All-Stars:
Local hoopsters get one last chance to show off their skills
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PABLO – It was a night full of top-notch action as some of the area’s best players met one final time for the annual Mission Valley All-Star game Friday at Salish Kootenai College.
“It’s the last hoorah for the Valley,” Ronan boys basketball head coach Steve Woll said. “It’s awesome; a lot of kids who were once enemies become friends and get to play together.”
“We’ve found over the years that (the athletes) enjoy it,” Mission girls head coach Les Rice added. “They get to meet other kids that they compete against, and spark great friendships between rivals.”
In the boys’ game, Ronan’s Edmond Dupuis lifted the A team over the B team 66-65.
The B team came out strong, as Marcus Brown was able to drive the lane to the basket on multiple occasions, helping the B team lead 39-33 at the break.
Marcus Hungerford put the B team ahead 65-54 with a 3-pointer, but Dupuis’ acrobatic shot helped the A team pull out a one-point victory with moments to spare, winning 66-65.
Conner Coleman of Bigfork paced the A team with a game-high 14 points, while Dupuis finished with 11. Tanner Ostrom of Plains tacked on 10. Charlo’s Stephen Delaney and Ronan’s Brady Oakland added eight apiece for the A team.
The B team was led by Marcus Brown’s 12 points, while Arlee’s Junior Sansavere tacked on 11. Hungerford and Dave Cross of Hot Springs tallied nine apiece.
In the girls’ game, Charlo’s Kinley Pope went three-for-three in the opening minutes to give the A team a 9-0 lead. The A team continued to roll, going up 16-1 with eight minutes remaining in the first half and 31-12 at the break.
Both teams scored 24 in the second half, but the A team’s first half lead gave it the advantage, winning 55-36.
Pope and Shandeen Belinger of Two Eagle each scored 14 points for the A team, while Mission’s Stephanie Lewandowski put up six.
Two Eagle’s Nina Orozco paced the B team with 11 points, while Hot Springs’ Hannah Retallick finished with seven. Ronan’s Raymi Clairmont and Deondra Brown of Charlo both finished with six.
SUMMARY
Mission Valley All-Star game
Salish Kootenai College
Friday
BOYS A team 66, B team 65
B team 39 26 – 65
A team 33 33 – 66
B TEAM – Marcus Hungerford 9, Kolten Andrews 3, Austin Durglo 4, Dave Cross 9, Robert Faoa 8, Marcus Brown 12, Junior Sansavere 11, Dillon Delaney 4, Cody Fischer 5.
A TEAM – Stephen Delaney 8, Brady Oakland 8, Tanner Ostrom 10, Dylan Evans 5, Wyatt Nagy 1, Edmond Dupuis 11, Mike Gray 2, Conner Coleman 14, PJ Haynes 7.
GIRLS A team 55, B team 36
B team 12 24 – 36 A team 31 24 – 55 B TEAM – Loren Erickson 4, Raymi Clairmont 6, Deondra Brown 6, Macall Banner 2, Hannah Retallick 7, Nina Orozco 11.
A TEAM – Stephanie Lewandowski 6, Rachel Hoyt 4, Kinley Pope 14, Kelsey Beagley 5, Felicia Earhart 3, Alyssa Foster 7, Shayna Nagy 2, Shandeen Belinger 14.
