Greater Egg Harbor Regional School District Recognizes Cedar Creek High School Girls' Basketball Team

In just its second year of existence, the Cedar Creek High School girls’ basketball team won the Group I state championship. The Pirates improved their record from 15-13 in its maiden season to 26-5 during the 2011-12 campaign.

The top two students in the junior class were on the team, as were three of the top 40 students in the sophomore class. Players are members of student council, the key club, and are also athletes on multiple other teams at the school.

And not one player on the team is a senior.

“We’re going to have high expectations for next year,” girls’ basketball coach Francine Raph said of her team as it was being recognized for its accomplishments Monday night, April 2, at the Greater Egg Harbor Regional School District Board of Education meeting.

The players on this years’s squad included:

• Kristine Miller: first team all-South Jersey Group I, first team all-state Group I; and the highest vote-getter among all players selected to the all-Cape Atlantic League team;
• Mikila Stefenski: first team all-South Jersey, first-team all Cape-Atlantic League;
• Morgan Stefenski: second team all Cape-Atlantic Cape Atlantic League;
• Mercina Stefenski: Cape-Atlantic League Honorable Mention;
• Michelina Hesse: #1 student in the junior class;
• Alyssa Lutgen: #2 student in the junior class;
• Monqiue Stefenski;
• Casey Thomas;
• Shannon Fletcher; and
• Johniece Jaffe.