By By SCOTT NOVAK / Dowagiac Daily News
Dowagiac's Brittney Reist and Mandy Parish, plus Brandywine's Ashley Antus, Amanda Grice and Dee Echevarria will take part in the Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association's All-Star Game on July 23.
The annual event will be played at Ranney Park in Lansing.
Reist will take part in the Division II All-Star game set to begin at 10 a.m.
The Division III game, featuring Antus, Grice and Echevarria, is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m.
The Division I game will be held at Noon with the Division 4 game set for 2:30 p.m.
Reist and Parish will play for the Red team. Due to commitments with her traveling squad, it is unknown if Parish will play in the game.
The squad will consist of Danielle Lavioe, Mt. Pleasant; Mallory Miller, Lapeer West; Meaghan Moore, Mt. Pleasant; Stephanie Young, Flint Kearsley; Ashley Skornicka, Clio; Angie Slattery, Power Catholic; Melanie Eckert, Tri-County; Tarah Torres, Tecumseh; Julie Owen, Goodrich; Jamie Smith, SCS Lake Shore; Lauren Warkentein, Marine City; Kristy Augusyn, SCS Lake Shore; Meridith Dura, Brandon; Audrey Semanco, SCS Lake Shore; Ashley Walters, Grant; and Heather Jones, Trenton.
The White team will consist of Danielle Buche, Portland; Lisa Gartland, Escanaba; Krystle Bailey, Wyoming Rogers; Stacy Blemaster, DeWitt; Brynna Darwin, Chelsea; Amber Huffman, Wyoming Rogers; Courtney Wallace, Richmond; Amanda Jager, Comstock; Katie Keenan, Alma; Kristen Schropp, Whitehall; Amanda McBride, Mattawan; Amanda Heuvelman, Wyoming Rogers; Amber Olegniczak, Alma; Heidi Wear, Wayland Union; Ashley Mannino, Coloma; Katherine Ballor, Notre Dame Prep; and Mary Kate Setta, Chelsea.
In Division III, Antus, Grice and Echevarria will play on the White team.
They will be joined by Sheena Smith, Hemlock; Courtney Moliterno, Birch Run; Carly Jo Fritz, Bloomingdale; Allison Frisinger, Kalamazoo Christian; Denise Kommarynski, Hudson; Aimee Gowell, Shelby; Kristen Rovoll, Birch Run; Tricia Everett, Swan Valley; Rachel Hall, Riverview Gabriel Richard; Halley Buchan, Maple City-Glen Lake; Jennie Cummings, Hemlock; Chelsea Laundra, Blissfield; Megan Darcy, Ravenna.
The Red team will consist of Stacey Delaney, Freeland; Jessica Masternak, Springport; Lauren Meyers, Clinton; Megan Gainforth, USA; Shanna Miller, Freeland; Marisa Hecht, Reese; Rachel Pedersen, Clinton; Kala Winiecki, USA; Danielle Martin, Lansing Catholic Central; Vanessa Briggs, Freeland; Rena Barnett, Pine River; Cara Burnison, Reese; Stephanie Lucas, Elk Rapids; Katie Rose Hackney, Lansing Catholic Central; and Katie Morgan, Pine River.
Southwestern lower Michigan will also be represented in the Division IV All-Star game as Lawrence's Amy McLemore will play for the Red squad.