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Area cagers ball out at All-Star Game
Senior hoopers dazzle crowd in final time in uniform
BURLINGTON — Notre Dame High School hosted the 2022 Southeast Iowa Senior All-Star Game on Saturday night, as area basketball players showed their stuff in their last games in high school uniforms.
Per usual, the night featured a girls’ scrimmage, a boys’ scrimmage, 3-point contests and a dunk contest.
The girls’ game was up first. The ‘Silver Team’ featuring Union area players Ashyln McSorley of New London and Esther Hughes of Hillcrest Academy took a 30-24 lead at halftime and won the game 57-47.
Mt. Pleasant head coach Curt Watson was on the bench to lead the girls’ ‘Gold Team,’ which featured Mt. Pleasant’s Kenna Lamm and Jadan Brumbaugh, along with Colubus’ Libby White, and Jobey Malone of Winfield-Mount Union.
The girls’ 3-point contest was played at halftime, and Hillcrest’s Hughes took it down to earn the championship plaque.
Hughes scored eight points in the qualifying round, second-best out of five contestants. She beat Mediapolis’ Hallie Mohr, 10-7, in the finals.
Also joining in on the girls’ 3-point contest was Mt. Pleasant’s Lamm, who failed to make the finals.
In the boys’ game, it was all ‘Silver Team.’ The Silver squad, which featured Dewon Trent of Mt. Pleasant, Chandler Stull of Pekin, Zach Schmitz of WACO, Devin Swanson of New London and Owen Loeffler of Van Buren County, won 108-78.
Area players on the ‘Gold Team’ included Winfield-Mount Union’s Konner Wade and a duo from Highland in Trevor McFarland and Chase Schultz.
Schmitz of WACO competed in the dunk contest, which took place between the two games. He failed to make the finals. Winfield-Mount Union’s Wade did make the finals in the 3-point contest, qualifying second of 11 competitors before getting defeated 12-4 in the finals by West Burlington’s Austin Applegate.
Other area competitors to compete in the boys’ 3-point contest were Pekin’s Stull, Mt. Pleasant’s Trent, New London’s Swanson and Highland’s Schultz.
Mt. Pleasant’s Jadan Brumbaugh tests her range with a corner 3-pointer during the Southeast Iowa All-Star Game on Saturday in Burlington. (Andy Krutsinger/The Union)
Mt. Pleasant head coach Curt Watson (right) sits next to Columbus’ Libby White (middle) and Burlington’s Alexis Standard (left) during the Southeast Iowa All-Star girls game on Saturday. (Andy Krutsinger/The Union)
Hillcrest Academy’s Esther Hughes launches a shot during the girls’ 3-point contest at the 2022 Southeast Iowa All-Star Game. Hughes won the event after a 10-point final. (Andy Krutsinger/The Union)
Winfield-Mount Union’s Konner Wade competes in the boys’ 3-point contest during the 2022 Southeast Iowa All-Star Game on Saturday night. Wade would finish second. (Andy Krutsinger/The Union)
WACO’s Zach Schmitz heads toward the rim for a slam during the dunk contest at the 2022 Southeast Iowa All-Star festivities on Saturday night. (Andy Krutsinger/The Union)
