Four local players selected for All-Star soccer games

Published 3:36 pm Saturday, May 29, 2004

By Staff
Niles' Kyle Kidwell and Brian French, Brandywine's Andy Low and Buchanan's Chris Cecco have been selected to participate in the soccer portion of Sports Fest 2004.
Those four will join other southwest Michigan soccer players to take on three teams from Indiana in Sports Fest, an area all-star event which will be held June 23-24 at Bethel College in Mishawaka, Ind. All teams were chosen by a coaches' vote.
Opening ceremonies for Sports Fest will be held June 20 at Coveleski Stadium in South Bend, Ind.
The Michigan All-Stars will face the Indiana Metro All-Stars on Wednesday, June 23. The other semifinal will feature Indiana East All-Stars against the Indiana West All-Stars.
The championship game will be Thursday, June 24, at 8 p.m.
There will be no consolation game.
Joining Kidwell, French, Low and Cecco on the Michigan All-Stars roster will be Jay Fettig, Nick Sherrill, Jason Girvan, Nick Kincaid and Zach Krieger of St. Joseph, Julian Feick and Davey Moran of Dowagiac, Ryan Warner and Dustin Walter of Edwardsburg and Jared Bednar and Josh Baun of Lakeshore. St. Joseph's Steve Lohrke will coach the Michigan team.
The Fun Fest will also include all-star games in boys basketball, girls basketball, volleyball, girls soccer, softball and baseball.
The all-star teams for boys and girls basketball were announced earlier and the teams for the other sports have yet to be announced.