CSO All-Star Games Played on Friday Night

On Friday evening, Cambridge hosted their annual CSO All-Star Games. For more information on the All-Star games, check out the insert from the program at the games.

In an email earlier this spring, Jarod Albers provided some information on how the teams were changing a little, specifically the names of the teams. "For the 40th anniversary, we are transitioning away from the East/West format and selecting players from an at-large pool via a serpentine draft format. To replace the East/West team names, teams will now be named to recognize the great coaches of the past that either impacted Southwest Nebraska basketball or Coached in the CSO All-Star Game. "

So the team names for this year were as follows.

Girls Teams

Team: Coach (Roger) Lauhead: Wauneta-Palisade

Team: Coach (Mike) Lanham: Oxford/Southern Valley

Boys Teams

Team: Coach (Jody) Rhodes: Paxton 

Team: Coach (Bob) Newcomb: Bartley/Twin Valley

Here were the rosters for the game.

Before we dive into the action, the Coaches who were the team names were honored.

Mik Lanahm of Oxford/Southern Valley began the Girls Basketball program in Oxford in 1975. He coached his girls to two state championships, 10 state tournament appearances, and 13 conference championships. He compiled a record of 477-181. He was selected to coach the first CSO All-Star Game. Mike was an assistant for the boys' basketball program for 10 years, too. One of Mike's grandchildren, Adi Hunt, played in Friday night's game.

Roger Lauhead of Wauneta-Palisade. Dawn Doetker of Wauneta-Palisade was there to accept the honor. Doetker was a player of Lauhead's and also an assistant coach of his for three seasons. Lauhead taught at Dunning, Humphrey St. Francis, Wauneta, and Wauneta-Palisade. Roger had a career record of 334-125 and led Wauneta-Palisade to the Girl State Basketball Tournament nine times, including the D1 State Championship in 1997. His teams won the GPAC and RPAC Championships eight times. Lauhead had passed away in April of 2022.

Bob Newcomb of Bartley. There to accept the honor were his wife, Arlene Newcomb, and one of his sons, Craig. Craig recently retired as the head coach for the Bertrand Boys Basketball Program and had the privilege of coaching the team named in honor of his father. Bob coached and taught at Hampton, Friend, and Bartley, where he took two teams to the state tournament. Bob coached the first CSO All-Star Game in 1985 and again in 1990. His career record was 392-303. Bob passed away in May of 2021.

Jody Rhodes of Paxton. Jody taught at Emmerson-Hubbard and Paxton. His volleyball coaching record is 487-161. He had 11 state tournament appearances and five championships. As the boys basketball coach at Paxton from 1983-2022, he had a record of 563-215 with two state titles and nine state tournament appearances. Jody earned coaching awards, including NCA 1998 Boys Basketball All-Star Coach, 2000 Coach of the Year, 2003 Volleyball All-Star Coach, 2019 Phyllis Rice Award Recipient, and 2004 All-Star Coach of the Year. He was also named the Omaha World Herald Coach of the Year in 2004 and was inducted into the High School Sports Hall of Fame in 2022.

Now for the action on the court.

In the girls' game, it was Team Lanham versus Team Lauhead. Team Lanham secured a close win, 62-59. Naturally, with these all-star games, some rust needs to be knocked off. But both teams came out with a ton of energy. The defense was solid from both squads.

For Team Lanham, Alex Beveridge of Gothenburg led the scoring with 19 points, Anastia Gallegos of Southwest had 14 points, Landree McNair of Chase County had eight, and Brynn Bailey of Southern Valley had six.

The MVP for Team Lanahm was Alex Bevridge, who scored 19 points.

Team Lauhead was paced by 14 points from Adi Hunt of Southern Valley, Kesli Cox of Maywood-Hayes Center had 13 points, including three three-pointers, and Emmalee Nicholson of Paxton had nine points.

Adi Hunt was named the MVP for Team Lauhead.

In the boys' game, it was Team Rhodes versus Team Newcomb. Team Rhodes won by a final score of 74-62.

For Team Rhodes, Ryder Potts of Perkins County had 13 points, Landon Noyes of Perkins County had 12 points, Mason Fales of Cozad had nine points, Tyson Essex of Loomis had nine, and Jasper Brewster of Paxton had eight.

Landon Noyes was named the MVP for Team Rhodes.

For Team Newcomb, Noah Shoemaker of Cozad had 16 points, Jason Fisher of Wallace had 12 points, Jackson Wykert of Perkins County had nine points, and Trenton Roskop of Arapahoe had five points. Of cours,e Roskop was injured during the season with a major knee injury, but he rehabbed and got healthy to play.

Noah Shoemaker of Cozad was named the MVP for Team Newcomb.

Ot was a fun night of hoops from Cambridge once again.