The stars of 2024 will shine one more time on Saturday

Photo: MGBCA

Grant McGinnis April 3, 2024 @ 02:18 PM

A celebration of high school basketball and those who have played it at a very high level over the past few seasons. That's what's on the docket this Friday and Saturday in Northfield as the Minnesota Girls Basketball High School All-Star game takes place at Carleton College. The festivities begin with a banquet on Friday where the players and coaches will be introduced and the selection of Miss Basketball will be announced. The six finalists include:

of Albany (St. Thomas)

of Goodhue (MSU-Mankato)

of Mountain Iron-Buhl (North Carolina)

of Hopkins (Florida)

of Benilde-St. Margaret's (Michigan)

of Minnetonka (Minnesota)

The festivities continue on Saturday at 11:45 a.m. with a free basketball clinic for kids from kindergarten through 5th grade, followed by back-to-back all-star games at 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Admission is free for the games, as well.

A Who's Who of Minnesota seniors

The high school all-star game is organized by the Minnesota Girls Basketball Coaches Association, which selects the top 10 senior basketball players from each of the four classes. The event is designed to celebrate the great careers of these 40 athletes and allows them to come together to play one last time as a group. The teams will be made up of players from all four classes, enabling the athletes to play with and against their peers from across Minnesota.

High school head coaches must be part of the association for their player to be eligible to play in the game. Section representatives from each class select the players who are invited. With so much talent in the senior class it's not easy to choose. Among this year's participants, there are 15 Division 1 commits (with a couple of announcements pending) who will play on Saturday, and a similar number who have signed to play D2. Just two of the selections are unavailable to play ( Liv McGill Liv McGill 5'7" | CG Hopkins | 2024 State MN of Hopkins and Amy Thompson Amy Thompson 5'10" | SG Stillwater | 2024 State MN of Stillwater) while several will sit out with injuries.

The star-studded field looks like this:

– Becker (Sioux Falls)

– Albany (St. Thomas)

– Minnehaha Academy (undecided)

– Andover (Sioux Falls)

– Rosemount (Winona State)

– Providence Academy (St. Thomas track)

– Maple Grove (North Dakota State)

– New Ulm (Jamestown) (injured)

Delaney Hanson – New London-Spicer (UW-Eau Claire)

– Goodhue (MSU-Mankato)

– Lakeville South (Kansas State)

– Lakeville North (Loyola Maryland)

– Two Rivers (UM-Duluth)

– Mountain Iron-Buhl (Jamestown)

– Pequot Lakes (injured)

– St. Michael-Albertville (Seton Hall)

– Grand Rapids (Jamestown)

– Holy Family (Butler)

– Mountain Iron-Buhl (North Carolina)

– Sleepy Eye (Southwest Minnesota State)

– Pine City (Idaho)

– East Ridge (UW-Milwaukee)

– Hayfield (undecided)

– Albany (St. Cloud State)

– Royalton (Valparaiso)

– St. Croix Lutheran (St. Thomas)

– Underwood (undecided)

– Mankato East (Wayne State)

– Watertown-Mayer (MSU-Mankato)

– Centennial (North Dakota State)

– Hancock (Mayville State)

– Hayfield (Luther College)

– Delano (Wayne State)

– Benilde-St. Margaret's (Michigan)

– Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart (St. Cloud State)

– St. Peter (MSU-Mankato)

– Stewartville (Jamestown)

– East Ridge

– Robbinsdale Cooper (undecided)

– Delano (Northern State)

– Minnetonka (Minnesota)

– Lakeville North (Vanderbilt)

– Perham (UM-Crookston)

For additional information visit mngirlsbasketballallstargame.com or see the association's X (Twitter) account (@MNgbballAllStar). If you can't make it to Carleton on Saturday, the games are available online at gametimemn.com.