IRONWOOD — Multiple local players are a part of Northern Michigan’s star-studded boys and girls rosters set to take the court at this year’s Kiwanis Classic Border Bash.

Ironwood’s Jaelyn Novascone and Ewen-Trout Creek’s Emma Besonen and Irelynd McGeshick make up a third of the Michigan girls roster with the Red Devils’ Nick Miskovich on the boys team.

The game is set for Thursday, June 4, at the Lindquist Center in Ironwood. The girls game begins at 5 p.m. with the boys to follow.

Besonen was named to the All-U.P. First Team the last four seasons and is going to play basketball at UW-Superior in the fall. Novascone, Miskovich and McGeshick were Second Team selections in their division last year. All four of them cleared the 1,000 career point mark with Miskovich second on the Ironwood boys’ all-time scoring list.

Three of the four U.P. players of the year will be here — Westwood’s Ethan Marta (Mr. Basketball, D 1-3 Player of the Year), Dollar Bay’s Liam Tourtillott (boys D-4) and Ishpeming’s Jenessa Eagle (girls D-4).

Marta and Eagle are headed to Michigan Tech to play basketball.

Other notable players include All-U.P. Dream Team selection Tanner Theuerkauf of Menominee, which ended its season at the Breslin Center; All-State First Team choice Lauren Adams and Baraga’s Kara Roberts, an All-U.P. First Team selection.

Ishpeming’s Mya Hemmer, another Dream Team player, can’t play because she will be at Baylor, where she’s going to play volleyball. Miss Basketball, Lillie Johnson of Gladstone, will be at UW-Green Bay, where she’s headed for basketball.

The Wisconsin rosters are talented but less known to area fans. There are no local players and there’s only one Northern Lights Conference player, Mellen’s Xander Beeksma on the boys team.

Three of the nine Wisconsin boys were named Player of the Year in their conference this season — Rhinelander’s Devon Feck and Northland Pines’ Mylo Albrecht in the Great Northern and Flambeau’s Dominic Kopacz in the Lakeland East.

Two girls players were named Division 5 All-State by the coaches — Wisconsin Rapids Assumption’s Jordan Jaglinski and Stevens Point Pacelli’s Ella Van Order. Jaglinski was the Player of the Year in the Marawood South. Van Order scored 25 points in Pacelli’s 70-40 win over Eleva-Strum in last month’s state championship game. Fall Creek’s Jasmin Heuer is headed to Michigan Tech for basketball.

Northern Wisconsin leads the Border Bash boys series 7-4 with the Northern Michigan girls just ahead at 6-5.

Proceeds from the Border Bash have benefited the Gogebic Community College basketball program.

Rosters

Boys

Northern Michigan

Jaxon Clark, Rudyard, 5-11 — All-U.P. First Team; 24.7 points per game, 5.8 rebounds per game

Tanner Theuerkauf, Menominee, 6-3 — All-U.P. Dream Team, D-3 All-State, 17.8 ppg, 5 rpg.

Caden Balzarini, Westwood, 6-2 — All-U.P. Second Team; 10.1 ppg, 5.5 rpg

Ethan Marta, Ishpeming, 6-3 — Mr. Basketball in the U.P.; D-3 All-State; 28 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 3.6 apg.

Nick Miskovich, Ironwood, 6-3 — All-U.P. Second Team; 15.3 ppg, 7 rpg, 3.1 spg.

John Wheeler, Ishpeming, 6-5 — All-U.P. Second Team; 17.9 ppg, 9.3 rpg.

Anthony Pineda, Norway, 5-10 — All-U.P. honorable mention.

Liam Tourtillott, Dollar Bay, 6-0 — U.P. Division 4 Player of the Year; D-4 All-State First Team

Connor Fierstine, Marquette, 6-3 — All-U.P. Second Team; 14 ppg, 7 rpg

Coach: Luke Gray, Westwood

Northern Wisconsin

Xander Beeksma, Mellen, 6-2 — Northern Lights First Team

Devon Feck, Rhinelander, 6-1 — Co-Player of the Year Great Northern Conference; 19.7 ppg, 5.2 apg

Jed Henderson, Rib Lake, 6-6 — Marawood First Team; 16.2 ppg, 8.7 rpg

J.T. Schlaefer, Wisconsin Rapids Assumption, 6-0 — D-5 WBCA All-State, 21.2 ppg, 6.6 rpg

Dominic Kopacz, Flambeau, 6-0 — Player of the Year Lakeland East

Dayne Mumm, Prairie Farm/Clayton, 6-1 — Lakeland West First Team; 23.7 ppg, 7.7 rpg

Mylo Albrecht, Northland Pines, 6-3 — Co-Player of the Year Great Northern Conference; 18.1 ppg, 7.3 rpg

Sam Bezlyk, Spencer, 6-3 — Cloverbelt East First Team; 15.2 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 5.1 apg

Evan Lord, Prentice, 6-3 — D-5 All-State honorable mention; Marawood First Team; 20.1 ppg, 6.1 rpg

Coach: Terry Klemett, Northland Pines

Girls

Northern Michigan

Lauren Adams, Norway, 5-8 — D-4 All-State First Team; 24 ppg, 4 apg

Jenessa Eagle, Ishpeming, 5-9 — D-4 U.P. Player of the Year; 24.4 ppg, 5.7 rpg

Kara Roberts, Baraga, 5-4 — D-4 All-U.P. First Team, D-4 All-State honorable mention; 18.7 ppg

Emery Chynoweth, Hancock, 5-6 — All-U.P. Second Team

Jaelyn Novascone, Ironwood, 5-9 — All-U.P. Second Team; 16 ppg, 10 rpg

Emma Besonen, Ewen-Trout Creek, 5-2 — All-U.P. First Team; All-State Second Team

Cassie Olson, Kingsford, 5-10 — All-U.P. Second Team, 9.6 ppg, 8.5 rpg

Irelynd McGeshick, Ewen-Trout Creek, 5-11 — All-U.P. Second Team, 12.6 ppg, 9 rpg. 1,489 career pts, 1,123 rebounds

Clare O’Donnell, Negaunee, 5-11 — All-U.P. Second Team; 8.3 ppg, 6.8 rpg.

Coach: Mike O’Donnell, Negaunee

Northern Wisconsin

Urijah Reeves, Menominee Nation, 5-9 — CWC East First Team; 16 ppg

Jordyn Jaglinski, Wisconsin Rapids Assumption, 5-8 — D-5 WBCA All-State; Marawood South Player of the Year; 17 ppg

Emma Tlusty, Rib Lake, 5-5 — Marawood North First Team; 10.5 ppg, 4 rpg

Hayden Bergmann, Prairie Farm/Clayton, 5-5; 12.4 ppg, 5.2 rpg

Madi Mueller, Owen-Withee, 5-8 — Cloverbelt East First Team; 11.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg

Autumn Davis, Spencer, 5-9 — Cloverbelt East First Team; 18.4 ppg, 7.6 rpg

Ella Van Order, Stevens Point Pacelli, 5-10 — D-5 WBCA All-State; 16.3 ppg, 4.2 rpg

Melaina Granquist, Wittenberg-Birnamwood — CWC East First Team; 21.1 ppg, 11.2 rpg

Jasmin Heuer, Fall Creek, 5-10 — Cloverbelt West Second Team; All-State D-4 honorable mention

Coach: Kyle Davis, Spencer