Wayne High senior softball standouts Sidney Biggerstaff and Annie Kniesche were selected among 30 girls from across the state to participate in the 15th annual Nebraska Coaches Association All-Star softball game this summer in Lincoln.
Biggerstaff, a catcher, and Kniesche, a shortstop, helped lead the Wayne High softball team to the 2018 Class C state title last season.
Players will be assigned to teams later this season. The Red team will be coaches by Pete Theoharis of Hastings and Chad Perkins of Omaha Marian, while the Blue squad will be led by Dan Hogan of Papillion-LaVista South and Dave Brabec of Bishop Neumann.
A doubleheader will be played on Wednesday, July 24 at 5 p.m. at UNL’s Bowlin Field.
All-star selections by schools are as follows:
Arlington — Taylor Wakefield
Bishop Neumann — Hadley Chvatal, Taylor Stuhr
Centennial — Lilly Cast
Elkhorn — Cassie Coltvet, Jadyn Hunt
Fremont — Mikayla Paulson
Grand Island — Emma Collins, Mickayla Sheets, Holly Williams
Gretna — Emily Reid
Lincoln North Star — Patia Wolfe
Lincoln Pius — Lynsey Tucker
Lincoln Southeast — Sidney Doty
Lincoln Southwest — McKenzie Steiner
Milford — Emma Milford
Millard North — Sydney Peterson
Millard South — Molly Bull
Millard West — Lexie Black, Hanna Cress
Norris — Kenzie Roy
Northwest — Megan Anderson
Omaha Skutt — Elise Warneke
Papillion-LaVista — Madeline Vejvoda
Papillion-LaVista South — Au Jenai Gregory
Seward — Alayna Goldsmith
Wayne — Sidney Biggerstaff, Annie Kniesche
Wahoo — Macy Homes
York — Hannah Norquest
