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General McLane graduate and District 10 Player of the Year Jaymon Mason finally ended his search and signed with Edinboro to play basketball for new head coach Pat Cleary. Mason had gone on several visits this spring, including Penn State and Florida Gulf Coast, but settled on his hometown by playing for the Fighting Scots. More on his signing in Tuesday’s Erie Times-News.

–Tom Reisenweber

Marc Blucas

The Erie Times-News and GoErie.com are looking for readers’ assistance for the upcoming Varsity Cup awards banquet.

Movie/TV actor and former Girard basketball star Marc Blucas will be the keynote speaker at the third annual Varsity Cup banquet Tuesday at the Ambassador Center. During one segment of the program, Blucas will answer questions submitted by readers.

In his movie roles, Blucas has been a love interest of stars like Gwyneth Paltrow, Naomi Watts and Emily Blunt. He’s played the ex-boyfriend of Cameron Diaz, has been shot by Tom Cruise and has played a soldier alongside Mel Gibson. He also played college basketball with current NBA star Tim Duncan, and they remain close friends. And, of course, he helped Girard to PIAA basketball titles in 1988 and 1990.

What would you ask Marc Blucas about his acting career? High school athletes, what would you ask a three-time all-state player? Let us know.

Please respond by either leaving a question in the comments section below or by sending an e-mail to jeff.kirik@timesnews.com.

Tickets remain for the Varsity Cup banquet where the Times-News honors the top high school athletes, coaches and teams in northwestern Pennsylvania at the end of each school year. For more information or to buy tickets, visit the Varsity Cup web page.

Brian Schulz has been named the new head boys basketball coach at General McLane High School. Schulz was approved Wednesday night at a school board meeting. Schulz takes over for his dad, legendary coach Andy Schulz, who retired after this past season. Andy Schulz coached the Lancers for 29 years, including several years with Brian as a player. Brian Schulz, 27, became an assistant coach at McLane in 2006 and has spent every year next to his dad on the bench.

More details to come in Friday’s edition of the Erie Times-News.

–Tom Reisenweber

Marc Blucas

Movie and television star Marc Blucas will be the keynote speaker at the third annual Erie Times-News Varsity Cup awards banquet June 4 at the Ambassador Center.

Blucas was a standout player on the Girard basketball teams that won the 1988 and 1990 PIAA Class AA titles. He later played with Wake Forest University, where he was a teammate of Tim Duncan.

Blucas, 41, began acting in 1995 and has appeared in numerous television series and movies during the past 18 years. He starred in the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” TV series and had prominent roles in the movies “We Were Soldiers,” “First Daughter” and alongside Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise in “Knight and Day.” He is currently starring in the TV series “Necessary Roughness.”

The Varsity Cup awards banquet honors the top high school athletes, coaches and teams in northwestern Pennsylvania at the end of each school year. Tickets are $20. For more ticket information, visit the Varsity Cup web page.

Readers also can vote for the Fan Favorite award of the Varsity Cup. Other awards finalists will be announced within the next two weeks.

Chris Mele is the new head coach of the Kennedy Catholic girls basketball program. Mele has a wealth of coaching experience. He was the head coach of the Shenango girls basketball team from 2001-05 and more recently was the elementary boys and girls coach in the Hermitage School District from 2012-13. Mele was also an assistant coach for the Sharon boys (2009-11) and the Reynolds girls (1998-2000).

Mele, who is the COO at Pyrotecnico Inc. in New Castle, is also the director of the Western PA Orange Crush, an AAU program for fourth and fifth grade boys and seventh grade girls. He replaces Tom Burns, whose position was opened up after the season.

–Tom Reisenweber

Baseball
Region 2
Mercer at Commodore Perry ppd. until Thursday
Hickory at West Middlesex ppd.
Sharpsville at Reynolds ppd. until Friday
Wilmington at Sharon ppd.
Region 4
Franklin at Iroquois ppd. until Thursday
Titusville at Eisenhower ppd. until Thursday
Region 5
Mercyhurst Prep at Fairview ppd. until Thursday
Seneca at Northwestern ppd. until Thursday
Region 6
Slippery Rock at Meadville ppd. until Thursday
Conneaut at Grove City ppd.
Region 7
Corry at Fort LeBoeuf ppd. until Thursday at Corry
Girard at Harbor Creek ppd. until Thursday
Warren at General McLane ppd.
Region 8
Cathedral Prep vs. Strong Vincent ppd.
McDowell at Central Tech ppd.
Non-region
North East at Lakeview ppd.
Youngsville at Rocky Grove ppd.

Softball
Region 4
Harbor Creek at General McLane ppd. until Friday
Non-region
Hubbard (Ohio) at Hickory ppd.

Boys lacrosse
Non-league
Grand River Academy (Ohio) at Fairview ppd.

Girls lacrosse
Non-league
Fairview at Villa Maria ppd.

Boys tennis
Region 1
Greenville at Sharon ppd.
Grove City at Kennedy Catholic ppd.
Region 3
Fairview 4, Mercyhurst Prep 1
General McLane at Harbor Creek ppd. until Tuesday
Region 4
Cathedral Prep at Oil City ppd.
Meadville at McDowell ppd.
Non-region
Warren at Hickory ppd.

Boys volleyball
Non-region
Farrell def Obama Academy 25-16, 24-26, 25-15, 25-12

–Tom Reisenweber

West Middlesex standout Matthew Dogan finished his career as the fourth all-time scorer in District 10 history. The Gannon recruit also led the Big Reds to another District 10 championship and his efforts were rewarded today as he was named Class AA first-team all-state by the Pennsylvania Sports Writers.

General McLane’s Jaymon Mason and Cathedral Prep’s Sheldon Zablotny were also honored. Mason, the District 10 Player of the Year, was named to the Class AAA second team and Zablotny to the Class AAAA second team. All three finish with two all-state selections with back-to-back outstanding seasons. Zablotny was third team last year and is Prep’s second-leading scorer in school history. Mason was named to the second team last year and Dogan was a first-team selection in Class A.

–Tom Reisenweber

Kennedy Catholic star and Akron recruit Alex Ricketts has been named to the Class A all-state first team by the Pennsylvania Sports Writers. Ricketts averaged 17.5 points per game for the Golden Eagles, which won another District 10 Class A championship.

D-10 was well-represented in Class AAA as Karlee McBride of Villa Maria earned her third all-state selection by being named to the second team. Franklin junior Angelina Starr, who is already over 1,000 career points, was also named to the second team in AAA.

D-10 also picked up two Class AA selections. North East senior Alex Artise, a Mercyhurst recruit that was named the District 10 Player of the Year, was put on the second team and Sharpsville star McKenzie Popatak made the third team.

–Tom Reisenweber

39th annual City-County All-Star basketball games
Girls
County 45, City 35
Boys
City 73, County 55

–Tom Reisenweber

District 10 had a solid showing in the PIAA boys basketball postseason and as a result, finished with four teams ranked in the top 10 of their respective classes in the final Harrisburg Patriot-News high school boys basketball rankings. Cathedral Prep ended up No. 6 in Class AAA, while General McLane is No. 7 in Class AAA. West Middlesex and Lakeview represented D-10 well in Class AA by finishing Nos. 3 and 7, respectively. Kennedy Catholic (Class A), Mercyhurst Prep (AA) and Girard (AAA) finished as honorable mention teams.

Click below for the complete state rankings.

–Tom Reisenweber
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PIAA championships
Class AA boys
Beaver Falls 69, Holy Cross 63
Class AAAA boys
Lower Merion 63, Chester 47
Class A girls
Tri-Valley 59, Vincentian Academy 42
Class AAA girls
South Park 53, Bethlehem Catholic 38

–Tom Reisenweber