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THSCA All-Star Game Selections Announced...

THSCA ANNOUNCES 2007 BASKETBALL ALL-STARS

The Texas High School Coaches Association proudly announces the rosters of the THSCA Basketball All Stars who will be competing in the annual All-Star game in conjunction with the THSCA Coaching School in Fort Worth, July 29-August 1, 2007. The basketball game will be played on July 30 at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum on the TCU Campus. Game time is slated for 7:30 pm. The South team will be coached by Randy Watson of Corpus Christi King High School and the North will be coached by Mike Dacus of Stephenville High School. Football all-stars will be released when all acceptance forms have been received.

NORTH BASKETBALL

John Schoepf, Lorenzo

Sloan Hendley, Eula

Wes Dipprey, Shallowater

Douglas Williams, Floydada

Gary Edwards, Abilene Wylie

Cedric Robinson, Dallas Roosevelt

Field Reagan, Cleburne

Leon Harris, Texas High

Sean Jones, A&M Consolidated

Cameron Johnson, Lake Highlands

Clinton Houston, Flower Mound Marcus

LeMarcus Reed, Dallas Skyline

SOUTH BASKETBALL

Austin Falke, Thorndale

Brandon Letsinger, West Hardin

Cameron Powell, Kountze

Harrison Hartt, Tatum

Richard Netherly, West Orange-Stark

Jarrett Manning, Fairfield

A. J. Hardeman, Del Valle

Bryant Williams, Austin Johnston

B. J. Holmes, Alief Hastings

Mike Singletary, Kingwood

Landon Tatum, San Antonio O’Connor

Carleton Scott, San Antonio Madison

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Wow!!!!!  Congrats to those that did make the team, but what a disappointment that some of the people that made this team and some that did not!

Brown

Donahoe

Busby

Thomas

These are just a few from around here that should have made it!!!!!

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Wow!!!!!  Congrats to those that did make the team, but what a disappointment that some of the people that made this team and some that did not!

Brown

Donahoe

Busby

Thomas

These are just a few from around here that should have made it!!!!!

Brown is not a senior, and I dont think he's going to play in the game next year anyway.....It looks like he'll pass it up for better all-american games

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I know that I am biased towards HJ, but how does the District Player of the Year, Regional Tourney MVP and the State Tourney MVP not end up on the roster? ???

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They must be mistaken. Letsinger over Donahoe? I don't know a lot about any of the other players, but I know that Donahoe is better than Letsinger. No offense, but I don't see how the player that carried his 3A team to the state championship isnt on the list. Stupid.

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They must be mistaken. Letsinger over Donahoe? I don't know a lot about any of the other players, but I know that Donahoe is better than Letsinger. No offense, but I don't see how the player that carried his 3A team to the state championship isnt on the list. Stupid.

nothing against danahoe he is a great player and should be on the team but for someone else not letsinger because in the tabc all-star game letsinger had 19 point to lead his team in scoring

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Southeast Texas basketball standouts in all star game

FORT WORTH - Just so you know, the program has it wrong.

At 7:30 p.m. today in Daniel-Meyer Coliseum at TCU, former West Hardin standout Brandon Letsinger will play in the Texas High School Coaches Association All-Star Basketball Game, along with two other Southeast Texas stars.

In the game program, Letsinger is listed as attending Stephen F. Austin State University this fall.

Sure, Letsinger said, he had looked into going to Nacogdoches. He had talked to the coaches a little bit.

Then track season began.

The coaches at West Hardin asked Letsinger, the team MVP in football and basketball, to take a stab at track - the high jump, specifically, since Letsinger could dunk a basketball with ease (he will enter the All-Star slam-dunk contest at halftime tonight).

"I never did it before," Letsinger said. "I mean, I ran on relay teams in junior high, but nothing past that."

All Letsinger did was win the Class A state championship, clearing the bar at 6 feet, 9 inches.

It was around then that Jim VanHootegem, assistant track coach at Texas A&M, gave Letsinger a call.

How, VanHootegem asked, would you like to become an Aggie?

Of course, Letsinger said yes.

So in all likelihood, tonight will mark the last time Letsinger plays a high-level organized basketball game.

"We had one practice (Saturday). We'll have two more (Sunday) and then a walkthrough on Monday," Letsinger said. "We've really done some basic things in practice. The main thing is, the coaches just want us to score - you know, put on a show. It's an all-star game."

Letsinger will play on the South squad along with Kountze's Cameron Powell and West Orange-Stark's Richard Netherly. It is believed to be the first time three Southeast Texass area players have taken part in the basketball game in the same year.

It should thrill Letsinger to no end, since basketball was his first love.

His full-time participation in sports is a testament to opportunity at smaller schools in Texas.

The son of a coach and a teacher at West Hardin, Letsinger routinely rushed for 100 yards (or more) per game. He stood out in basketball too, to the tune of 24.0 points, 8.1 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game.

"Football makes you stronger. Basketball teaches you about quickness," Letsinger said. "Track is just kind of showing off your skills."

Netherly, a late addition to the game, will attend Navarro College after an explosive tenure with the Mustangs, who reached the state tournament for the first time in school history in 2006.

Powell, meanwhile, is headed to Jacksonville College after a wildly successful prep career at Kountze, whose teams became a fixture in Austin at the UIL State Championships.

Powell said he's the first person in his immediate family to attend a college - and, perhaps not surprisingly, Aug. 19, will be the first time Powell moves away from home.

Before that, though, there's one more high school game.

"I mean, it's a big honor," Powell said. "They have a couple of hundred people who got nominated, and now to play in this, it's special. I like how in this game, you play against some great players - but players from every classification, 1A to 5A."

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