It was the 10th annual year for the Highland Community College volleyball All-Star game and 26th annual basketball All-Star games. Sixty-eight area senior athletes competed in the action at Highland.

In the volleyball matchup it was dominated by the Navy team as they won all four sets that were played between them and the gold team (25-14 set 1; 25-20 set 2; 25-14 set 3 and 15-13 set 4). In the victory the Navy squad who was coached by Theresa Watkins of Holton, it was a few players standing out with a handful of kills each. Perry-Lecompton's, Sierra Morgison finished the match with six kills and one block, while Horton's, Ashley Dishon and Oskaloosa's, Rachel Schmanke each tallied five kills, apiece. Holton Wildcat, Christa Hill also had a solid performance overall with three kills, 10 assists, one block and four aces.

For the Gold team they saw two players standout with their total kill amounts in the matchup, as Holton's, Kylie Miller and Oskaloosa's, Haley Pfau tallied 10 and nine kills, respectively in the All-Star game. Miller also finished with two aces and one block, while Pfau added one block and one ace, to her day's stats, also. Centralia Panther, Michelle Haug and Hiawatha Red Hawk, Courtney Brennan each notched two kills, also for the Gold team.

After the volleyball action it was time for some girls basketball and it would be the Navy team once more dominating and notching the victory over the Gold team. The basketball matchup featured players from five different leagues in the northeast Kansas area. The Navy squad took early control of the game as they got out to a 13-0 lead and never looked back to sail to a 77-57 victory in the 26th annual Highland CC girl's basketball game. Navy team was coached by Holton coach, Jon Holliday who improved to 2-0 in All-Star games this season, while the Gold team was coached by Tim Barber of Highland Park, who is in his first season as coach at Highland Park.

The Navy team was lead on the day in scoring by Jefferson County North Charger all-time school leading scorer, Jordan Kramer who finished the day with 21 points. Two other players finished with double figures for the Navy team, they were Holton's, Jayna Smith and Topeka high school's, Krystal Crohn, who tallied 17 and 12 points, respectively. To go along with those three ladies four other players for the Navy team: Haley Pfau (Oskaloosa) 9 points, Brittany Simek (Immaculata) 8 points, Shayla Whitebird (Horton) 6 points and Kate Brickell (Jefferson County North) 4 points.

For the Gold team, they fought hard throughout the game but just could ultimately get back from the hole they found themselves in at the start of the game. They were lead in scoring by ACCHS senior, Tara Ellerman, as she finished the contest with 12 points; the lone player in double figures for the Gold team. Nine other players did score for the Gold team in the All-Star matchup: Devyn Edwards (Highland Park) 9 points, McKayla Brezina (Nemaha Valley) 9 points, Meggie Hall (Sabetha) 7 points, Nichole Boden (Wetmore) 6 points, Taylor Smith (Riverside) 4 points, Marija Crockett (Maur-Hill Mt. Academy) 4 points, Vanessa Burdiek (Centralia) 3 points, Michelle Haug (Centralia) 2 points and Maggie Leonard (Marysville) 1 point.

While the first two All-Star matchup's went to the Navy team it would be the Gold team who notched the victory in the boys basketball game. The Gold team found themselves down by 11 points at the half 71-59, but ultimately made the comeback in the second half to win by double figures with a final score of 133-118. The Gold team was coached by Maur-Hill Mt. Academies assistant coach, Sterling Jackson, while the Navy team was coached by Onaga head coach, Luke Baxter.

Almost every player who particapated in the boys All-Star got themselves in the scorers in book. The high scoring honors for the day go to Valley Falls Dragon, Brock Watson who tallied 22 points in the loss for the Navy team, while Jefferson County North Charger, Dalton Minor and ACCHS Tiger, Austin Eckert each notched 19 points to lead the way for the Gold team.

Five other players joined Minor and Eckert in double digits for the Gold team on the day, those being: John Lawless (Maur-Hill Mt. Academy) 13 points, TJ Kocour (Maur-Hill Mt. Academy) 11 points, Alex Dahl (Santa Fe Trail), Josh Merz (Horton) and Jonathan Keating each finished with 10 points apiece.

The rest of the scoring for the Gold team consisted of: Brandon Heim (Pleasant Ridge) 9 points, Jonathan Denton (Perry-Lecompton) 8 points, Adam Sewell (Immaculata) 7 points, Troy Matson (Sabetha) 6 points, Cody Duryea (Jackson Heights) 5 points, Dylan Norris (Troy) 4 points, and Mitch Kurtz (ACCHS) 2 points.

The Navy team saw five other players in double figures outside of Watson, also on the day, those being: Alex Hermesch (Nemaha Valley) 17 points, Riley Falk (Onaga), Jacob Tanking (Holton) 13 points, Jacob Broxterman (Frankfort) and Derek Henry (Wetmore) both with 12 points.

The rest of the scoring for the Navy team consisted of: Cale Green (Marysville) 8 points, Michael Glatzcak (Centralia) and Tyler Herrs (Linn) both with 5 points, Mitchell Walter (Washington County) 4 points and Derek Nold (Riverside), Kooper Winterscheidt (Hiawatha) and Patrick Griffitts each finished with 2 points.

Overall 68 area senior athletes competed in the All-Star matchups enjoying themselves in the games that they love. Below is list of each player for each sport and their future plans.

2012 Highland CC All-Star Volleyball Participants 

 2012 Highland CC Girls Basketbal All-Star Participants 

 2012 Highland CC Boys Basketball All-Star Participants