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Negaard named to All Star roster

Sherry Negaard has been selected to play in the Wyoming Coaches Foundation North/South All Star Games volleyball game on July 24 for the North team. She has also been selected as All Conference and All State for 2020 and was the Northeast Player of the Year for 2020.

Negaard was on the varsity roster for all four years of high school and took part in three state championships alongside her team. She has 872 career kills, with 2259 total kill attempts and 124 career service aces. Her career serving percentage is 93%.

A committee of high school coaches has selected the top ten players from the northern half of the state and the top ten players from the southern half of the state who will be squaring off against one another in this event.

Chelsey Blasczyk of Sundance has been chosen as assistant coach for the team.

The games will be played in conjunction with the Wyoming Coaches Association annual Coaching Clinic, Hall of Fame Banquet and All Star Week. Events include volleyball and girls and boys basketball. Practices for the event begin on Wed., July 21 and continue through Saturday with the games to be played at Casper College T-Bird gym. The volleyball game will begin at 1 p.m.

This All Star Week was originated to recognize the best seniors in their individual sport and allow them to compete in a highly honored event.