Chenango Forks' Maggie Warpus named Class B Girl's Basketball Player of the Year
CHENANGO FORKS, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – Section IV produces plenty of exceptional athletes each season, and one of them is making her mark as a junior on the basketball court for Chenango Forks on how her season went in New York State.
Maggie Warpus got it done this season for the Blue Devils. In doing so, she earned herself the Class B Player of the Year, named by the New York State Sportswriters Association.
Throughout her run this season to a state final four appearance with the team, she won the STAC title before taking the Section IV chip at Visions Veterans Memorial Arena. She's racked up plenty of offers from D-I programs, from as close as Binghamton to as far as Oregon State.
She finished the season averaging 21 points per game, with still a year of high school left to go.
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