After a 2-7 start to the season, Exeter matched that win total in two days and were the only Berks Girls League team to bring home a holiday tournament championship last week. (Schuylkill Valley plays Annville-Cleona for the Dutchmen's Holiday Tournament championship tonight.)
Senior Meredith Fylypowycz led the way for the defending Berks II champion Eagles (4-7) in wins over Brandywine Heights and Pequea Valley to bring home the Bullets' Holiday Tournament championship plaque and earned the BerksGirlsBasketball.com Player of the Week for Dec. 23 to 29.
Fylypowycz scored a team-high 10 points in an opening 47-23 victory over Brandywine Heights and a team-high 13 points in a 52-34 victory over Pequea Valley in the championship.
Pequea Valley entered that game with a spotless 10-0 record and wins over Berks teams in Oley Valley (71-40), Schuylkill Valley (48-30), and Fleetwood (77-16).
The Eagles held Braves to their lowest point output of the season.
Fylypowycz, a 5-7 all-division forward, averaged 5.5 points per game last season for the Eagles, who won back-to-back division titles.
She's scoring 7.8 points per game this season, second on the team behind freshman Addison Harper's 8.0, and her defense and rebounding will be vital for the Eagles completing a division threepeat.
"Her defense and leadership are key," Exeter head coach Derek Wolfe said.
Players considered for Player of the Week honors are nominated by their coach or by members of the BerksGirlsBasketball.com coverage team.
Also considered for BGB Player of Week:
Fleetwood's Sophia Barrell-Kobryn
Brandywine Heights' Addison Benner
Hamburg's Ella Brindle
Reading High's Tamyia Collier
Wilson's Kailani Hardy
Kutztown's Kaitlyn Houptley
Berks Catholic's Madison Langdon
Wyomissing's Amaya Stewart
Gov. Mifflin's Mia Vazquez
Oley Valley's Julia Wagner
Schuylkill Valley's Hannah West
Selected BGB Player of the Week in 2024-25:
Dec. 9: Yamilex Rodriguez, Reading High
Dec. 16: Hailey Kilgore, Twin Valley
Dec. 23: Izzy Buehler, Oley Valley
Dec. 30: Meredith Fylypowycz, Exeter
Selected Player of the Week in 2023-24 on MikeDragoSports.com:
Dec. 11: Amaya Stewart, Wyomissing
Dec. 18: Laila Jones, Wilson
Dec. 25: Juliana Stichter, Schuylkill Valley
Jan. 1: Grace Reedy, Exeter
Jan. 8: Morgan Snyder, Oley Valley
Jan. 15: Violet Houck, Wilson
Jan. 22: Taylor Koenig, Gov. Mifflin
Jan. 29: Yamilex Rodriguez, Reading High
Feb. 5: Madison Langdon, Berks Catholic
Feb. 12: Madison Langdon, Berks Catholic
Feb. 19: Amaya Stewart, Wyomissing
Feb. 26: Annie McCaffrey, Wyomissing
Selected Player of the Week in 2022-23 on MikeDragoSports.com:
Dec. 12: Alexis Hardy, Wyomissing
Dec. 19: Morgan Snyder, Oley Valley
Dec. 26: Caraline Herb, Berks Catholic
Jan. 2: Ashanti Chapman, Reading High
Jan. 9: Amelia Gassert, Hamburg
Jan. 16: Juliana Stichter, Schuylkill Valley
Jan. 23: Laila Jones, Wilson
Jan. 30: Alexis Hess, Fleetwood
Feb. 6: Grace Reedy, Exeter
Feb. 13: Amaya Stewart, Wyomissing
Feb. 20: Amaya Stewart, Wyomissing
Feb. 27: Madison Langdon, Berks Catholic
March 6: Audrey Hurleman, Wyomissing
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