The rosters are set for the East basketball teams, which seek a second straight sweep in the Halifax All Star Classic.

The ninth annual Panhandle showcase will Kyle Van Noy Youth Jersey take place April 6 at Gulf Coast State College. The East, chosen from senior players from The News Herald's eight county coverage area, faces the West, made up of athletes from the Northwest Florida Daily News' three county umbrella.

Malone's Steve Welch and Graceville's Matt Anderson will lead the East boys in the quest for a sixth win overall and third straight victory in the series dating back to 2005. Welch will coach forward Ty Baker and guard Austin Williams for the final time, as the duo were among the selected all stars. Anderson will bring along guard Marquis White for a last high school hoorah.

Thirteen players were chosen for the East boys. This was due to the possible absence of Holmes County's Chris Walker, who led the Blue Devils to a Class 1A state title this season.

Walker has been selected to play in the McDonald's All American Game and the Jordan Brand Classic before and after the Halifax Classic. Athletes that sign Division I scholarship offers, as Walker did with Florida, are eligible to play in only two all star games.

And while it's never easy to win without Walker, the East has enough balance to challenge the record total of 114 points set in 2011. A solid complement of guards that can score might be tasked more with doling out assists with the talent on the roster. Roulhac (Cottondale) and Kiki Williamson (Rutherford). Blount is the tallest guard at 6 foot 2 and the highest scoring with a 24.5 point per game average. The remainder of the group stands 6 0 or shorter, but their lionsauthenticofficial.com/authentic-eric-ebron-jersey.html contributions will be measured by far more than how many rebounds they can grab.

The rosters are set for the East basketball teams, which seek a second straight sweep in the Halifax All Star Classic.

The ninth annual Panhandle showcase will take place April 6 at Gulf Coast State College. The East, chosen from senior players from The News Herald's eight county coverage area, faces the West, made up of athletes from the Northwest Florida Daily News' three county umbrella.

Malone's Steve Welch and Graceville's Matt Anderson will lead the East boys in the quest for a sixth win overall and third straight victory in the series dating back to 2005. Welch will coach forward Ty Baker and guard Austin Williams for the final time, as the duo were among the selected all stars. Anderson will bring along guard Marquis White for a last high school hoorah.

Thirteen players were chosen for the East boys. This was due to the possible absence of Holmes County's Chris Walker, who led the Blue Devils to a Class 1A state title this season.

Walker has been selected to play in the McDonald's All American Game and the Jordan Brand Classic before and after the Halifax Classic. Athletes that sign Division I scholarship offers, as Walker did with Florida, are eligible to play in only two all star games.

And while it's never easy to win without Walker, the East has enough balance to challenge the record total of 114 points set in 2011. A solid complement of guards that can score might be tasked more with doling out assists with the talent on the roster. Roulhac (Cottondale) and Kiki Williamson (Rutherford). Blount is the tallest guard at 6 foot 2 and the highest scoring with a 24.5 point per game average. The remainder of the group stands 6 0 or shorter, but their contributions will be measured by far more than how many rebounds they can grab.

That's left to the remainder of the team with players that will leave the West with matchup problems. Baker is 6 7, Bethlehem's Austin Boyd 6 6, Rutherford's Jai Jencks 6 8 and Wewahitchka's Raheem Wright 6 3. The latter plays taller than his frame and gained a reputation of being able to pull down any rebound just shy of the moon. He averaged a double double for the season with 26 points and 12 rebounds per contest.

The East boys will eye breaking the record set in a 15 point win in 2011. The East also has played well on defense by holding the West to fewer than 100 points in each of the first eight games. The West was one point away from triple digits in 2011.

Post play should be critical in the girls game as it has in year's past. The East picked up its first win in the series in 2007 behind spirited play in the paint and did the same in 2012 by grinding out a four point win in putting the series at 6 2 in favor of the West.

The East will contend with Choctawhatchee's Lauren Day and all world guard Brittany Brown with post players Segovia Goodin (Mosley), Anissa Martin (Bay) and Aaliyah Coleman (Chipley).

The East also will contend for dominance in the post with forwards JoJo Booker (Arnold), JoJo Carlson (Ponce de Leon) and Alexis Ware (Mosley). Booker and Ware are both 1,000 point career scorers.

Wewahitchka's Jessica Smith also achieved the century mark in her career. She joins high scoring guards Ashley Harper (Ponce de Leon), Khadejah Ward (Cottondale) and Holmes County 3 point threat Mikayla Moore on the roster.

Coleman is one of three Tigers chosen to the East, which is coached by Chipley's Heather Hingson. Guards Rakeia Sorey and Jasmine Belser also represent Chipley, which finished as 1A runner up this season.

The girls series has turned into a defensive battle with the last three games decided by an average of five points. No team has scored more than 70 in the span. Nine of the first 10 teams scored more than 70 points in the first five meetings.

Players that weren't selected are still eligible to be chosen as replacements should one of the roster members be injured or otherwise pull out of the event.