Trinity Johnson did not make any 3-point shots during her senior season at Wyoming Valley West.
Monday night, Johnson showed that was not because she couldn’t hit from beyond the arc.
Johnson joined Nadia Evanosky from Dallas, Eliud Lopez from Wilkes-Barre Area and Cole Morio from Lake-Lehman in advancing to the girls and boys finals of the 3-Point Shootout that will be held in conjunction with the Dr. George P. Moses Wyoming Valley Conference Senior All-Star Classic Friday night at Wilkes-Barre Area.
The first round of the 3-Point Shootout was conducted during Monday night’s practice for Friday’s games.
Johnson, a 6-foot-2 center, spent most of her high school career closer to the basket.
The all-star games are scheduled for 6:30 Friday with the girls game to be followed by the boys.
The two coaches from the WVC’s division championship teams and state contenders will team up to coach one boys team.
Mark Belenski from Dallas, which won the Division 1 title and reached the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association state Class 4A semifinals, and Paul Guido from Holy Redeemer, which won the Division 2 title and lost in overtime in the Class 3A semifinals, will coach one team.
Retiring Wilkes-Barre Area coach Pat Toole will coach the other team with help from Pittston Area assistant John Walsh.
The Belenski-Guido team will have five players from the championship teams, including NEPABasketball.com divisional Players of the Year Austin Finarelli from Dallas and Justice Shoats from Holy Redeemer. Nick Nocito and Jackson Wydra from Dallas and Matt Prociak from Holy Redeemer are also on the team.
Wyoming Valley West has four players – Jon Martin, Tyreese Harris, Kenny Brown and Ryan Sullivan – on the Belenski-Guido team, which also includes: Crestwood’s Zayne Dunsmuir, Sam Balliet and Bryce Vieney; Wyoming Seminary’s Phil Evan; Tunkhannock’s Ryan Van Ness; and Lake-Lehman’s Morio.
The Toole team has four players from District 2 Class 5A champion Pittston Area – J.J. Walsh, Jack Locker, Dominic Jannuzzi and Ethan Ghannam. Two of Toole’s Wilkes-Barre Area players, Nyquan Hollman-Santos and Bryan Clarke, are also on the team.
Hazleton Area, which tied for first and faced Dallas in a playoff for the Division 1 title, is represented by Josian Guerra, Khalid Morrieson and Lopez.
The rest of the roster is: Hanover Area’s Jake Zola and Mike Merth; Nanticoke’s Chris Johnson and Owen Brown; Berwick’s Miles Doll; Wyoming Area’s Evan Melberger; and MMI Prep’s Chance Everly.
John Jezorwski from Holy Redeemer and Bill Phillips from Berwick will coach the girls teams.
Jezorwski’s team includes Gloria Adjayi, Reagan Holden and Danayjha Moore from District 2-4 Class 6A Subregional champion Wilkes-Barre Area.
Aleia Atherton and Aubrey Curley represent Jezorwski’s Holy Redeemer team.
The team also includes: Nanticoke’s Kylie Albert, Riley Baird and Brooklyn Biehl; Hanover Area’s Riley Corbett, Kyleen McCance and Alley Sheridan; and Tunkhannock’s Hailey Long and Alaina Ritz.
Division 2 Player of the Year Claire Dougherty represents Lake-Lehman, the Division 2 and WVC Tournament champion, on the Phillips team. Chase Purdy from the Lady Knights was also selected, but is injured.
Division 1 champion Pittston Area has Ava Butcher, Amanda Fath and Leah Zambetti on the team.
Berwick’s Sarina DeFinnis and Sadie Zehner will play for their coach.
The rest of the roster is: Dallas’ Audrey DelGaudio, Nadia Evanosky and Morgan Solano; Crestwood’s Matilde Ortenzi; Wyoming Area’s Rosalind Tart; Wyoming Seminary’s Teagen Jackett; and Wyoming Valley West’s Johnson.
