SIOUX FALLS — Ten players and two coaches will represent the area in the 2005 South Dakota Basketball Coaches Association/Sanford All-Star Games.
The games are scheduled for Sunday, May 11 at the Sanford Pentagon. The girls will play at 2 p.m., followed by the boys at 4 p.m.
Area players Krista Langager of Sisseton and Addie Steffensen of Hamlin will play for the White Team in the girls' game. Keyra Kruse of Sioux Valley will play for the Blue Team.
Evan Stormo of Hamlin, Maverick Nelson of Sioux Valley, Noah Kippley of Leola-Frederick Area, Bryon Laue of Castlewood and Carson Vavruska of Florence-Henry will play for the Blue Team in the boys' game. Easton Neuendorf of Hamlin and Jamison Keszler of Castlewood will play for the White Team.
Stephen Hettick of Mobridge-Pollock will serve as the assistant coach for the White Team in the girls' game and Andy Hansen of Estelline-Hendricks as the assistant for the Blue Team in the boys' game.
Other players and coaches include:
Girls Blue Team
Other players include Jenna VandeWeerd, Canton; Brooke Jensen, Vermillion; Cameryn Sommervold, Dakota Valley; Madala Hanson, St. Mary’s; Althea Gust, Centerville; Bailey Verhulst, Harding County; Belle Williams, Kadoka Area; Maya Nelson, Sioux Falls Christian and Taaliyah Porter, Rapid City Stevens.
Head coach is Adam Dannenbring of Rapid City and assistant Andrew Steffensen of Canton.
Girls White Team
Other players are Lennix DuPris, Pierre; Jodene Big Crow-Hunter, Mahpiya Luta; Grace Peterson, Sioux Falls Washington; Logan Smidt, Brookings; Reagan Rus, Mount Vernon-Plankinton; Mya Kochuten, Spearfish; Emma Marshall, Centerville; and Lily Nore, Belle Fourche.
Head coach is Preston Kristensen of Mount Vernon-Plankinton.