Kansas-Nebraska Rosters

The Southard Corporation/Renewal by Andersen, one of the largest home improvement companies in the Midwest, announced the rosters for its first annual charitable event, The Renewal by Andersen Border Battle. The basketball games will feature recently graduated senior all-stars from Kansas and Nebraska. The June 20 event held at Hartman Arena in Park City will include both boys and girls games. The rosters include 12 players and 2 coaches for each boys and girls team, making a total of 56 participants. "We're extremely excited about the quality of student athletes from Kansas and Nebraska for our inaugural Renewal by Andersen Border Battle games," said Wes Race, Director of Marketing for Renewal by Andersen and Chairman of the event. "We have over a dozen participants who've already signed on to play college athletics at major Division I NCAA programs. The response from the players and coaches has been fantastic and we already have quite a bit of a rivalry heating up. It's going to be a lot of fun." The Kansas boys roster includes five players and one coach from the Vype Central Kansas coverage area. Collegiate coach Mitch Fiegel, winner of two 3A state titles in the past three seasons, will coach the Kansas boys team alongside Highland Park coach Ken Darting, winner of three consecutive 5A state titles from 2007-2009. Oxford High's Bryce Mayes, who averaged over 30 points per game this season, joins the City League's top two guards on the Kansas squad, Southeast's Joe Mitchell and Heights' Dorrian Roberts. Swingman Grant Langhofer of Goddard and Andover high's Luke Meisch also were selected to the team. Here is the Kansas boys roster in its entirety: Ben Steinlage, CENTRALIA Bryce Mayes, OXFORD Brandon Newton, CREST Neil Watson, KC SUMNER Dorrian Roberts, WICHITA HEIGHTS Luke Meisch, ANDOVER HIGH Bobby Chipman, TOPEKA WASHBURN RURAL Grant Langhofer, GODDARD HIGH Jeff Reid, TOPEKA HAYDEN Chase Dippel, SMOKY VALLEY Joe Mitchell, WICHITA SOUTHEAST Trae Beck, SOUTH CENTRAL-COLDWATER KANSAS BOYS COACHES Mitch Fiegel, WICHITA COLLEGIATE Ken Darting, TOPEKA HIGHLAND PARK The Kansas girls team includes consensus first-team all-staters, Lindsey Keller of Goddard and Joanna McFarland of Derby. Also selected for the Kansas side from the Vype Central Kansas coverage area was Bishop Carroll's Julia Marshall. All three have signed to play NCAA Division I basketball next year: Keller at Oklahoma State, McFarland at OU and Marshall at Boise State. Here is the Kansas girls roster in its entirety: Laura Kinderknecht, ST. MARYS Vivian Olvera, SOUTHWESTERN HEIGHTS Lindsey Keller, GODDARD Joanna McFarland, DERBY Beth Cornwell, ST. JOHN Alecia Smith, ELKHART Heather Howard, SHAWNEE MISSION WEST Alex Muff, CONCORDIA Julia Marshall, BISHOP CARROLL Taylor Bird, LAWRENCE HIGH LaSharra Riley, TOPEKA WASHBURN RURAL Katie Vogts, MOUNDRIDGE KANSAS GIRLS COACHES Berry Mellen, SOUTHWESTERN HEIGHTS Derek Holmes, CONCORDIA The games will benefit the V Foundation for Cancer Research. The games will be telecast live exclusively on Kansas 22. A banquet will be held at the Best Western Red Coach Inn on the Friday before the game and the proceeds will benefit the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. Tickets to the game are $12 for adults and $8 for students. A limited number of seats on the floor will be sold for $25 a ticket. Tickets are on sale now at RBA Border Battle

or Hartman Arena

or call 888-755-2583. The girls game tips off at 5 p.m. on June 20 and the boys game will start shortly thereafter.