Area Seniors Selected For All-Star Game

​Several Holt County senior cagers were tabbed to play in the Niobrara Valley Conference-North Central Nebraska All Star games on Friday, May 24 at O’Neill High School.

This year’s all-star games has split seniors from the NVC, Lewis & Clark Conference, Mid-State Conference and Southwest Conference into two teams.

Elkhorn Valley’s Brendan Dittmer and Ewing’s Greg Appleby will lead the girl’s red squad, while Chambers/Wheeler Central’s Lauren O’Malley and West Holt’s Mike Pardun will guide the white team.

Ainsworth’s Sean Sterkel and Boyd County’s Matt Korkow coach the boy’s red team against Neligh-Oakdale’s Ethan Larsen and Wausa’s Tim Schindler.

Ewing’s Miranda Summers will be joined by O’Neill’s Claire Morrow on the red team.

West Holt’s Carlie Wetzel, Peyton Randolph, Leyton Mlady and O’Neill’s Brianna Bauer will represent the white team.

On the boy’s red team, O’Neill St. Mary’s Grady Semin and O’Neill’s Dennis Herrera face the white team consisting of O’Neill’s Francisco Perez and West Holt’s Kooper Jelinek and Jordan Tasler. 

There is a short introduction of players and parents at 4:40 p.m. followed by the girls game at 5 p.m. A 3-point contest will follow the girls contest and the night will conclude with the boy’s game.