location. The determination is based on regular season performance and all position players are eligible.
Via Scholarship Awards
The scholarship award recipients will be determined by the Via All-Star committee.
For more information, contact:
Rachel Kave, Special Events
R.Kave @ViaNet.org | 610-317-8000 x489
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