Mount Ayr hoops programs to be represented in SWCC Senior Games

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By RYAN STONEBRAKER

CRESTON, Iowa — The postseason all-star basketball circuit will include a few Mount Ayr coaches and players for both programs. The annual Senior All-Star games held in Creston will be on Sunday, March 29 at the Southwestern Community College Student Center.  The girl-boy doubleheader will be 4 p.m. for the girl’s game and 6 p.m. for the boys game.
On the girl’s side, Team Red will be coached by Mount Ayr head coach Thad Streit. Top players on Team Red are Kadley Bailey from Creston and Hailey Randall from Southwest Valley. Nodaway Valley head girl’s basketball coach Brian Eisbach will be the coach of Team Blue and have a couple of familiar faces in NV seniors Izzy Eisbach and Emma Boswell on the team. Also on Team Blue will be Mount Ayr junior teammates Izzy Gilbertson and Dannie Stewart. Current coaches cannot coach their non-senior players in games like this, thus Streit coaching Team Red.
On the boy’s side, Team Red will be coached by Bret Ruggles from Mount Ayr. Ruggles will have his point guard, Jackson Ruggles on his team. Team Blue coached by Bryce Schafer from Creston where Central Decatur’s Blake Boyd and Paxon Applegate will be on the team.

SWICC Postseason All-Star Games
Southwestern Iowa Community College
Saturday, March 29
At Creston, Iowa

Girls Teams/Coaches/Rosters:
Team Red
Coach – Thad Streit (Mount Ayr)
Roster – #1 Kadley Bailey (Creston); #2 Hailey Randall (SW Valley); #3 Aniya Hardee (Bedford); #4 Maggie McChesney (Glenwood); #5 Mackenzie Fast (SW Valley); #6 Maliya Berry (Murray); #7 Kayln Scaman (Shenandoah); #8 Kenzley Bruck (Harlan); #9 Brinley Van Baale (Harlan); #10 Reese Reed (Lenox).
Team Blue
Coach – Brian Eisbach (Nodaway Valley)
Roster – #1 Izzy Eisbach (Nodaway Valley); #2 Emma Boswell (Nodaway Valley); #3 Izzy Gilbertson (Mount Ayr); #4 Dannie Stewart (Mount Ayr); #5 Hollynn Rieck (Creston); #6 Lexie Pearce (CB St. Albert); #7 Caroline Simmons (Bedford); #8 Ada Lund (SW Valley); #9 Sylvia Sullivan (Boyer Valley).

Boys Teams/Coaches/Rosters:
Team Red
Coach – Bret Ruggles (Mount Ayr)
Roster – #1 Jackson Ruggles (Mount Ayr) ; #2 Rhett Driskill (Creston); #3 Quentin Dalton (Bedford); #4 Ryan Diehl (Clarke); #5 Isaac Fandeh (Des Moines Hoover); #6 Evan Stanislav (Glenwood); #7 Peyton Lynn (Clarke); #8 Jayvion Hanson (Des Moines East); #9 Blake Boyd (Central Decatur); #10 Carter Sells (Shenandoah); #11 Nate Walterbach (Saydel).
Team Blue
Coach – Bryce Schafer (Creston)
Roster – #1 Gage Moreno (Saydel); #2 T’Angello Bush (Des Moines North); #3 Kayne Vandis (Waukee); #4 Cooper Hamilton (CB St. Albert); #5 A.J. Clarke (Murray); #6 Reese Montgomery (Red Oak); #7 Marcus Pedersen (Ankeny Christian); #8 Cael Hogan (SW Valley); #9 Isaiah Sholes (Essex); #10. AJ Harder (Tri-Center); #11. Paxon Applegate (Central Decatur).