Wyomissing Spartans
Coach: Aaron Anders, fifth season, 82-21.
Last season: 11-0 Berks III champ, 31-1 overall, Berks champion, District 3 champion, PIAA semifinalist.
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PIAA classification: 4A.
Last D3 playoff appearance/victory: 2024/2024.
Key losses: All-Berks F Annie McCaffrey.
Top players: Two-time Berks Player of the Year and All-State Sr. F Amaya Stewart, all-division Sr. G Alexis Hardy, all-division Sr. F Audrey Hurleman (expected to return in January from knee injury), all-division honorable mention Jr. G Kacey Maggs, all-division honorable mention So. G Karly Hyde.
Key players: Sr. G Lili Marshall, Jr. G Ella Anders, Jr. Abby Buckley, So. Addy Loeb, So. Lily Paolini.
Outlook: McCaffrey, who is playing soccer at UMass, will be hard to replace both offensively and defensively, but the Spartans return a whole lot. Favorites to win a third straight county title. If Hurleman, a UNC lacrosse commit, makes her expected return to the court in January the Spartans could be hanging a third straight District 3 champions banner, too.
Schuylkill Valley Panthers
Coach: Jason Bagenstose, 10th season, 100-103.
Last season: 8-3 Berks III, 15-9 overall, Berks qualifier, District 3 qualifier.
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PIAA classification: 4A.
Last D3 playoff appearance/victory: 2024/2008.
Key losses: All-division G Natane White, all-division G Juliana Stichter, F Kalika Kauffman, Jr. C Julia Lassandro.
Top players: All-division honorable mention Sr. G CC Reali, Jr. G Elyssa Sellers.
Key players: So. G Hannah Yobb, Sr. G Taryn Rittenhouse, Sr. F Meghan Wickersham, Jr. F Amelia Falsone, So. F Hannah West, Jr. F Katie Kier, So. F Emma Houser.
Outlook: Panthers took graduation hit and then lost post presence Lassandro, who decided not to play. Sellers and Reali give SV a strong returning duo to build around with younger players stepping up as the year progresses including West, who hit 15 3's as a freshman at Mifflin last season.
Hamburg Hawks
Coach: Amanda McBreen, fourth season, 23-43.
Last season: 5-6 Berks III, 8-14 overall.
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PIAA classification: 4A.
Last D3 playoff appearance/victory: 2014/2014.
Key losses: All-division G Hailie Edwards, all-division honorable mention F Emily Zimmerman, G Madison Bender, F Alexia Ewing.
Top players: All-division Sr. G/F Amelia Gassert, Sr. F Shayna Morales, Sr. G Ashleigh Guers.
Key players: Sr. G Asceniah Pinter, Jr. F Kyla Rogers, So. G Norah Davey, So. G Marcianna DellaMonica.
Outlook: Hamburg has aspirations to make it to the Berks playoffs for the first time since 2012 with a solid returning nucleus and consistency at head coach. To do so, the Hawks will need to replace last year's top scorer in Edwards and overtake Schuylkill Valley in the process.
Fleetwood Tigers
Coach: Courtney Mitchell, second season, 2-19.
Last season: 2-9 Berks III, 2-19 overall.
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PIAA classification: 4A.
Last D3 playoff appearance/victory: 2021/2020.
Key losses: None.
Top players: Jr. G Teagan Hilburt, Sr. F Emily Miller, Sr. F Courtney Bowles, Sr. G Sophia Barrell-Kobryn, Sr. G Morgan Koehler.
Key players: Sr. G Alexa Abreu, So. Haylee Negri, Fr. Blair Rauenzahn.
Outlook: All starters return for second-year head coach who hopes to keep the Tigers trending upward in tough division.
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