Tom Mugavero of The Express-Times and lehighvalleylive.com has been covering and researching scholastic girls basketball in the region since 1987. He concludes his series of all-decade teams from the 1970s to the 2000s with six all-time region teams of five players each.
Eligible players, by Mugavero’s rules, are from schools in Hunterdon and Warren counties in New Jersey and Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe and Northampton counties, plus Palisades High School in Bucks County, in Pennsylvania.
Before checking out the best of the best, read the decade-by-decade breakdown of the region's stars:
ALL-TIME TEAMS
FIRST TEAM
Name (high school), year graduated, college
Michelle Brooke-Marciniak (Central Catholic), 1991, Notre Dame/Tennessee
Debbie Christman Collins (Emmaus), 1978, Penn State
Nicole Levandusky (Palmerton), 1997, Xavier
Desire Almind (North Warren), 2000, Bucknell
Pam Balogh (North Hunterdon), 1985, Temple
SECOND TEAM
Name (high school), year graduated, college
Patti Sikorski Heffner (Dieruff), 1976, Rutgers
Donna Kennedy (Catasauqua), 1979, Temple
Colleen McCrea Maguire (South Hunterdon), 1993, George Washington
Ellen Malone (Central Catholic), 1978, LaSalle
Tina Krah (Central Catholic), 1973, Immaculata
THIRD TEAM
Name (high school), year graduated, college
Maura Hertzog (Allen), 1981, Duke
Kathy Straccia Matt (Central Catholic), 1975, Villanova
Mary Greybush (Freedom), 1987, LaSalle
Kathy Beck DeKorte (Palmerton), 1988, Lehigh, Moravian
Beth Gromlowicz Scanlon (North Hunterdon), 1987, Wake Forest/St. Bonaventure
FOURTH TEAM
Name (high school), year graduated, college
Jackie Adamshick (Central Catholic), 2002, Villanova
Jen Nish Delgrosso (Pocono Mountain), 1993, Scranton
Laura Newhard (Northampton), 1996, LaSalle
Julie Amato (Notre Dame GP), 1995, Brown
Sue Ludwig (Whitehall), 1984, Syracuse
FIFTH TEAM
Name (high school), year graduated, college
Cari-Lynn Piotrowski (Central Catholic), 1988, Manhattan
Monica McCaffrey Check (Central Catholic), 1987, Georgetown
Caitlin Flood (North Warren), 2004, Manhattan
Jen Krolikowski (Pocono Mountain), 1993, NYU
Katie Terhune (Warren Hills), 2000, Boston University
SIXTH TEAM
Name (high school), year graduated, college
Jeannie Booros Tomkalski (Central Catholic), 1979, American
Tina Fritzinger (Whitehall), 1978, Arizona State/LaSalle
Bridget Cody Eripret (Salisbury), 1985, Boston College
Sara Antolick (Bethlehem Cath./Central Cath.), 2004, Syracuse
Mary Lisicky (Whitehall), 2001, Georgetown