The elation and heartbreak of the high school basketball season has reached its conclusion for the boys and girls of the area. It’s now time for the stars to shine bright one final time.
And shine they will at the Star Beacon-Ed Batanian Senior All-Star Classics at Lakeside Gymnasium on Tuesday.
The girls will tip off at 6 p.m., with the boys following 20 minutes after the conclusion. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for senior citizens and students. No passes will be accepted.
Each game will consist of two 20-minute halves and will feature a 3-point contest at halftime, with the winner receiving a special award. Players will be allowed six fouls in the games.
Pointing the Stars in the girls game will be Conneaut’s Tony Pasanen and Madison’s Mike Smith. Members of the team will include the Spartans’ Nichele Johnson, Sarah Campbell and Justine VanCise, Edgewood’s Makenzie Koman and Alyssa DiBenedetto, Jefferson’s Lizzy Ziemski, Hannah Francis and Joslin Landis and Madison’s Kate Oberstar, Ashley DiLillo and Chelsea Davis.
The Beacons will be guided by Geneva’s Nancy Barbo, who led her team to a Division II regional semifinals, and Perry’s Ryan Dolotowski. Team members will include the Eagles’ Taylor Webb, Natalie Stanley and Courtney Thompson, SS. John and Paul’s Carly Penna, Lakeside’s Dianna Moore, Riverside’s Lauren Bell and Kelly Kohr, Perry’s Kaley Kahoun and Cecilia Siegel, Grand Valley’s Dakota Kunka and Pymatuning Valley’s Olivia Holt.
In the boys game, Conneaut’s Tim Tallbacka and Grand River Academy’s Josh Hartz will drive the Mean Machine. Team members will include Conneaut’s Chris Howland, Jared Moisio and Steven Joslin, Edgewood’s Sean Butler, Brian Joslin and Derrick Coy, PV’s Mitch Berrier, SJP’s Alex Iarocci, GRA’s Jackson Berry, Brant O’Brien and Grant Miller and Perry’s Erik Petrecca.
Swinging the Hammers will be Lakeside’s Rob Pisano, who led the Dragons to a Division I district semifinal, and Geneva’s John Marhefka. Members of the team will include the Dragons’ Rashaad Bell and Emilio Parks, GV’s Cory Weyer, Riverside’s Dan Shafer and Mychael Delano, Jefferson’s Matt Moyer and Adam Mehalic, Geneva’s Tyler Erb, Joey Streets and Jimmy Haines and Madison’s Tyler Richmond and Nick Mayer.
One player from each team in the girls and boys games will be chosen a Player of the Game as selected by the Star Beacon sports staff.
In addition, fans will have a chance to purchase tickets for the right to win an Adirondack oak love seat donated by Edgewood High School industrial technology teacher and wrestling coach Greg Stolfer and his woodshop class. Raffle tickets will be sold at one ticket for $1, three tickets for $2 and an arm’s length of tickets for $5. Drawing for the love seat will be made at halftime of the boys game.
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Beacon Classics set for Tuesday
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Scholastic Statistics:
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Lakeside 89, Madison 76
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Scholastic Schedule:
SATURDAY, FEB. 11
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n Madison at Chardon (1)
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