Prep Football -- Nine Wesco Players Set To Play In All-Star Game

Nine Western Conference football players, including two each from Cascade and Everett high schools, have been selected to play in this summer's East-West Summer Classic All-Star game.

The game, which will be staged outside of Everett or Spokane for the first time (it began in 1946), is scheduled for 7:30 p.m., June 26 at Lampson Stadium in Kennewick. Players report to camp June 21.

All nine WesCo players will compete for the West's 34-member team. Of the West's 11 running backs, four will be from WesCo, including Marysville-Pilchuck's Andy Vodegel (RB/DB), who led WesCo 4A with 20 touchdowns and 1,565 yards on 230 carries, and Edmonds-Woodway's Donny Ball (RB/LB), who led WesCo 3A with a school-record 1,501 yards on 182 carries. Ball, who will play at Eastern Washington next fall, also holds the big-school state record for most yards (376) in a game.

Everett's Corey Gunnerson (RB/LB), who ranked third in WesCo 3A last fall with 1,345 yards, and Cascade's Trent Hollimon (RB/DB), who will play at Montana State, also are expected to play for the West.

Tight ends Adam Snel (TE/DE) of Cascade, B.J. Breon (TE/DE) of Arlington and Sehome's Justin Pendry (TE/DE), who has accepted an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy, also were picked, as well as linemen Nick Dire (OL/DL) of Everett and Shorecrest's Chris Boroughs (OL/DL), who will play for San Diego.

Dire, Gunnerson and Snel will be teammates next fall at Western Washington.

The game will include four of the top quarterbacks in the state, including Puyallup's Luke Huard (bound for North Carolina), Jason Johnson of Rogers-Puyallup (Arizona), Walla Walla's Jared Jones (Florida State) and Prosser's Tyler Thomas (Oregon State).

East roster

Michael Westbrook, Lakes, WR-DB (BYU) Josh Kast, Moses Lake, WR-DB Jared Jones, Walla Walla, QB-DB (Florida State) Dorian Parker, Clover Park, WR-DB (Idaho) Steve MacCormac, Timberline, QB-DB Chris Juergens, Olympia, WR-DB (Washington) Josh Jelmberg, Richland, WR-DB (Idaho) Tyler Thomas, Prosser, QB (Oregon State) Shane Hartnett, Gonzaga Prep, RB-DB Aaron Sorenson, Kelso, RB-DB Josh Peterson, Columbia River, RB-LB Riah Martin, South Kitsap, RB-DE Guillermo Young, Chehalis, RB-DB Eric Lohnes, Olympia, RB-LB (Weber State) Shelton Horton, White River, RB-LB Garrett Graham, Central Valley, RB-LB (Oregon) Tyler Reddinger, Kamiakin, LB Ossim Hatem, Mead, TE-LB (Washington) Luke Vincent, Pasco, RB-LB (Eastern Washington) Ian Zero, West Valley-Yakima, C-DL Nick Reynolds, Cheney, TE-LB (Eastern Washington) Greg Ferguson, Battle Ground, OL-DL Wil Beck, Central Valley, OL-DL (Idaho) Eric Boose, Henry Foss, OL-DL (Washington State) Tyler Hunt, Woodrow Wilson, OL-DL (Washington State) Garrett Smith, Washington, OL-DL Alex Rivera, Lakes, OL-DL (Central Washington) Ben Michaels, Bellarmine Prep, OL-DL Nick Lemalu, South Kitsap, OL-DL Josh Jelinek, Prosser, OL-DL (Idaho) Josh Bennett, Moses Lake, OL-DL Jonathan Parker, Ferris, WR-DB (Idaho) Russell Mizin, Aberdeen, TE-DE (Washington State) Romanus Chodorwski, Cheney, TE-DE (Idaho) Brian Hollenberg, Kamiakin, OL-DL (Washington State) Tyler Brayton, Pasco, TE-DE (Colorado) Head coach: Rick Giampietri, Central Valley. Assistants: Eric Kurle, Clover Park; Marc Yonts, Walla Walla; Pat Hymes, Kelso; Sam Giampietri, Central Valley.

West roster

Carlos Pierre-Antoine, O'Dea, RB-LB (Notre Dame) Mario Sweet, O'Dea, RB-DB (Eastern Washington) Flynn Cochran, Kent-Meridian, QB-DB Eric Totten, Tahoma, WR-DB Todd Elstrom, Puyallup, WR-DB (Washington) Luke Huard, Puyallup, QB (North Carolina) Trent Hollimon, Cascade-Everett, RB-DB B.J. Breon, Arlington, TE-DE Jason Johnson, Rogers-Puyallup, QB (Arizona) Matt Hardy, Anacortes, RB-DB (Western Washington) Andy Vodegal, Marysville-Pilchuck, RB-DB Chris Belser, Bethel, WR-DB Tom Heier, Redmond, WR-DB (Air Force) Mark Brandeberry, Eastside Catholic, WR-DB Floyd Wade, Kennedy, RB-DB Matthias Wilson, Ferndale, RB (Washington) Ben Mahdavi, Mercer Island, RB-LB Derek Noble, Newport, LB (Washington) Donny Ball, Edmonds-Woodway, RB-LB (Eastern Washington) Corey Gunnerson, Everett, RB-LB Jess Fowler, Mount Si, C-DL Scott Lesure, Port Angeles, OL-DL Justin Booker, Renton, OL-DL Ben Olson, Kentridge, OL-DL (Weber State) Nick Dire, Everett, OL-DL Chris Boroughs, Shorecrest, OL-DL (San Diego) Jeremy Parker, Issaquah, OL-DL (Central Washington) Matt Locher, Kennedy, OL-LB Bob Carlstrom, Ferndale, OL-DL (Weber State) Travis Brock, Bethel, OL-DL Adam Snel, Cascade-Everett, TE-DE Justin Pendry, Sehome, TE-DE (Air Force) Joe Hollenbeck, Enumclaw, OL-DL (Washington State) Derrick Roche, Kentridge, OL-DE (Washington State) Head coach: Marty Osborn, Kentridge. Assistants: Mark Perry, Snohomish; Mark Greenleaf, Port Angeles; George Monica, Blanchet; Glenn Dacus, Kentridge.