Four area athletes have been chosen to play in the eighth annual College Hockey East All Star Game, which will take place Saturday at the Center Ice Arena in Delmont.

All four will be playing for the South Division squad. Representing California University of Pennsylvania are forward Dustin Roux, a Peters Township graduate, and goalie Tim Johnson, a Serra Catholic grad.

Pitt-Johnstown defenseman Dan A. Thomas (Thomas Jefferson) and Penn State Altoona forward Jamie Reis (Keystone Oaks) are also on the South Division squad.

A skills competition involving players from both squads will take place prior to the game at 3 p.m. The game will follow at 4:30 p.m.

Upper St. Clair grad is MVP

Upper St. Clair graduate Ryne Murray was named Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III South Co-Player of the Week.

Murray, a freshman forward at Westminster College, was most valuable player of the Marietta Shrine Tournament held Dec. 29-30. He averaged 20 points and 10.5 rebounds to lead the Titans to the tournament championship with wins over Olivet (80-67) and host Marietta (98-73).

A 6-foot-4 transfer from St. Francis (Pa.), Murray registered career highs in each of the Titans' past four games with 14, 15, 17 and 23 points.

Westminster (7-5, 1-0 PAC) has now won six of its last seven games, including a 3-1 mark during Murray's four consecutive career-high scoring games.

Among national leaders

Seton-LaSalle graduate Erica Bilski, a 5-8 sophomore guard at Chatham College, is nationally ranked in two NCAA Division III categories.

Bilski is tied for 12th in NCAA Division III, and first in the Atlantic Women's Colleges Conference in 3-point field goals with 3.0 per game. Bilski also ranks 66th in NCAA Division III and second in the AWCC in 3-point field goal percentage at 38.5 percent.

Lebo grad excels

Mt. Lebanon graduate Katie Kestler is having a fine season for the Allegheny College women's basketball team (10-3, 4-1).

She leads the Gators in scoring at 13.3 points per game and also has collected 30 steals, also a team high. She is among the team leaders in assists as well, with 34.

Kestler is shooting 43.4 percent from the field (62 of 143), including 37 percent from (34 of 92), and averages 3.7 rebounds per game.