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Castlewood’s Benike, Waverly-South Shore's Kranz and Sioux Valley’s Vincent to play SDBCA/Sanford Pentagon All-Star basketball games

Watertown Public Opinion

SIOUX FALLS — Seniors Alayna Benike of Castlewood, Emily Kranz of Waverly-South Shore and Kelton Vincent of Sioux Valley have been selected to play in the South Dakota Basketball Coaches Association All-Star games on Saturday in the Sanford Pentagon.

The girls game starts at 10 a.m. and the boys at noon. Both games will be televised live on Midco Sports TV.

Due to COVID-19, attendance is restricted to 25% of the Sanford Pentagon Heritage Court arena capacity or approximately 825 patrons. Face masks are strongly encouraged. The cost for admission is $5 for students and adults, while children age 5 and under get in for free.

Here are the rosters for the games:

• Girls Blue — Brecli Honner, Harrisburg; Brooklyn Kusler, Aberdeen Central, Emily Kranz, Waverly-South Shore, Grace Fryda, Scotland; Haleigh Timmer, St. Thomas More, Isabelle Moore, O’Gorman; Kalla Bertram, Winner; Kennedy Leiferman, Kimball-White Lake; Raven Barse, Corsica-Stickney and Sydney Voss, Viborg-Hurley.

• Girls White — Addison Rozell, Redfield; Alayna Benike, Castlewood; Caelyn Valandra-Prue, White River; Haley Meyer, Centerville; Lexi Plitzuweit, Vermillion; Halle Heinz, Ipswich; Lexi Unruh, Sioux Falls Christian; Lizzie Olson, Garretson; Morgan Edelman, Menno and Sydni Schetnan, Sioux Falls Washington.

• Boys Blue — Brady Fritz, Winner, Collin Rentz, Dell Rapids; Conner Geddes, Harrisburg; Eddie Meylor, O’Gorman; Kelby VanDerWerff, Platte-Geddes; Kelton Vincent, Sioux Valley; Matthew Mors, Yankton; Sam Aslesen, Howard; Tucker Large, Sioux Falls Roosevelt and Tyce Ortman, Canistota.

• Boys White — Connor Libis, Dell Rapids St. Mary; Elijah Williams, Sioux Falls Washington; Gradee Sherman, Viborg-Hurley; Isaac Sumption, Leola-Frederick; Jakob Dobney, Vermillion; Micah Swallow, Rapid City Central; Paul Bruns, Dakota Valley; Tyler Feldkamp, Sioux Falls Roosevelt; Xavier Van Beek, Sioux Falls Christian and Zane Alm, Mitchell.

The S.D. All-Star Awards Ceremony will be held on Friday in a remote format due to COVID-19 safety guidelines.

The ceremony airs live at 6:30 p.m. KELOLAND TV and features South Dakota State men’s basketball head coach Eric Henderson. Players of the year will be announced during the program.

Henderson’s first season as a collegiate head coach was a historic one, as he was named the 2019-20 Summit League Coach of the Year while guiding the Jackrabbits to a 22-10 record and a share of their third-straight Summit League regular season title. South Dakota State went 16-0 at home in 2019-20 and posted a 13-3 record in league play.

This season, the Jackrabbits finished 16-7 with a 9-3 record in Summit League play and earned the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament.

Castlewood senior Alayna Benike has been selected to play in the South Dakota Basketball Coaches Association-Sanford Pentagon All-Star games on Saturday in the Sanford Pentagon.
Waverly-South Shore senior Emily Kranz (left) has been selected to play in the South Dakota Basketball Coaches Association-Sanford Pentagon All-Star games on Saturday in the Sanford Pentagon.
Sioux Valley senior Kelton Vincent has been selected to play in the South Dakota Basketball Coaches Association-Sanford Pentagon All-Star games on Saturday in the Sanford Pentagon.