Four members of the St. James High School girls’ basketball team have been selected to the All-Four Rivers Conference Team, it was announced last week.
St. James was undefeated FRC champion as …
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Four members of the St. James High School girls’ basketball team have been selected to the All-Four Rivers Conference Team, it was announced last week.
St. James was undefeated FRC champion as well as Class 4 District 3 Tournament champion this season.
Lady Tiger junior guard Payge Kemnitzer was selected the Four Rivers Conference Player of the Year. Also named to the all-league first team was St. James junior guard Adalee Richardson.
Lady Tigers named to the all-conference second team were senior guard Avery Campbell and senior forward Sophie Deluca. Kemnitzer and Richardson were both unanimous selections.
St. James head coach Terry Wells was named by his peers as FRC Coach of the Year. And there were co-Defensive Players of the Year in the league - Sullivan’s Karlee Head and Union’s Kyndal Brown.
Kemnitzer, a 5-7 guard, averaged 12.6 points per game, 2.3 assists, 2.2 steals and 4.3 rebounds. She nailed 83 three-pointers at a 34% clip. Richardson averaged 8.2 points, 2.8 steals and 2.4 rebounds while making 32 treys. Campbell averaged 6.5 points, 3.0 assists, 2.0 steals and 3.6 rebounds while hitting 28 three-pointers. Despite a knee injury that cost her several games Deluca averaged 5.6 points, and 4.1 rebounds.
Here is the 2025-26 All-Four Rivers Conference Girls’ Basketball Team:
First Team - Payge Kemnitzer, jr, St. James*; Kealie Lane, sr., Hermann*; Lila Hinson, jr., St. Clair*; Emma Talleur, sr., St. Clair*; Kyndal Brown, soph., Union*; Karlee Head, jr., Sullivan*; Adalee Richardson, jr. St. James*; Andrea Van Booven, fr., Hermann.
*-Unanimous selection
Player of the Year: Payge Kemnitzer, St. James
Co-Defensive Players of the Year: Karlee Head, Sullivan; Kyndal Brown, Union
6th-Girl of the Year: Lili Douglas, Pacific
Coach of the Year: Terry Wells St. James
Second Team - Olivia Barton, jr., Sullivan; Cameron Ryerson, jr, Owensville; Myla Miller, fr., Pacific, Avery Campbell, sr., St. James; Tyler Steele, fr., Union; Bynlee Ash, fr., Hermann; Sophie Deluca, sr., St. James.
FRC Standings - St. James 7-0; Hermann 6-1; Sullivan 5-2; St. Clair 3-4; Union 3-4; Pacific 2-5; Owensville 2-5; New Haven 0-7.
