CLARION — Clearfield’s Nate Glunt will get one more opportunity to coach three of his senior standouts Saturday during the Sportsmanship 1 Clarion YMCA District 9 boys and girls basketball all-star basketball games at Keystone High School in Knox.
Evan Brown, Tommy Hazel and Will Myers were selected to play in the boys game at 4 p.m.
Hannah Dixon of Curwensville was selected to play in the girls game at 2 p.m.
In addition to Glunt, coaches for the boys teams will be Keystone’s Greg Heath, Elk County Catholic’s Aaron Straub and Coudersport’s Brian Furman. Heath and Straub are paired together on one team creating a coaching staff with 1,365 career boys basketball victories with Glunt and Furman on the other.
The Heath/Straub pairing has Karns City’s Chandler Turner and Ian McElroy, DuBois’ Nick LaBrasca, Kane’s Andrew Bucheit, Moniteau’s Lake Pry, ECC’s Nate DaCanal and Gabe Kraus, Keystone’s Austin Ion and Tanner Wilson and Oswayo Valley’s Garret Babcock.
The Glunt/Furman team includes Brockway’s Jarrett Esposito, Clarion-Limestone’s Dan Callen, Ridgway’s Justin Kasmierski, Coudersport’s Aaron Wolfinger, St. Marys’ Matt Marconi, Punxsutawney’s Devin Kelly and Port Allegany’s Brandon McCaslin.
The girls teams will be coached by North Clarion’s Terry Dreihaup, Otto-Eldred’s Barb Close, Cameron County’s Dave Sullivan and Karns City’s Dave Kerschbaumer. Dreihaup and Close will pilot one team with Sullivan and Kerschbaumer teaming up to coach the other squad.
The Dreihaup/Close group has Moniteau’s Alazia Greaves and Kristina DeMatteis, Port Allegany’s Autumn Buchsenschutz, Otto-Eldred’s Tiffany Bair, Elk County’ Catholic’s Reilly Herzing and Cassidy Cunningham, Johnsonburg’s Nicole Myers, North Clarion’s Michaela Higgins and Cassie Wagner and Northern Potter’s Gracie Hamilton.
The Sullivan/Kerschbaumer squad includes Bradford’s Bri Wells, Karns City’s Mackenzie Craig, DuBois Central Catholic’s Riley Assalone, Cameron County’s Madison Harrier and Madi Guisto, Kane’s Camryn Cummings, St. Marys’ Rachelle Armanini and Union’s Lexey Shick.
In addition to the game, a 32-shooting contest will also be held for both the boys’ and girls’ squads with the preliminaries happening prior to the girls’ game and the finals at halftime of each game with the boys finals held during the girls halftime and vice-versa.
Most Valuable Player and a Sportsmanship awards will be given out for each game as well, and the Sportsman of the Year will be named.
Both games will be broadcast exclusively on ExploreClarion.com and via the ExploreRadio app. The broadcasts will be accessible via D9Sports.com as well.