Granny basketball game to be held at LHS for choir fundraiser

The gauntlet has been thrown down on the hardwoods of Louisburg.

The LHS Selects, a team that represents the LHS Select Choir, will face off in a basketball game for the ages against Louisburg’s own Granny Basketball team, The Tonics.

The showdown is set for 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24 at the Louisburg High School gym. The free-will admission charity fund-raiser will help the Select Choir raise the last bit of money it needs to travel to New York in April to perform at the Lincoln Center, the prestigious performing arts center in Manhattan.

The basketball game will feature members of the Tonics going up against the Selects playing by the Granny Basketball League rules.

Granny Basketball is similar to the 1920s style of play where the court is divided in three sections and there is no running, no jumping and only two dribbles per possession. Two guards or defenders are in one section, two centers or passers are in the middle section and the two forward or offensive players are in the third section of the court. Granny basketball players wear uniforms from that period.

 “I hope that the Louisburg community knows how
much our choir has appreciated their support. We are so proud to have the
opportunity to represent our town,” Alison Moore, choir director, said.

“The Tonics are really excited for the opportunity to help out the Select
Choir. One of the foundations of the Granny Basketball League is to assist with
charity opportunities and we are excited to get on the court and show the
Selects how to play basketball,” Jean Carder, captain of the Tonics, said.
“Oh, and for those players that are males or younger than 50, there will
be a surprise handicap but my lips are sealed until game time. We hope the
community comes out for a fun and novel event that supports the Select
Choir.” 

Local celebrities, school staff and students will make up the Selects team with
choir members and current LHS basketball players Brayden Gage, Maddon
Rutherford, Dylan Deshazer, Andy Hupp, Carson Buffington and Alyse Moore serving
as Selects captains. Team members include Moore, Dr. Damon Dennis; Robert
Ebenstein, LHS head football coach; Drew Harding; LHS football and basketball
coach; and students Austin Moore, Blue Caplinger, Kody Lowry, Lauren Vincent
and others.

The Tonics include Carder, Janet York, Ellen Morland, Diana Moore, Becky Berg,
LaVonne Mize, Ruth Fladung, Helen McClain, Jayne Schommer, Cathy Hadley,
Kathleen Caverty all from Louisburg; Wanda Harlow, Bucyrus; Susan McKeever,
Drexel; Julie McKinley, Linn Valley; Jan Berg, Edgerton; Lisa Berg, Olathe; and
Tonics coach Kate Berg Camp, Gardner.