The Frontier Athletic Conference released it’s selections for the boys and girls All-FAC basketball teams on Friday with McClain earning five total spots between the two teams with the Lady Tigers garnering three spots and the Tigers receiving two selections. Hillsboro’s lone representative on either the All-FAC basketball teams was Ethan Watson.
McClain is represented on the boy’s All-FAC basketball team by senior Devin Carter and junior Dalton Mischal and representing the Lady Tigers on the girl’s All-FAC basketball team are seniors Maddy Stegbauer and Bryn Karnes along with sophomore Kyla Burchett.
The boy’s team standings in the FAC saw Chillicothe finish as the league champion with a 9-1 record, Washington is currently second with a league record of 6-3 followed by Jackson at 6-4, McClain at 5-4, Hillsboro at 3-7 and Miami Trace at 0-10.
The Tigers and Blue Lions will play the final FAC regular season matchup on Saturday at McClain High School when they compete in a game that was originally scheduled to take place on Friday, February 1. If the Blue Lions win they will claim second place in the FAC with a 7-3 record however, if the Tigers win there will be a three way tie for second place in the league with Washington, Jackson and McClain sporting identical 6-4 records in the league.
The boys Player of the Year in the FAC was Chillicothe’s Javon Maughmer.
The Player of the Year for the girls in the FAC was split between Washington’s Hannah Haithcock and Miami Trace’s Shay McDonald.
The final standings for girls basketball in the FAC saw the Lady Blue Lions of Washington take first with a 9-1 league record; Miami Trace was second at 8-2, McClain was third at 6-4, Chillicothe was fourth at 5-5 and Jacksosn and Hillsboro finished the season tied for fifth place at 1-9.
The full list of boys and girls All-FAC selections are as follows:
Boys
Cooper Donaldson – Jackson
Caleb Wallis – Jackson
Devin Carter – McClain
Dalton Mischal – McClain
Ethan Watson – Hillsboro
Evan Upthegrove – Washington
Brandon Noel – Chillicothe
Tre Beard – Chillicothe
Girls
Shawnice Smith – Chillicothe
Maddy Stegbauer – McClain
Bryn Karnes – McClain
Kyla Burchett – McClain
Cassidy Lovett – Miami Trace
Rayana Burns – Washington
Shawna Conger – Washington
Information for this story was provided by FAC Commissioner Terri Tutt.
