The Dexter Leader
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U-M to take on All-Stars
By Don Richter, Sports Editor
PUBLISHED: February 1, 2007
The sixth annual University of Michigan athletes versus the Dexter All-Stars fund-raiser basketball game will be 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Dexter High School gymnasium.
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"It's always a fun night," said Tom Barbieri, Dexter head football coach and organizer of the event.
It's also a night that helps fund sports programs at all levels.
"All the money goes to Dexter athletics," Barbieri said. "Last year, the money raised was used for middle school sports. It helped fund A and B programs, having two teams for football, basketball and volleyball."
The cost to attend the event is $4 in advance or $5 at the door. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Dexter Athletic Department office or from Dexter football players in eighth- through 12th-grades.
The game will be sponsored by the Teaching, Educating and Mentoring group (TEAM).
At halftime, Dexter youth league basketball players, both boys and girls, in fourth- through sixth-grades, will compete in a game.
As in prior years, the U-M athletes, both current and former standouts, will be available for autographs and photo opportunities also at halftime.
Former Wolverines scheduled to participate in the event include football players Mark Messner, Doug Skene, Clint Copenhaver, Mike Evans, Alex Marshall, Andy Mignery, Dan Jokisch, Gary Lee, Tait Shanski and Tad VanPelt.
Also expected to hit the court for Michigan are former basketball players Dugan Fife, Antoine Joubert, Amadou Ba, Dean Hopson, Ann LeMere and Raina Goodlow along with baseball players Jeff Tandreys, Scott Weaver and Tom Timmerman and WCXI radio personality Josh Verner.
Filling out the All-Stars roster will be a team of Dexter teachers, coaches and administrators.
Suiting up for Dexter will be Mike Bavineau, Angie Scott, Dewey Scott, Patrick Glenn, Jaime Dudash, Ed Bostic, Frank McMurray, Fred Ligrow, Matt Brown, Laura Haas, Brian Baird, Craig Baldus, Patrick Glynn; Brian Taylor, Mike McCarthy, Ryan Fisher, Ken Koenig, Kathryn Day, Dave Evanski and Tim Bergstom.
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