Lely athletes recognized on all-star teams

Photo by KEVIN JOHNSON

Lely's Nick Talko goes in for a basket against Estero during Lely's Class 5A-District 14 win. Talko, a sophomore made the Collier County Athletic Conference and Naples Daily News first teams, as did teammate Nick Ronquette. Kevin Johnson/Staff

Photo by ROGER LALONDE

Roger LaLonde Staff Lely captain Justine Giles makes a point to her teammates during halftime of the Class 3A-District 12 semifinal game against Estero. The senior was named to the first team for the NDN All-Area and CCAC All-Conference teams. She is Lely's representative for the 2012 Winged Foot Scholar-Athlete Award.

Lely athletes got their share of accolades when it came time for naming the top winter sports athletes by the Naples Daily News and the Collier County Athletic Conference.

Sophomore Nick Talko and Junior Nick Ronquette led the basketball team by being named to first team for the NDN All-Area and the CCAC All-Conference. Sophomore Wes Lancaster made honorable mention for both squads.

For the girls, senior Katie Hogan made NDN and CCAC first teams, while senior Taylor Bell made honorable mention on both.

In soccer, senior Justine Giles made first team honors on both teams. For CCAC, Jennifer Carter, Jessica Andrade made first team, while Andrade and Carter were honorable mentions for All-Area.

For the boys, Ricthy Absolu, Sam Lozano and Zach Garcon made the CCAC All-Conference team, while Garcon and Lozano were honorable for the NDN team

Freshman Jennifer Carter and junior Jessica Andrade made CCAC first team and honorable mention for NDN All-Area.

In wrestling, junior Claudel Alix, at 220 pounds, made first team in both ballots. Sophomore Mickey Messina made honorable mention for CCAC.