Lancaster-Lebanon League’s girls basketball coaches have selected the following all-stars for the 2025-26 season. (Pictured is Janae Patterson, Pequea Valley's unanimous Section 4 MVP.)
MVP: Olive Brandt, Lebanon
Co-Coaches of the Year: Ashli Shay, Cedar Crest; Devonne Pinkard, Manheim Township
Sportsmanship Award: Penn Manor
First Team
Olive Brandt, Lebanon (unanimous)
Kylie Masters, Mount Calvary Christian School
Tell me about your origin story with basketball and the journey since then?
Sophie MacCartney, Lancaster County Christian School
What’s your basketball origin story and what’s the journey been like since then?
MacCartney: “My dad was a great athlete. Since I was little I’ve been into basketball. I started attending Lancaster County Christian School in fifth grade. That’s when I started playing basketball. I’ve been playing ever since.”
Do you play other sports? If so, how do those translate to basketball?
Chayla Fox, Ephrata Mennonite School (girls basketball)
What’s your basketball origin story and what’s the journey been like since then?
Fox: “I just grew up with an athletic family. I’ve always been playing sports. In middle school I tried basketball. I liked it.”
Do you play any other sports and how does that translate to basketball?
Aubrey Houseal will be a senior shooting guard for Donegal’s girls’ basketball team. She has been playing basketball since sixth grade and looks forward to an exciting season. The Donegal team has been working hard in the off season to further build their program.
Sariiah Sweeney, freshman McCaskey point guard and swing forward, plays basketball all year long with her AAU PA team. These games allow her to travel to games in Kentucky and Ohio. She says these games and competition keep her in great shape year-round.
Sariiah says her McCaskey team is young this year, however players have high goals. Winning a state championship is a long- range goal.
Near the end of her ’24-’25 basketball season at Lancaster Catholi, Emma Stefanow (shooting guard/small forward) had a serious ACL tear in her knee. Requiring surgery, this injury began a nearly yearlong recovery plan.
Chloe Wilkinson has started on Elizabethtown’s girls basketball Team since her freshman year. She handles the ball as the Bears’ point guard.
Chloe indicates this year’s E-town team is a younger squad, and the head coach is instilling togetherness and family. The team breaks every huddle with “Together, on Three.”
Penn Manor's girls basketball team made the district playoffs last year, and Coach Mike Glackin looks to build on that promising season. The Comets finished 13-10, and a number of key players are back, looking to improve on that mark. They talked about the upcoming season at Penn Medicine Park for the LNP | Lancaster Online winter sports media day.
Seniors Ava Luciano, Alayzha Twyman, Aliya Stanley and Joelle Kroesen are a core four in veteran leadership. They'll be counted on to lead the Comets on another playoff run.
Delaney Burke, a young relative of the sports-storied Burke family in Columbia, competes as a senior forward for the Columbia girls basketball team.
Early in their preseason practicing, Delaney sees the Tide as a “defense first and gritty” basketball team. Their goal is to “get every ball and every rebound!” She anticipates low-scoring games with Columbia winning.