CHESAPEAKE – A look at the roster looks more like a list of who’s who.

Tuesday, June 06, 2000

CHESAPEAKE – A look at the roster looks more like a list of who’s who.

Some of high school basketball’s biggest stars in Ohio and West Virginia will meet Friday and Saturday in the fifth annual Ohio-West Virginia All-Star Series.

The first game on Friday will be at Riverside High School in Charleston, W.Va. The second game is Saturday at Chesapeake High School.

The girls game starts at 6 p.m. and the boys at 8 p.m. Admission is $5. Contact coach Norm Persin for the Saturday game tickets and Mike Price of Ravenswood High School for the Friday game tickets.

The Ohio boys team will feature Dayton Christian’s Roman Sato who will play at Xavier, Hudson’s Matt Marinchick who is headed for Ohio State, and Kentucky signee Eric Daniels of Cincinnati Princeton.

"Sato is as good as I’ve seen in these all-star games. He had eight dunks and nine 3s in one game. That just shows how athletic he is," said Persin who serves as the Ohio series director.

Local talent Brian Tennant of Rock Hill is slated to play for the Ohio stars, too. Tennant, an Ohio coaches all-state academic selection, is headed for Marietta.

The Ohio girls roster includes Rock Hill’s Michelle Matkins who has signed with the University of Urbana.

Also playing for Ohio’s boys are:

Warrensville Julius Johnson (Miami of Ohio), Cleveland South’s Chester Mason (Miami of Ohio), Bowling Green’s Josh Almanson (Bowling Green), Grove City Josh Helm (Mercyhurst), and Berlin Hiland’s Jason Mishler (West Liberty State).

Coaches for Ohio are Gary Swinehart of Logan and Perry Reese Jr. of Berlin Hiland.

The West Virginia boys team will be comprised of:

Parkersburg South’s Brian Crislip (Arkansas Little Rock) and Chris Squires (Marietta), Woodrow Wilson’s Leon Smith (College of West Virginia), Capital’s Patrick Jones (U. of Charleston), Tug Valley’s Greg Davis (U. of Charleston), Richwood’s Jay Hewitt (West Virginia), Capital’s Darrion Scott (Ohio State), North Marion’s Chris Exilus (Virginia Tech), Poca’s Rick Cottrill (E. Michigan), Riverside’s Rodney Terry (Virginia Union), and Parkersburg’s Shawn Williams (U. of Charleston).

The Ohio girls roster includes:

Dover’s Jennifer Malnella (Dayton), Elyria’s Jessy Verhoff (Western Illinois), Danbury’s Connie Longer (Oakland U.), Logan’s Abbey Jenning (Ohio Wesleyan), Tippecanoe’s Schelley Stahle (Indiana), Springfield’s Andrea Ault (Bowling Green), Niles McKinley’s Lori Krezeczowski (Kent), Alexander’s Kelly West (West Liberty State), and Dublin Coffman’s Sarah Lockmann (South Florida).

Coaches for the girls are Tom Rettig of Tippecanoe and Jerry Sigler of Sylvania Northview.

The West Virginia girls team will consist of:

George Washington’s Erica Marcum (Longwood), Mercer Christian’s Tracy Wyatt (Bluefield State), Parkersburg South’s Crystal Brown (Costal Carolina) and Francie Smitherman (Waynesburg, Pa.), Lincoln’s Tabitha Hutson (Wright St.), Capital’s RaeRae Sayles (Ohio U.), Summers County’s Amanda Williams (Bluefield State), Burch’s Amanda Hatfield (W.Va. State), and Nicholas County’s Brandy Roberts.

Parkersburg South’s Brian Crislip (Arkansas Little Rock) and Chris Squires (Marietta), Woodrow Wilson’s Leon Smith (College of West Virginia), Capital’s Patrick Jones (U. of Charleston), Tug Valley’s Greg Davis (U. of Charleston), Richwood’s Jay Hewitt (West Virginia), Capital’s Darrion Scott (Ohio State), North Marion’s Chris Exilus (Virginia Tech), Poca’s Rick Cottrill (E. Michigan), Riverside’s Rodney Terry (Virginia Union), and Parkersburg’s Shawn Williams (U. of Charleston).

The Ohio girls roster includes:

Dover’s Jennifer Malnella (Dayton), Elyria’s Jessy Verhoff (Western Illinois), Danbury’s Connie Longer (Oakland U.), Logan’s Abbey Jenning (Ohio Wesleyan), Tippecanoe’s Schelley Stahle (Indiana), Springfield’s Andrea Ault (Bowling Green), Niles McKinley’s Lori Krezeczowski (Kent), Alexander’s Kelly West (West Liberty State), and Dublin Coffman’s Sarah Lockmann (South Florida).

Coaches for the girls are Tom Rettig of Tippecanoe and Jerry Sigler of Sylvania Northview.

The West Virginia girls team will consist of:

George Washington’s Erica Marcum (Longwood), Mercer Christian’s Tracy Wyatt (Bluefield State), Parkersburg South’s Crystal Brown (Costal Carolina) and Francie Smitherman (Waynesburg, Pa.), Lincoln’s Tabitha Hutson (Wright St.), Capital’s RaeRae Sayles (Ohio U.), Summers County’s Amanda Williams (Bluefield State), Burch’s Amanda Hatfield (W.Va. State), and Nicholas County’s Brandy Roberts.