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Six from Northeastern make PVCA all-state volleyball team


Six Northeastern players were selected by the Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association to its Class AA all-state team this week.

The honor comes after the Bobcats won their third straight PIAA boys' volleyball title last month in State College with a convincing three-game sweep of Saegertown. Of the six Northeastern players, five are juniors. Outside hitter Philip White was the only senior of the bunch, which includes Ohio State commit Reese Devilbiss, Brandon Arentz, setter Matt Schaeffer, libero Chris Lee and middle hitter Jeff Reynolds.

The group recently competed in a national summer tournament in Columbus and finished 22nd after entering with a No. 34 ranking.

Northeastern also had six of the nine players selected from District 3. Twenty-two players in all were selected for the PVCA Class AA all-state team.

In Class AAA, Central York seniors Jeremiah Dadeboe, Jason Gardner and Landon Shorts received all-state honors. It's the second straight year the trio was selected by the PVCA.

Here are the entire PVCA all-state boys' volleyball teams:

PVCA Class AA boys' volleyball all-state team

District 2

John Carr, Holy Redeemer, middle hitter, jr.

Mike Conlon, Holy Redeemer, setter/outside hitter, sr.

Mike Gatusky, Holy Redeemer, outside hitter, sr.

District 3

Brandon Arentz, Northeastern, outside hitter, junior

Reese Devilbiss, Northeastern, outside hitter, junior

Chris Lee, Northeastern, libero, junior

Frank Melvin, Schuylkill Valley, outside hitter, senior

Jeff Reynolds, Northeastern, middle hitter, junior

Jarred Sands, Lancaster Mennonite, middle hitter, senior

Matt Schaeffer, Northeastern, setter, junior

Mitch Stauffer, Cocalico, middle hitter, senior

Philip White, Northeastern, outside hitter, senior

District 7

Anthony Baronio, Ambridge, outside hitter, junior

Capen Brendle, Ambridge, setter/outside hitter, junior

Ray Cascio, Obama Academy, middle hitter, senior

Connor Claussen, Obama Academy, setter, junior

Nico Latta, Derry, outside hitter, senior

Ian Malis, Derry, middle hitter, senior

District 10

Alex Barclay, Saegertown, outside hitter, senior

Brendon Barclay, Saegertown, outside hitter, senior

Peter Mattocks, Saegertown, middle hitter, junior

Walker Stone, Fort LeBoeuf, setter, junior

PVCA Class AAA boys' volleyball all-state team

District 1

Ben Chinnici, Pennridge, outside hitter, sophomore

Mark Elias, North Penn, setter, senior

Josh Hinton, Council Rock North, outside hitter, senior

Jake Milnazik, William Tennent, outside hitter, junior

Bradley Nase, Pennridge, setter, senior

Devon Rice, Pennridge, outside hitter, senior

Jason Yakimiv, Council Rock North, middle hitter, junior

District 3

Chris Booth, Hempfield, outside hitter, senior

Jeremiah Dadeboe, Central York, outside hitter, senior

Michael Fisher, Cumberland Valley, outside hitter, senior

Dawson Funk, Penn Manor, setter, senior

Jason Gardner, Central York, outside hitter/middle hitter, senior

Sam Greenslade, Penn Manor, outside hitter, junior

Jacob Kerschner, Central Dauphin, setter, senior

Ben Nauman, Hempfield, outside hitter, senior

Nick Oleksa, Hempfield, libero, junior

Landon Shorts, Central York, setter/outside hitter, senior

District 7

Ben DePellegrini, Fox Chapel, outside hitter, senior

Max DePellegrini, Fox Chapel, setter, senior

Jake Dixon, Bethel Park, outside hitter, junior

Tyler Herrmann, Seneca Valley, outside hitter, senior

Steve Jones, Seneca Valley, libero, senior

Taylor Matthews, Seneca Valley, middle hitter, senior

Andrew Tublin, Fox Chapel, outside hitter, senior

Jaysen Zaleski, Fox Chapel, middle hitter, senior

District 11

Pat Bryan, Emmaus, outside hitter, senior

Jake Heyer, Parkland, middle hitter, junior

Andrew Hillman, Parkland, setter/outside hitter, junior

Sean Lewis, Parkland, outside hitter, senior

Jared Silverstein, Parkland, libero, junior

Kyle Stout, Parkland, outside hitter, junior

Gabe Woffindin, Allen, libero/outside hitter, senior

Contact Matt Goul at 771-2045.