Peters Township girl helps team win national title
Madison Kerr of McMurray helped the Western PA Bruins U17 Team win the U.S. Junior National girls’ basketball championship this summer in Washington, D.C.
The Peters Township senior is a 1,000-point scorer in her scholastic career. A guard, she garnered all-section honors while averaging 16.2 points, 8.8 rebounds, four assists and two steals a game for the Lady Indians. In addition to being an Almanac Elite Eleven performer, Kerr was a finalist for the newspaper’s Athlete of the Year campaign. A two-sport standout, Kerr captained the volleyball squad, too. A 4.46 honors student, Kerr is a member of student council and the National Honor Society. She participates in a medical mentorship at Washington Hospital and hopes to one day become a nurse anesthetist.
Kerr was one of five area athletes on the club. The others included: Becca Turney from Canon-McMillan; MacKenzie Bushee from Mt. Lebanon, Carlee Kilgus from South Fayette and Justina Mascaro from Bethel Park.
A senior forward, Turney recently committed to Eastern Michigan. Bushee, Kilgus and Mascaro were first-team all-section performers for their respective high school teams. All three will graduate in 2017.
The other team members included: Haley Zeiss, Abby Gonzales and Dayna Rouse. Former Chartiers Valley and Seton-La Salle head coach Spencer Stefko coached the club. He will coach at North Allegheny High School this season.