HARRISBURG –– The Otto-Eldred girls basketball team had an unprecedented run this winter.
Junior forward Camryn Thomas was a key part of that success, leading the team in scoring and rebounding as the Lady Terrors rewrote the school’s history books by advancing to the program’s first-ever district title game and winning its first state playoff game.
Because of this, Thomas has been named a Class 1A third-team all-state performer by the Pennsylvania Sports Writers, the group announced Saturday.
Thomas led the Terrors with averages of 16.0 points and 10.1 rebounds per game. She recorded 16 double-doubles, 41 steals and is sitting on 929 career points heading into her senior season next year.
An All-North Tier League selection this year, Thomas helped spur the Lady Terrors playoff run by averaging more than 20 points per contest in a three-game span covering the district semifinals, district final and PIAA first round against District 7’s West Greene. Against West Greene, Thomas helped the Lady Terrors dig from an early first-quarter deficit by scoring 26 points and hauling down 13 rebounds. Thomas was also named to the Big 30 second team last week and earlier this spring named a first-team selection on D9Sports.com’s all-district team.
She’s the lone area player to make an all-state team from District 9.
North Clarion, which beat the Lady Terrors in the D-9 title game, had star Tori Obenrader make the first team.
Obenrader averaged a season double-double of 23.5 points and 15.8 rebounds per game and recorded a double-double in 28 of North Clarion’s 29 games. She twice scored over 40 points while grabbing at least 20 rebounds seven times.
DuBois’ Ashley Hallowell (Class 5A third team) and Punxsutawney’s Leah Miller (Class 4A third team) round out the four D-9 girls honored. All four are juniors.
