Mission Valley All-Stars rosters released for March 17 games
MAX DUPRAS | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 weeks, 3 days AGO
Max Dupras joined the Lake County Leader as a sports reporter in January of 2026. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Montana. Max is a lifelong Montana resident, growing up watching Griz sports in Missoula. He has covered sports and news for multiple publications, including the Rapid City Journal, NonStop Local News and the Montana Kaimin. He is also a former intern of the Lake County Leader, having covered everything from city council meetings to wildfires. He covers sports for all Lake County schools. Reach out to Max at [email protected] or 406.531.0978 | March 12, 2026 12:00 AM
With basketball season almost over, the stars of the Mission Valley basketball scene are getting ready to wrap up the winter sports season and move on to spring sports.
However, after the state tournament’s wrap-up, all the top players across Lake County and the surrounding areas come together for a battle of the best.
The Mission Valley All-Star game is set to take place at 5 p.m. March 17 at Ronan High School.
Here is a list of all the participants on each team:
Girls Team A All-Star Team
A host of Lake County hoopers start this list off. Starting in Polson, junior Rylee-Taylor Jefferson and junior Hinkley Moss will represent the Lady Pirates on this team.
For Ronan, senior Neveah Perez and senior Natalie Adams will be the two Maidens on the roster.
The Mission Lady Bulldogs will have senior Brooklyn McClure and junior Kieran Incashola leading the way for the most successful Lake County Class B squad this season.
In Class C, Charlo senior GG Hawk and junior Maizey McDonald will represent the Lady Vikings. From Two Eagle, freshman Lexis Sparks will join them to round out the class C kids on this roster.
The non-Lake County participants will be Hot Springs senior Kara Christensen, Bigfork senior Payton DeSpain and Plains senior Katelyn Subatch.
Girls Team B All-Star Team
Another team of standouts will face off against Team A, with Polson junior Aleysia Black headlining the Team B squad as the only Lady Pirate. Ronan senior Maddy Illig and junior Kailyn Marengo are the two Maidens in this lineup.
Mission gets two more seniors on Team B in senior Cora Matt and senior Shaedon Kain, while Arlee adds two sophomore athletes – Gracie Haynes and Kaylee Tanner. They are the two Scarlets representing Arlee across either roster.
Charlo contributes one more player to Team B in senior Brielle Zempel, and Two Eagle adds junior Keke Tenas.
The athletes not from Lake County on Team B are Bigfork junior Paetan Gunlock, Plains junior Ava Lawyer and Hot Springs junior Kora Hensrud.
Boys Team A All-Star Team
Over to the boys side now, where Polson features two players on Team A in senior Cody Haggard and sophomore Kyson Michel. Ronan will keep senior Kolby Finley and junior Siouxpixm Qualtier in familiar territory on this roster.
In Class B, Mission senior Lex LaFrombois will finish out his career as an All-Star game participant. He’ll be joined by fellow Class B athlete and Arlee freshman Kade Dupuis-Pablo.
The Class C ranks feature a couple of standouts from this past season. Starting with Charlo, senior Tasker Brown will represent the Vikings.
For Two Eagle River, two of the team’s four-senior core will join Brown on the roster in Ryiley Gates and Jayvian Burke.
The athletes from beyond Lake County are Plains/Hot Springs junior Ben Aldridge, and Bigfork seniors Tamret Savik and Alex Ochs.
Boys Team B All-Star Team
To finish out the rosters, Team B has one Polson athlete in junior Malakai Curley. For Ronan, senior Jhett McDonald and junior Matiya Nenemay will represent the Chiefs in their home gym.
Mission will send two more players to Team B with juniors Vincent Shepard and Jason Leishman. Arlee adds seniors Josh Horn and Aiden Swab.
Wrapping up the Lake County participants with the Class C athletes, Charlo senior Karson Cox and Two Eagle River senior Talon Addison.
The other athletes are Bigfork senior Austin Savik, Bigfork senior Treker Hickey and Plains junior Cooper Meredith.
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