Local senior hoopsters play last minutes as all-stars

[mouakter13]

High school basketball seniors from around Alaska attended the 2025 Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches All-Star events over the weekend at Anchorage’s Grace Christian High School. The AABC promotes the sport, its coaches, players and officials through the event.

This was the 16th annual all-star gathering — it was halted two years due to COVID-19 — and 92 players were chosen by the AABC selection committee for the 2025 games.

“The association looks to assemble senior all-star rosters representing every region in Alaska,” AABC president Eric Stockhausen said. “Coaches nominate their seniors and others who deserve the recognition. Not all of those invited are able to attend for various reasons, but we are thankful for those who are able to attend. Once our list country wise email marketing list of semi-finalists are assembled, a committee of member coaches work to invite finalists and the rosters are then finalized.”

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé senior Pedrin Saceda-Hurt (12) and JDHS coach Robert Casperson pose for a photo at the AABC Senior All-Star Game on Saturday. (Photo courtesy Robert Casperson)
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé senior Pedrin Saceda-Hurt (12) and JDHS coach Robert Casperson pose for a photo at the AABC Senior All-Star Game on Saturday. (Photo courtesy Robert Casperson)

Seniors from Southeast included Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé’s Pedrin Saceda-Hurt; Ketchikan’s Marcus Stockhausen; Haines’ Ashlyn Ganey, Ari’el Godinez Long and Emma Dohrn; Hoonah’s Krista Howland; Kake’s Aiden Clark and Keontay Jackson; Klawock’s Lea Amour; Metlakatla’s Brody Booth, Carter Marsden and Lexi Cook; Mt. Edgecumbe’s Donovan Standifer, RJ Didrickson and Lauren Cedars; Sitka’s Trey Demmert; and Wrangell’s Kyan Stead.

“The all-star game was an amazing experience,” Saceda-Hurt said. “I am extremely grateful for the opportunity that I was given in order to play against the top players in 3A/4A of Alaska. It was just a fun time.”

Saceda-Hurt plans to attend Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.

“It is a DIII school where I am able to continue my basketball career,” he said. “I plan on majoring in kinesiology and in the future will hope on becoming an athletic trainer or a physical therapist.”