After leading Palisades High to the first-ever City Section Open Division girls basketball championship, senior forward Bianca King has been named Most Valuable Player in the Western League.
King averaged 17.6 points, 13.2 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 3.5 steals and 2.5 blocks per game.
Joining King on the first team are three Palisades guards: freshman Sammy Spanier, sophomore Chelsey Gipson and junior Kayla Merrill-Gillett.
Spanier played in all 34 games and averaged seven points and 3.9 rebounds. Gipson averaged 19.2 points, 5.0 assists and 2.6 steals and Merrill-Gillett averaged 17.8 points and 3.5 assists per game.
Two more Dolphins were named to the All-League second team: senior shooting guard Rita Herbstman and sophomore point guard Chaniya Pickett.
Herbstman provided leadership during Palisades’ playoff run while averaging 3.7 points per game and Pickett averaged 4.4 points and 2.9 assists.
— Steve Galluzzo
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