Fehlman Memorial rosters set
The rosters have been set and the players invited for the Ninth Annual Dave Fehlman Memorial Senior All-Star Softball Game.
The game will be played at Judson University in Elgin on Monday, June 11. June 18 is the rain date. Game time is 6:30 p.m. and admission is free.
Judson University, the Northern Illinois Lightning, Kohl’s, Feeny Autos of Elgin, and Scheffler Electric are the sponsors of the game.
Elgin coaches Chad Dahlman and Doug Holtz will coach the East team, and Crystal Lake South coaches Scott Busam and Mark Hardie will be the West coaches.
Matt Schacht, one of the founders of the event, and Courtney LaFerle, a Larkin and Valparaiso University graduate who is also an assistant coach for the 18U Northern Illinois Lightning, will serve as volunteer umpires.
The game originated in 2004 as the Fox Valley Senior All-Star Game and in 2008 was renamed the Dave Fehlman Memorial Senior All-Star Game. Fehlman, whose daughter Lissa is a St. Edward and Evansville University graduate and a former Daily Herald All-Area captain, was a former past president of the Fox Valley Renegades and a longtime supporter of fastpitch softball in the Fox Valley. He passed away late in the summer of 2007.
An MVP will be selected from each team.
The team rosters are as follows:
West team: Tara Lycos and Ashley Knutsen of Huntley; Delani Vest of Kaneland; Katie Kirker and Maggie Hansen of Jacobs; Maggie Hoffman, Lexi Smithberg, Nikki Banks and Kiernan Schock of Larkin; Liz Adams, Hannah Mahoney, Kim McElman, Sam Golf and Alli Bochat of Crystal Lake South; Sara Markelonis and Taylor Dunne of Cary-Grove; Amanda Ritchie, Emily Bell, Haley Albamonte and Sarah Kisch of Burlington Central; and Melany Love of Dundee-Crown.
East team: Courtney Smith, Sara Hausl and Shannon Caliri of St. Charles North; Becca Vodraska and Tiffany Bentley of Hampshire; Steph Tomazin, Andreana Taormina, Amanda Montbriand and Tori Burke of Bartlett; Casey Basic and Shannon Pedersen of St. Charles East; Logan Cahill and Tara Palandri of Lake Park; Elena Wright and Clare Stribling of Geneva; Sam Bolin of South Elgin; Maddie Kerr and Morgin Coughlin of St. Edward; and Hannah Perryman of Elgin.
For further information on the game, call (847) 812-1522 or email northernillinoislightning@gmail.com.