A season full of accomplishments and accolades has ended with another for Jim Thorpe’s Skyler Searfoss and Panther Valley’s Erika Dubosky.

The pair were honored Monday when they were selected to the PA Sports Writers All-State Girls Basketball Team.

Searfoss was named to the Second Team in Class 4A, while Dubosky was a Second Team selection in 3A.

The recognition highlighted not only their talent, but their dedication to the game and drive to constantly improve, both for themselves and those around them.

“There’s really no quit in her,” Olympians’ head coach Nadia Gauronsky. “It’s a unique situation where you have a kid who not only receives the accolades, but she’s not satisfied in receiving them just for herself. She wants to receive them for everyone.

“Her selflessness supersedes her own personal goals that she sets for herself. And I think that’s what is so great about her.”

Both were named to the Third Team in their respective classes a year ago.

In Dubosky’s case, former Panthers’ head coach Bill ‘Dapper’ Lynn sees the hard work she has put in to be both an All-State volleyball player, and an All-State basketball player.

“She lives up the street from me in Summit Hill, and I’ve looked down and her and her sister are hitting a volleyball,” said Lynn. “I look down and her and her brother are dribbling a basketball.

“I remember going by, she might have been a sophomore, and I remember going by when it was raining when she’s out there playing and she said, ‘I’m practicing.’ As a coach, when you see that, you know you have something special.”

Both have been nothing short of spectacular throughout their careers.

SUPER SEARFOSS

This is the third All-State honor for Searfoss, who will be back next season.

For Gauronsky, who took over the Thorpe program this year, she worked with Searfoss to keep the Olympians’ dynamic offense operating at a high level.

“Because they are such a close group, and because they have worked together for so many years, one of the things we talked about was being that Skyler is the point guard, you have to be a court general,” said Gauronsky. “It doesn’t mean that you are counted on more than others because clearly this group is very talented. But being that you are in that position, you get to make the decisions, and the thing that I tried to implore to her was that I trusted what she saw on the floor. “

Jim Thorpe has played in three straight District 11 title games. The Olympians also played in the Schuylkill League final again this season.

Searfoss is also a two-time Times News Player of the year, having won the award in 2018-19, and now this past season.

“If she would tell me, ‘This is what I’m thinking.’ then I would tell her if she could give me a reasoning behind it, then we’re going to roll with it if you feel this is something that would benefit the team,” said Gauronsky. “And that was always something she put first, was her team. And it didn’t matter if she was the leading scorer. As long as her team was successful, I think that’s what really propels her, and that’s why she receives the accolades she does, and that’s why she’s become more of a presence on the floor this year, I think.”

After averaging 18.7 points per game as a freshman, and 15.32 ppg. as a sophomore, Searfoss averaged 16.5 ppg. this season.

The junior surpassed the 1,000-point milestone early in the season in a 23-point performance against Blue Mountain. She currently has 1,365 career points.

Gauronsky praised the old school, Schuylkill League mentality Searfoss brings to the court, a mindset that shows up in the box score and beyond.

Searfoss led the Olympians in assists (3.8) and steals (4.6), and also pulled down 3.9 rebounds per game this season.

“The team play, the leadership,” said Gauronsky, “she just embodies all of those things.”

DOMINANT DUBOSKY

The senior wrapped up a remarkable career with a historic scoring milestone.

Dubosky led the area in scoring at 18.7 ppg. She also became Panther Valley’s all-time leading scorer during a postseason contest against Palmerton with 24 points.

If that wasn’t enough, she averaged 26.6 ppg. over her final three games and finished with 1,572 career points.

“I’ve seen defenses that no other kid in this league went against,” said Lynn. “They threw double teams, triangles, boxes, and she still got her 20 and 10, or 15 rebounds.

“That really amazed me. She never got frustrated, she just played. But she is team first. She would work with the younger girls at practice, show them different things. I think a lot of the younger girls looked up to her, and she would try to help them however she could.”

Dubosky also pulled down a remarkable 11.2 rebounds per game and had 1.7 blocks.

“People look at the points she scored, but she probably had close to 1,000 rebounds in her career,” said Lynn. “She was a rebounding machine.”

Dubosky averaged 19.36 points per game and 12 rebounds per contest last season.

Like Searfoss, Dubosky put in the time to become the player she is.

“She worked hard, she worked all the time,” said Lynn. “She never missed our strength and conditioning sessions. She was there all the time.

“She didn’t just rely on her talent. She worked at it.”

Dubosky also made 20 three-pointers this season, and shot 49 percent from the field on two-point field goals. She converted free throws at a 77 percent clip.

Her final season cemented her legacy as one of the area’s all-time best, with an impact that has been felt both on and off the court.

“All the kids love her. She knows everybody, she’s that kind of kid,” said Lynn. “I have two grandsons, and both of them know who she is, and that’s great.

“I think some of the younger kids, they watch Erika, and because of the challenge (with all she’s done), they want to be like Erika.”

Both Searfoss and Dubosky have certainly set good examples to follow.