By John Mesh
Buhler High School graduate Natalya Krafels will play on the Girls Blue Team at the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association All-Star games.
Hutchinson Community College men’s basketball signee Gabe Pyle will play for the Boys Gold Team, coached by Kapaun-Mount Carmel’s Steve Eck, the former Hutchinson CC head coach.
Pyle was named 2025 Mr. Kansas Basketball by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association.
The games will take place at Mabee Arena on the campus of Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina Saturday, June 21. The girls game will tip off at 6 p.m. and the boys game starts at 8 p.m.
GIRLS BLUE TEAM
Coaches: Kaleigh Huxman, Dusty Thompson and Chris Biekmann
Makenzie Farmer, De Soto
Molly Martin, Hays
Natalya KrafelsBuhler
Amelia Ramsey, Topeka Hayden
Landry O’Brien, Labette County
Anna Lambert, Riley County
Hayden Heim, St. Mary’s
Mariah Harris, St. Mary’s Colgan
Kayla Jacobs, Phillipsburg
Katie Johnson, Doniphan West
Oen Deters, Centralia
Anna Jueneman, Hanover
GIRLS GOLD TEAM:
Coaches: Derek Schutte (Halstead) and Rick Hetzel
Mahogany Butler, Wichita South
Savannah Phillips, Arkansas City
Aliyah Green, Andover
Saliyah Henderson-Johnson, Arkansas City
Brittan Zeka, Wellington
Valerie Norwood, Wellington
Alisabeth Barton, Colby
Halle Jones, Holcomb
Emily Bainter, Hoxie
Laynie Winfrey, Eureka
Marilyn Soeken, Central Plains
Saigh Hadley, Lebo
BOYS BLUE TEAM
Coaches: David Birch, Chris Schimdt and Jayson Tynon
Tyler Salmon, Shawnee Mission Northwest
Amare Jones, Washburn Rural
PJ Moore, KC Piper
Jaret Sanchez, Shawnee Heights
Coley Burgess, Rock Creek
Caleb Hepner, Ottawa
Will Otott, Marysville
Brady Brumbaugh, Goodland
Trenten VanHoutan, Valley Falls
Brogan Rowley, Ell-Saline
Jack Skocny, Clifton-Clyde
Eli Broxterman, Axtell
BOYS GOLD TEAM
Coaches: Steve Eck and Kurt Kinnamon
Amalachi Wilkins, Wichita Heights
Jack Ulwelling, Derby
Corbin Johnson, Kapaun Mt. Carmel
Joshua Kim, Andover
Gabe Pyle, McPherson
Austin Baalmann, Andale
Jack Perry, Galena
Reed Friesen, Hesston
Bear Moddelmog, Moundridge
Landon Simpson, Ellinwood
Diego Esparza, Macksville
Ty Romero, Elyria Christian