The annual South Dakota-Wyoming boys' and girls' all-star basketball games will be played on Friday and Saturday nights this week. the Spearfish Lions Club.

The first leg of the series will be Friday in Gillette, Wyo., with the girls tipping off at 5:30 p.m. and the boys playing at 7:30.

The teams will then play at the Young Center in Spearfish on Saturday night with games again being played at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the door for $5, students are $2 and children under age 10 are free. The boys game on Friday will be broadcast on The Eagle 95.9 and 96.3 FM or www.myeaglecountry.com. and both games on Saturday will also be broadcast. All advertising revenue from the broadcasts will be donated to

The South Dakota girls' team will be headed by hometown player Erika Carlson of Spearfish. Other area players include Bennett County's Kelly Krolikowski and Harding County's Amanda Jenson.

The boys' team will have a significant regional presence as Rapid City Central's Evan Sims, Sturgis' Thomas Nettleton and Tyler Hinker, Custer's Isaac Parsons, Red Cloud's Lester Gotheridge and Christian McGhee and St. Thomas More's Nathan Jacobson, Tanner Wince and Stevie Statz are all on the roster. Statz may not be able to play because of an ankle injury sustained in a pick-up game on Wednesday.

South Dakota-Wyoming all-stars

Boys

Wyoming

Justin Nelson, Campbell County

Jason Moyte, Cheyenne Central

Gayland Thaxton, Laramie

Rob Johnson, Tongue River

Jerad Anderson, Buffalo

Leithaniel Peahrora, Wind River

Austin Kofoed, Evanston

Cody Emrick, Sundance

Ryan Hutchinson, Campbell County

Brandon Allen, Rock Springs

South Dakota

Nathan Jacobson, St. Thomas More

Stevie Statz, St. Thomas More

Tanner Wince, St. Thomas More

Evan Sims, Rapid City Central

Isaac Parsons, Custer

Christian McGhee, Red Cloud

Lester Gotheridge, Red Cloud

Jordan Buddenhagen, Huron

Tyler Hinker, Sturgis

Thomas Nettleton, Sturgis

Girls

Wyoming

Chelsey Lybeck, Cheyenne Central

Kristen Scheffler, Lovell

Kelsey Scott, Douglas

Kada Williams, Green River

Amanda Willmore, Rock Springs

Laura Quist, Sheridan

Dani White, Lander

Jannel Scheuerman, Worland

Kendahl Avery, Laramie

Erika Stender, Sheridan

South Dakota

Erika Carlson, Spearfish

Amanda Jenson, Harding County

Mikayla Barondeau, Leola-

Frederick

Maggie Malloy, Parkston

Keely Krolikowski, Bennett County

Kristi Ryan, Highmore

Cami Koehn, Colman-Egan

Vanessa Johnson, West Central