District 3 Rankings-Girls Basketball

After a short break to ring in the new year, the high school basketball season resumes today. Wilson was the preseason favorite in the Berks Girls League and the (10-2) Bulldogs still look like the team to beat. They blew out Parkland 53-24 earlier this week and stand at (4-0) in league play. All four of those wins were by double digits. Wilson has multiple scoring options with five players averaging between 6-and-12 points.

Twin Valley and Exeter are the top two squads in Division 2 of the Berks League. Shippensburg commit Hailey Kilgore is providing 19 ppg. for the Raiders. Addison Harper, a sophomore for the Eagles, isn’t far behind at 17 ppg. Twin Valley is (3-0) in the league standings, but has dropped all six of its non-league matchups.

Schuylkill Valley hosts rival Hamburg in a key Division 3 battle on Tuesday. The Panthers have a nice one-two punch with Hannah West and Elyssa Sellers. West is contributing a team-high 13.6 ppg., while Sellers adds a dozen points a night.

Oley Valley has won seven of its first ten contests. The Lynx prevailed 29-26 in a defensive tilt against Kutztown in mid-December. Oley Valley has a one game edge over the Cougars in Division 4. The Lynx will be tested on Saturday when they host Twin Valley.

Let’s take a look at how the local teams are doing in the District III power rankings. As you can see, numerous Berks League members need to pick up the pace in order to qualify for the District III tournament. None of the schools in the Berks League fall into Class A or Class 2A.

Class 6A (16 teams qualify)

8. Wilson

16. Gov. Mifflin

18. Reading

29. Muhlenberg

Class 5A (14 teams qualify)

10. Exeter

17. Conrad Weiser

22. Twin Valley

25. Daniel Boone

Class 4A (8 teams qualify)

11. Berks Catholic

12. Schuylkill Valley

14. Hamburg

19. Wyomissing

20. Fleetwood

Class 3A (6 teams qualify)

4. Oley Valley

5. Kutztown

10. Tulpehocken

11. Brandywine Heights

12. Antietam