Back On The Court: Recent Graduates Play In All-Star BB Game

The 2019 NVC-North Central Nebraska All-Star Basketball games on Friday night featured recent graduates from across the area. The boys and girls games were played in the O'Neill High School Gym.

Both games were decided in the last seconds in which the White Team won by a margin of four points or less over the Red Team. The girls final score was 59-55 and the boys was 78-77.

Peyton Randolph of West Holt was named the girls MVP and Blake Hoke of OC was the MVP for the boys.

A 3-point shooting contest was held between the games with Emma Stahlecker of Boyd County named the girls winner and Cole Belitz of Neligh-Oakdale was the champ for the boys.

Girls Roster
Red Team - Coaches Greg Appleby and Brendan Dittmer
Allyson Wemhoff of EPPJ, Ashtyn Fritz of Creighton, Claire Morrow of O'Neill, Marina Fessler of Stuart, Miranda Summers of Ewing, Kyra Farewell of Chambers, Sydney Atkinson of Boyd County, and Sierra Rystrom and Hannah Ollendick, both of Elkhorn Valley.
White Team - Coaches Mike Pardun and Laurel O'Malley
Megan Cook of Verdigre, Brianna Bauer of O'Neill, Shelby Jones of Ainsworth, Amber Miller of Elkhorn Valley, Carlie Wetzel, Leighton Mlady and Peyton Randolph, all of West Holt, Emma Stahlecker of Boyd County and Katie Stearns of Clearwater.

Boys Roster
Red Team - Coaches Sean Sterkle and Matt Korkow
Cole Belitz and Austin Rice, both of Neligh-Oakdale, Kyle Schumacher of Elgin Public/Pope John, Evan Reiman of Boyd County, Colton Munger of Keya Paha, Ryan Wilhelm of OC, Dennis Herrera of O'Neill, Grady Semin of St. Mary's and Gage Delimont of Ainsworth.
White Team - Coaches Tim Schindler and Ethan Larsen
Cory Lechtenberg of Boyd County, Isaac Seinhauser and Ethan Sattler, both of Stuart, Blake Hoke and Jacob Long, both of OC, Tyson Kaiser of Wausa, Francisco Perez of O'Neill, Isiac Kurpgeweit of Neligh-Oakdale, Jordan Tasler of West Holt and Keaton Eichberger of Plainview.