All-Star basketball games have Laguna flavor

When the 51st annual Orange County North-South 12th Grade All-Star Basketball Games tipoff April 23 at Cypress College, the two contests will include members from the Laguna Beach High boys’ and girls’ basketball programs.

In the girls’ game, Laguna Beach girls’ coach Mark Lewis will coach the South team and Breakers Jackie Cenan and Alex Lewis are part of its 15-player roster. In the boys’ game, Darin Richardson, a starting guard for the Breakers, is on the 15-member South roster.

Mark Lewis called his South team a “great group of girls” that possessed “a lot of talent and a lot of size.” Lewis said the squad has held four practices and a scrimmage to date, and has their next practice session scheduled for Saturday at Laguna’s Dugger Gym.

The 12th Grade All-Star Basketball Games, presented by the Orange Coast Optimist Club, opens with the girls’ matchup at 5 p.m. The boys’ game will follow and is for a 7 p.m. start.

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Girls’ All-Star Basketball Game

South

Head coach: Mark Lewis (Laguna Beach High)

Roster: Jackie Cenan (Laguna Beach); Alex Lewis (Laguna Beach); Janessa Paredes (Beckman); Natalia Bruening (Corona del Mar); Maddy Bloom (Dana Hills); Jackie Bento (Edison); Ally Rosenblum (Mater Dei); Brooke Bigelow (Mission Viejo); Treasure Robinson (Ocean View); Elizabeth Garcia (Orangewood Academy); Katie Edwards (San Juan Hills); Suhansi Perera (Tesoro); Tristian Johns (Westminster); Elizabeth Sakamoto (Westminster); Sierra Vaglica (Woodbridge).

North

Head coach: Melissa Barajas (Sonora)

Roster: Reili Richardson (Brea Olinda); Shaye Uyematsu (Canyon/Anaheim); Haley Morikawa (Cypress); Nicole Larson (Esperanza); Sydney Sharp (Foothill); Melissa Martinez (Katella); Juanita Nolsco (Kennedy); Dani Iwami (Los Alamitos); Gloria Bates (Orange Lutheran); Gabrielle Carbajal (Rancho Alamitos); Patrice Sagiao Jones (Rancho Alamitos); Andrea Cristobal (Savanna); Marissa Dunn (Sonora); Rebecca Lazuka (Troy); Barbara Sitanggan (Troy).

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Boys’ All-Star Basketball Game

South

Head coach: Marc Popovich (San Clemente)

Roster: Darin Richardson (Laguna Beach); Michael Yee (Beckman); Wolfgang Schultz (Capistrano Valley); Amazon Nwoye (Capistrano Valley Christian); Mason Tufuga (Costa Mesa); Parker Romo (Dana Hills); Lucas Araujo (Foothill); Connor Stinson (Foothill); Charlie Stassel (Newport Harbor); Zamir Kelly (Ocean View); Gage Shelmidine (San Clemente); Dillon Waikle (San Clemente); Adrian Cruz (Santa Ana); Chandler White (Tesoro); Kiron Dey (University).

North

Head coach: Scott Snyder (Bolsa Grande)

Roster: Sebastian Waked (Bolsa Grande); Joe Galvan (Buena Park); Brad Belshe (Cypress); Elijah Mosham (El Dorado); Gerritt Beetstra (Fullerton); Gabriel Ganac (Garden Grove); Derrick Deese (Kennedy); Eyassu Worku (Los Alamitos); Kavaughn Scott (Orange Lutheran); Mark Butler (Savanna); Abraham Mansaray (Savanna); Cameron Griffin (Servite); Semir Shafi (Troy); Sunny Garcia (Western); Isaac Douglas (Yorba Linda).