59 Area Athletes to Compete in Highland CC All-Star Games this Weekend
Highland Community College All-Star games are coming up this weekend (March 16th), it will be the 11th annual volleyball matchup and 27th annuall basketball games, put on by Highland. Game action starts at 2 pm with the volleyball match up first, then the girls basketball game to follow at 4 pm, followed by the boys basketball game to round out the day of All-Star festivities. All three games can be heard on
the Kanzaland radio (both 103.9 KNZA & 92.1 KMZA) and also on the web (click here to listen online).
A total of 59 area athletes and a few others from outside the listening area will be competing in this years All-Star matchups (a few girls will compete in both the volleyball and basketball games). Below are listed the rosters of all three All-Star games and how they are split into the teams that will competing, along with the area coaches leading the teams. Later this week we will have a feature on right up with information on each student athlete.
Volleyball:
Team Navy --
Coach -- Donna Fatout
| # | Name | School | Position |
| 1 | Erin Bowser | Oskaloosa | S |
| 2 | Tanner Weishaar | Troy | L |
| 3 | Kaylie Berkley | Dexter | S |
| 4 | Kate Musil | Valley Heights | M |
| 5 | Ashten Langley | Pleasant Ridge | M/RS |
| 6 | Hannah Mitchell | Axtell | OH |
| 7 | Kristine Packard | Perry Lecompton | L |
| 8 | Kassiday Blevins | Doniphan West | OH |
| 9 | Briley Ware | Dexter | M |
| 10 | Kacey Rieger | Sabetha | OH |
| 11 | Ashley Hirsch | Hiawatha | M |
Team Gold --
Coach -- Lori Glissman
| # | Name | School | Position |
| 1 | Clarissa Billups | Doniphan West | OH |
| 2 | Kara Decker | Holton | S |
| 3 | Ashley Rottinghaus | Nemaha Valley | M |
| 4 | Josie Hale | Frankfort | OH |
| 5 | Molly Tillery | Valley Falls | OH |
| 6 | Kristen Gracey | Horton | OH |
| 8 | Kendra Holthaus | Axtell | S |
| 9 | Kolbie Glissman | Valley Falls | OH |
| 10 | Mary Thorne | Immaculata | OH |
| 11 | Allison Wallisch | ACCHS | |
| 13 | Kaitlyn Hullinger | McLouth | OH/M |
Girls Basketball:
Blue Team --
Coach -- Bryan Adkins (Riverside)
| # | Name | School | Position |
| 1 | Ashleigh Jones-Bristol | Riverside | G |
| 2 | Ashley Annan | Sabetha | G |
| 3 | Kymee Noll | Jefferson County North | G |
| 4 | Mara Winter | Royal Valley | G |
| 5 | Jill Swart | Nemaha Valley | G |
| 11 | Rashayla Mathis | Leavenworth | G |
| 12 | Courtney Hughes | Shawnee Mission North | G |
| 20 | Cassandra Ledgerwood | Shawnee Mission North | F |
| 21 | Justice Daniel | Olathe North | G |
| 23 | Bridgett Volle | Axtell | F |
| 22 | Allison Wallisch | ACCHS | F |
Yellow Team --
Coach -- Jon Holiday (Holton)
| # | Name | School | Position |
| 3 | Alayna Noe | Wetmore | G |
| 4 | Erika Essman | Jeff West | G |
| 5 | Kelli Marriott | Troy | G |
| 10 | Connor Strader | Holton | G |
| 11 | Brylee New | Holton | G |
| 12 | Hanah Suarez | Holton | G |
| 13 | Hannah Sweet | Holton | F |
| 14 | Dana Kramer | Wetmore | G |
| 15 | Courtney Jueneman | Hanover | G |
| 20 | Paige Fenley | Troy | G |
| 24 | Ashley Miller | Valley Falls | F |
| 32 | Kassiday Blevins | Doniphan West | F |
Boys Basketball:
Blue Team --
Coach -- Jim Brickell (Jefferson County North)
| # | Name | School | Position |
| 1 | Cory Noll | Jefferson County North | G |
| 2 | Evan Wheeler | Maur Hill-Mount Academy | G |
| 3 | Ross Boeckman | Wetmore | G |
| 4 | Roy Clayter | Lansing | G |
| 5 | Mitchell Kufahl | Onaga | G |
| 10 | Tanner Trimble | Valley Heights | G |
| 11 | Aaron Schmelzle | Axtell | F |
| 12 | Jacob GrandPre | Jefferson County Nort | F |
| 13 | Tyler Brown | Silver Lake | F |
| 14 | Reese Simpson | Troy | F |
| 15 | Brock Hanf | Maur Hill-Mount Academy | F |
| 20 | Thomas Eisenbarth | Onaga | F |
| 21 | Tyson Downing | Atchison | G |
Gold Team --
Coach -- Michael Connelly (Immaculata)
| # | Name | School | Position |
| 1 | Rickey Kearney | ACCHS | G |
| 2 | Connor Schmidling | Immaculata | G |
| 3 | Sean Murray | Immaculata | G |
| 4 | Nick Reckers | Pleasant Ridge | G |
| 5 | Trent Tanking | Holton | G |
| 10 | Seth Steward | Oskaloosa | G |
| 11 | Levi Peter | Blue Valley-Randolph | G |
| 12 | Jacob Hansen | ACCHS | F |
| 13 | Carter Gish | McLouth | F |
| 14 | Derek Gibson | Doniphan West | F |
| 15 | Tyler Burdiek | Holton | F |
| 20 | Cameron Karn | Holton | F |
| 21 | Thomas Bachert | Vertias Christian | F |
