The Voice of Blythewood & Fairfield County

Local ballers earn All Star honors

A basketball flying through the air and dropping into basketball hoop

LEXINGTON – The Bengals’ and Redhawks’ basketball programs are both coming off of stellar seasons, and even though they fell short of their championship goals, both squads will be represented at the North/South All Star game on Mar.17 at Lexington High School.

Blythewood’s Jonathan Breeland was chosen to represent the South’s boys’ team. Breeland put up nearly 16 points, six rebounds and four assists per contest. Jeff Dibatisto’s, Westwood boys’ head coach, was selected as an assistant coach for the Northern All-Stars.

Mya Belton was picked as a representative for the Northern girls’ squad. Belton had an excellent senior campaign and finished with nearly 14 points and almost seven rebounds a game. She swatted 2.2 blocks and 1.8 steals per game.