{"id":33172,"date":"2026-03-18T07:52:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=33172"},"modified":"2026-03-18T07:52:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:52:05","slug":"central-illinois-all-star-basketball-game-scheduled-sunday-march-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/basketball\/33172-central-illinois-all-star-basketball-game-scheduled-sunday-march-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Illinois All-Star Basketball Game Scheduled Sunday, March 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>The 33rd Annual Central Illinois Boys All-Star basketball game, featuring senior basketball players from the National Trail Conference and Little Illini Conference, has been scheduled for Sunday, March 29.<\/p>\n<p>The game will be held at Cumberland High School with admission $5.<\/p>\n<p>The three-point contest will begin at 6:05 p.m. and the game will tip off at 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>All-Star Roster for the National Trail Conference is:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kade Milleville (Altamont), Jacob Johnson (Altamont), August Cosart (Cowden-Herrick\/Beecher City), Reed Miller (Cumberland), Zach Harmon (Cumberland), Jackson Icenogle (Dieterich), Kade Atwood (North Clay), Cody Zimdars (North Clay), Mason Byers (North Clay), Carder Walden (North Clay), Aiden Lauritzen (St. Anthony), Keenan Griffith (St. Anthony), Jayden Hughett (St. Elmo\/Brownstown) and Tyler Vonderheide (Windsor\/Stewardson-Strasburg)<\/p>\n<p>Coaches are John Niebrugge (Altamont) and Tanner Thompson (Cowden-Herrick\/Beecher City)<\/p>\n<p>All-Star Roster for the Little Illini Conference is:<\/p>\n<p>Jack Julius (Casey-Westfield), Nolan Clement (Casey-Westfield), Leighton Jones (Casey-Westfield), Zander Cessna (Lawrenceville), Jayden Goff (Lawrenceville), Noah Wilson (Lawrenceville), Tucker Osborn (Marshall), Payton McGuire (Marshall), Garrett Pugh (Marshall), Bryce Griguhn (Marshall), Lance Volk (Newton), Carsyn Ameter (Olney), Trevor Papantonopoulos (Robinson), Andrew Sparks (Robinson) and Mason Arnone (Robinson).<\/p>\n<p>Coaches are Tad Shick (Lawrenceville) and Tom Brannon (Casey-Westfield).<\/p>\n<p>Officials include Steve Dryden, Monte Wolke and Kyle Moomaw.<\/p>\n<p>The Central Illinois All-Star Director is Justin Roedl (Cumberland).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 33rd Annual Central Illinois Boys All-Star basketball game, featuring senior basketball players from the National Trail Conference and Little Illini Conference, has been scheduled for Sunday, March 29. 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