Six Antelope County Athletes To Play In All-Star Game Friday

Six Antelope County athletes have been selected to play in the annual NVC All-Star basketball games on Friday, May 29.

Players are Hallie Knutson of Neligh-Oakdale; Kelsie Waller and Trevor Mlnarik of Clearwater-Orchard; and Jayson Larson, Courtney Rich and Kendall Albin of Elkhorn Valley.

The girls game will tip off at 5 p.m. in the St. Mary's High School Gym in ONeill. The boys game is set for 7 p.m. A 3-point contest is planned between the games.

The NVC All-Stars will play the all-stars from the Mid-Nebraska Activities Conference, which includes players from Brady, Sandhills-Thedford, South Loup, Mullen, Arthur County, McPherson County and Anselmo-Merna.

Members of the NVC girls team will be Courtni Kunz and Brittany Hanzlik (Stuart); Bridget Schneider and Addie Wetzel (St. Mary's); Lydia Fry and Katie Koenig (Ewing); Hallie Knutson (Neligh-Oakdale); Kelsie Waller (Clearwater-Orchard); Marissa Koenig (CWC); Courtney Rich (Elkhorn Valley); and Amber Bendig and Madison Rossmeier (Boyd County). They will be coached by Traci Berg of St. Mary's and Dexter Goodner of Stuart.

The NVC boys team will be coached by Shelly Mlnarik of Clearwater-Orchard and Travis Ludwig of Stuart. Players are Tyler Knox and Justin Palmer (North Central); Trenton Guenther, Jacob Johnson and Steven LaPointe (Niobrara/Verdigre); Mitchell Dvorak and Alex Kunz (Stuart); Trevor Mlnarik (Clearwater-Orchard); Kendall Albin and Jayson Larson (Elkhorn Valley); Josiah McAllister and Jeffrey Judge (West Holt); Brant Shoemaker (St. Mary's); and Jon Doolittle (CWC).