Brandywine well-represented in All-Star festival
Published 4:52 pm Saturday, June 12, 2004
By Staff
Brandywine's Nicki McGowen, Michelle Shoemaker and Kayla Asmus have been selected to participate in the softball portion of Sports Fest 2004.
Those three will join other southwest Michigan softball players to take on three teams from Indiana in Sports Fest, an area all-star event which will be held June 21-25 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 Tuesday, June 22, at 6:30 p.m. The other semifinal will feature Indiana East All-Stars against the Indiana West All-Stars. The championship game will be Thursday, June 24, at 6:30 p.m. There will be no consolation game.
Joining McGowen, Shoemaker and Asmus on the Michigan All-Stars roster will be Johnelle Halteman, Amanda Gelder, Erin Otto, Kelly McCann and Elizabeth Allen of Lake Michigan Catholic, Jaime Cade of Coloma, Julie Olson of Lakeshore, Erica Knapp and Brianne Reist of Dowagiac, Shana Stoops of Edwardsburg and Andrea Murdock of Berrien Springs. Brandywine coach Jim Myers will coach the Michigan All-Stars.
The Fun Fest will also include all-star games in boys basketball, girls basketball, volleyball, boys soccer, girls soccer and baseball.
The all-star teams for boys and girls basketball and boys and girls soccer were announced earlier.