Norwalk's Lazzara earns All-Star MVP

SANDUSKY — Norwalk's Trinity Lazzara shared Most Valuable Player honors with Margaretta's Cassidy Lane on March 26 at the Spy Report All-Star Night held at the Cedar Point Sports Center. Lazzara, who was voted to the Division III All-Ohio first team on March 24, topped White with 23 points. She made five 3-pointers in the win. "It was really exciting, especially when you haven't played competitive basketball for a while," Lazzara said. "To be in the situation we were in, it was really fun. That's why you play basketball." Black led by as many as 12 points in the first half, but trailed 70-67 as the clock ticked under 10 seconds to play. Bellevue's Bailey Nichols was fouled shooting a 3 with 6.7 seconds left. She made all three freebies to tie the game. White didn't get a shot off at the end of regulation, sending the game to overtime. The overtime was a first to five points and White wasted little time winning. Lane opened the extra session with a three-point play. After an empty possession by Black, Lazzara canned a 3 to give White the win. Black led 11-2 early and pushed the lead as big as 36-24 when Seneca East's Izzy Stockmaster hit a 3. White chipped away at the lead, using a 9-0 run to tie the game at 62 when Willard's Corrin Gettys scored. "Sometimes it's fun to play with people you don't know," said Lazzara, who announced after the game she will continue her career at NCAA Div. III John Carroll University. "You get to see different skillsets. The teammates I do know from AAU, it's really fun because I'll never get to play with them again." Also for Team White, Willard's Corrin Gettys scored eight points and Edison's Ella Booth had four points. Oak Harbor's Reagan Markley led Team Black with 33 points. New London's Valery Henry had four points for the Black team. Zibert MVP of underclass Port Clinton junior Alana Zibert knows a thing or two about knocking down 3-pointers. The single-season record holder for the Redskins, Zibert kept knocking them down in the underclass game. Zibert hit five 3s, leading Team White to a 78-70 win over Team Black. Black led 16-7 early when Calvert's Megan Rombach scored. The lead was 31-22 later following a three-point play from Genoa's Makenna Moritz, but White got within 42-37 by halftime after a triple from Gibsonburg's Elly Evarts. Black kept control, going up 52-42 on two free throws from Bellevue's Ava Jakubcin-Theis. Zibert's 3-pointer brought White within 52-49. Two free throws from Norwalk's Emmie Leber and a 3 from Perkins' Mallorie Jones gave White the lead. White went up as much as 63-57 following another 3-pointer from Evarts, but Black rallied to tie the game at 68 following two free throws from Willard's Emelia Tallman and a 3 from Bellevue's Mazie Gracemyer. Evarts hit a 3 before Leber and Norwalk's Alyssa Gruhlke each scored to take control once again. Team Black was led by Moritz's 13 points while Gracemyer added 10 points. Norwalk's Jo Jackson tallied 12 points and 14 rebounds for White while Leber scored 11 points, and Gruhlke had eight. UNDERCLASSWHITEEmmie Leber 4-3—11, Elly Evarts 3-1—9, Alyssa Gruhlke 3-1—8, Mallorie Jones 3-0—9, Ava Boccio 4-0—9, Alaina Zibert 5-0—15, Jo Jackson 5-1—12, Isabella Dorsey 2-0—5. TOTALS 29-6—78.BLACKEmelia Tallman 2-2—6, Mazie Gracemyer 4-0—10, Ellie Freitag 2-0—5, Ava Jakubcin-Theis 3--2—8, Makenna Moritz 4 4—13, Megan Rombach 3 0—6, Emmi Powers 2 4—8, Lucy King 2 0—4, Lauren Bergman 1-2—4, Caroline Sheldon 2-0—6. TOTALS 25-14—70.White 37 41 — 78Black 42 28 — 70Three-point FGs: (W) Zibert 5, Jones 3, Evarts 2, Gruhlke, Boccio, Jackson, Dorsey; (B) Gracemyer 2, Sheldon 2, Freitag, Moritz SENIORWHITETrinity Lazzara 9-0—23, Cassidy Lane 8-2—19, Ella Booth 2-0—4, Corrin Gettys 4-0—8, Kenadie Saylor 7-3—17, Lily Belak 1-1—3. TOTALS 32 6-7 76.BLACKReghan Markley 14 0—33, Izzy Stockmaster 3 0—8, Addy LaCivita 1-0—3, Valery Henry 1-2—4, Maekhiya Rameau 3-0—7, Bailey Nichols 0-3—3, Lexi Snay 4 0—9, Reese Daniel 1 0—3. TOTALS 27-5—70.White 28 48 6 — 76Black 38 32 0 — 70Three-point FGs: (W) Lazzara 5, Lane; (B) Markley 5, Stockmaster 2, LaCivita , Rameau, Snay, Daniel