The rosters for the summer's Lions all-star basketball series were announced Friday, and the Class A roster includes Dickinson High standouts Jordan Meidinger and Aanen Moody, while the Class B roster includes Dickinson Trinity's Shawn Stoltz.
The North Dakota Lions all-star series takes standout boys and girls basketball players from Class A and pits them against players from Class B for two games. The first matchup will be Monday, July 10 in Bismarck, followed by the second game Tuesday, July 11 in Fargo.
Moody and Meidinger will team up again on the Class A team to face Stoltz's Class B team.
Moody averaged 30.4 points per game as a senior, leading Class A in the category for the second straight year, on his way to winning Mr. Basketball. He ended his career with the unofficial Class A all-time record of 2,192 career points.
Meidinger averaged 13.5 points per game and 9.1 rebounds with 79 total blocks for the Midgets as a senior.
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Stoltz averaged 15.6 points and nine rebounds per game as a senior, and he finished as the fourth-leading scorer in Trinity history with 1,111 points.
Zane Besler of Heart River, Reece Hoherz of Beulah and Brady Wegh of Mott-Regent were all named alternates to the Class B boys team.
On the girls side, Mackenzie Sparby of Watford City was named to the Class B roster. Mott-Regent's Ellie Messmer and Bowman County's Mikayla Bartholomay were each named alternates to the same team.
The full rosters and coaching staffs are listed below:
Class A boys
Devils Lake-Jacob Mertens, Zach Dahlen; Fargo North-Siman Sem; Fargo Davies-Jake Paper, Matt Veit; West Fargo Sheyenne-Carter Bonnema; Dickinson-Aanen Moody, Jordan Meidinger; Minot-KyJuan Johnson, Justin Engg; Bismarck Century-Lucas Mayer; Bismarck High-Solomon Garter.
Alternates
Fargo Shanley-Jake Reinholz; West Fargo Sheyenne-Chase Erickson.
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Coaches-Dean Winczewski, Minot, assisted by Darin Mattern, Bismarck Century
Class B boys
Hillsboro-Central Valley-Kyle Henningsgard; Mayville-Portland-CG-Ian Chandler; North Star-Jayden Komrosky; Four Winds-Minnewaukan-Tronis McKay, Steve Redfox; Milnor-North Sargent-Jacob Hanson; Enderlin-Peter Lindgren; Northern Cass-Logan Nelson; Ellendale-Brennen Vance; Solen-Montel Carlow; Hazen-Wyatt Carr; Dickinson Trinity-Shawn Stoltz
Alternates
Hillsboro-Central Valley-Austin Reed; Solen-Brayden Uses Arrow; Des Lacs-Burlington-Drew Pearson; Minot Ryan-Eli Stewart; Heart River-Zane Besler; Beulah-Reece Hoherz; Mott-Regent-Brady Wegh; Kenmare-Hunter Rodin; Parshall-Deyondre Simpson.
Coaches-Elliot Rotvold, Hillsboro-Central Valley, assisted by Rick Smith, Four Winds-Minnewaukan.
Class A girls
GF Central-Lauren Dub; GF Red River-Lexi Robson; Fargo Shanley-Emily Dietz; West Fargo-Akealy Moton, Gabby DuBois; Wahpeton-Tylee Irwin; Bismarck High-Ashley Davis, Cara Haussler; Bismarck Legacy-Mercedes Baumgartner, Brita Feland; Mandan-Mackensi Higlin; Turtle Mountain-Faith Dionne.
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Alternates
GF Central-Liz Dub; GF Red River-Danica Kemnitz
Coaches-Jim Petrik, Bismarck Legacy, assisted by Steve Jacobson, Fargo Shanley
Class B girls
Park River/Fordville-Lankin-Bailey Beneda; North Star-Peyton Halverson, Macey Kvilvang; Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page-Zoie Breckheimer; Rugby-Breanna Thompson; Carrington-Maara Nelson; Harvey-Wells County-Kari Wolfe; Tri-State-Harmony Burns; Kindred-Brooke Hiatt, Mikayla Reinke; Velva-Sawyer-Jonnah Lee; Watford City-Mackenzie Sparby
Alternates
Garrison-Ellie Gehring; Bowman County-Mikayla Bartholomay; Mott-Regent-Ellie Messmer; Powers Lake-Brianna Honrud; Ray-Marissa Veach
Coaches-Perry Piatz, Kindred, assisted by Jill Vote, North Star
