CEDAR RAPIDS — Most of Iowa’s top-level girls’ basketball players will be in attendance for the IGCA/Larry Niemeyer Senior All-Star Games this weekend.
Most, but not all.
Iowa City High’s Ashley Joens is not among the 120 girls that will make up the two-day, six-game extravaganza at Johnson Hall on the campus of Kirkwood Community College. An Iowa State University signee who was named Miss Iowa Basketball 2018 last month, Joens has another basketball commitment.
Still, it’s another strong field.
The other seven seniors of the Gazette all-area team are slated to participate. Logan Cook of Iowa City West, Hailey Dolphin of Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Chloe Rice of Marion and Allie Wooldridge of Center Point-Urbana will play in Saturday’s 3A/4A/5A Select game at 2 p.m.
A University of Iowa signee, Cook led West to the 5A state championship. Rice is a Saint Louis University recruit and helped Marion capture the 4A title, which capped a 26-0 season.
Mikayla Nachazel and Rylee Menster — the duo that led Springville to three consecutive Class 1A state titles — will be playing in the 1A/2A Select game at 2 p.m. Sunday. West Branch’s Tatum Koenig will represent the 2A Select squad.
Action begins at noon both days. On Saturday, it starts with 3A White vs. 3A Gray, then it’s the 3A/4A/5A Select game at 2. and 4A/5A White vs. 4A/5A Gray at 4.
On Sunday, it’s 1A White vs. 1A Gray at noon, then the 1A/2A Select game at 2 and the 2A White/Gray game at 4.
Admission is $6 at the gate for everyone.
Two area coaches have been selected to participate. Mike Sconsa of 2A state champion Cascade will pilot the 2A Select team, and Elkader Central’s Mark Wiley is in charge of the 1A Gray team.
IGCA Larry Niemeyer Senior Games
At Kirkwood Community College (Johnson Hall)
Saturday
Noon — 3A White vs. 3A Gray
2 p.m. — 3A/4A/5A Select Teams
4 p.m. — 4A/5A White vs. 4A/5A Gray
Sunday
Noon — 1A White vs. 1A Gray
2 p.m. — 1A Select vs. 2A Select
4 p.m. — 2A White vs. 2A Gray
3A/4A/5A SELECT WHITE (Coach: Mark Tiby)
Kiana Barney, Cedar Falls
Amber Nicole Buch, Fairfield
Isabelle Gradwell, West Marshall
Maegan Holt, Lewis Central
Sienna Durr, Grinnell
Ellie Spelhaug, Pleasant Valley
Grace Berg, Indianola
Hailey Dolphin, Cedar Rapids Kennedy
Shiloh McCool, Southeast Polk
Emily Ivory, Bettendorf
3A/4A/5A SELECT GRAY (Coaches: Bob & Sharon Hanson)
Shannon Pisney, Crestwood
Lexi Toering, Sioux Center
Allie Wooldridge, Center Point-Urbana
Chloe Rice, Marion
Jennah Johnson, Johnston
Logan Cook, Iowa City West
Kamryn Finley, Cedar Falls
Jenna Borchers, Dallas Center-Grimes
Rachael Saunders, Iowa City West
Paige Bradford, Davenport North
3A WHITE (Coach: Rodd Mooney, Humboldt)
Ivy Swarthout, Chariton
Hannah Anderson, Forest City
Marly Bussa, Camanche
Bailey Brown, Davenport Assumption
Torie Alexander, Eddyville EBF
Jenna Clark, Roland-Story
Hannah Isley, Albia
Jordyn Barragy, Clear Lake
Katie Schmidt, Saydel; Sydney Lane, Humboldt
3A GRAY (Coach: Tony Sargent, Central Lee)
Addie Rath, Mid-Prairie
Kristen Elliott, Mount Vernon
Paityn Hagberg, Cherokee
Taylor McDonald, Monticello
Brianna Smith, Solon
Sierra Athen, Red Oak
Sophia Wilt, Anamosa
Gabby Schwarting, Osage
Kendra Offerman, West Delaware
Anna Krehbiel, Central Lee
Isabel Leichtman, New Hampton
4A/5A WHITE (Coach: Gregg Groen, Cedar Falls)
Krystal Tranel, Dubuque Wahlert
Caitlynne Shadle, Boone
McKenzie Maahs, Western Dubuque
Morgan Krug, Dubuque Hempstead
Hallie Dicus, Sioux City West
Shae Campbell, Norwalk
Kira Arthofer, Pleasant Valley
Danielle Sheppard, Des Moines Lincoln
Claire Jones, Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln
Michaela Davis, Keokuk
4A/5A GRAY (Coach: Judd Kopperud, LeMars)
Keeley Petzenhauser, Spencer
Sidney Baumgartner, LeMars
Cassidy Nerland, Webster City
Amara Lipsey, Ames
Vanessa Eniola, Cedar Rapids Washington
Kalynn Batey, Mount Pleasant
Shareece Smith, Fort Dodge
Tarae Warner, Burlington
Anna Wanek, West Des Moines Dowling
Hannah Ambrosy, Maquoketa
1A SELECT (Coach: Nicole Goodwin, Kingsley-Pierson)
Erin Weber, Boyer Valley
Brianna Jensen, Kingsley-Pierson
Jenna Boelter, Algona Garrigan
Mandy Willems, Ackley AGWSR
Emily Hurley, Grand View Christian
Rylee Menster, Springville
Abbey Jamison, West Monona
Sophia Peppers, Exira-EHK; Mikayla Nachazel, Springville
2A SELECT (Coach: Mike Sconsa, Cascade)
Ashtyn Veerbeek, Western Christian
Tatum Koenig, West Branch
Madelyn Deitschler, Treynor
Mackenzie Rogers, Mediapolis
Kenzie Cunard, Logan-Magnolia
Devyn Kemble, Panorama
Ashley Tull, North Linn
Kia Rasmussen, IKM-Manning
Rebecca Schroeder, Bellevue Abbie Ruggeberg, Cascade
1A WHITE: (Coach: Shane Rowlands, Southeast Warren)
Lexee Hartsock, Winfield-Mount Union
Katie Sobotka, Diagonal
Molly Barton, Colo-Nesco
Kenzie Squires, West Central
Kiana Miller, WACO
Peyton Olson, Mason City Newman
Kealey Nelson, Exira-EHK
Mateya Peters, Griswold
Cherrise Ward, Iowa Valley
Sidney McFee, East Union
1A GRAY (Coach: Mark Wiley, Elkader Central)
Nicole Heeren, North Butler
Ashley Schwartzhoff, Lansing Kee
Kelly Leerar, West Hancock
Emily Busta, Turkey Valley
Gabrielle Lenth, Elkader Central
Mariah Vos, Lynnville-Sully
McKayla Boeschen, Dunkerton
Hailey Messerich, Easton Valley
Brianda Bane, Collins-Maxwell
McKensie Vaske, Garwin GMG
2A WHITE (Coach: Dan Druvenga, Panorama)
Danielle Boettcher, Sioux Central
Autum Barthelman, Sigourney
Mia Hoogeveen, West Lyon
Grace Dupuy, West Central Valley
Kennedy McShane, MFL MarMac
Kylan Straight, Logan-Magnolia
Kelsee Van Haalen, Pleasantville
Kelcie Hale, Earlham
Sydney Petersen, Dike-New Hartford
Anna LeGrand, North Linn
2A GRAY (Coach: Bret Larson, Manson-NW Webster)
Kaylee Parks, Central Springs
Maci Gambell, Pekin
Samantha Hagedorn, North Union
Abbie Ericson, West Sioux
Emma Kelchen, Bellevue
Anne Ryan, Cascade
Payton Ries, Maquoketa Valley
Karley Larson, Underwood
Baylee Petersen, Dike-New Hartford
Shayla Peters, Madrid