Clear Fork teammates share MNJ girls basketball player of the year honor
They were just too good to keep apart. So, Clear Fork's Ava Boccio and Brinley Barnett shouldn't be. The dynamic duo that led the Colts to the 2025-26 Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference championship, just the first league title for the Colts in 22 years, will just share the honor of being the Mansfield News Journal Girls Basketball Players of the Year.
RECORD YEAR: JAKE'S TAKE 47th NJ Classic raises record $26,743 ... Thank you! Boccio, a 5-foot-8 junior, averaged 17.
1 points, 5. 3 rebounds, 2. 8 assists and 4.
3 steals for the 2025-26 season. To go with her Mansfield News Journal Co-Player of the Year honor, she earned first team All-Ohio in Division V, Northwest District Player of the Year, first team All-Northwest District, Division V District 6 Player of the Year, first team All-District 6 and first team All-Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference honors. Barnett, a senior, averaged 9.
5 points, 5. 6 rebounds, 6. 2 assists and three steals and earned MNJ Co-Player of the Year, third team All-Ohio, second team All-Northwest District, first team All-District 6, Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference Player of the Year and first team All-MOAC honors for the 2025-26 season.