The annual Mountain vs. Valley Coaches USA All-Star Football Game will be held on Dec. 20 at 1:00 p.m. at Bridgewater College. Local athletes have been selected for the football and cheer squads for the Mountain Team.

Selected to play in the game for the Mountain Team are the following local players.

Wilson Memorial: Keyvon Jones, Kevin Feathers, Gabe Thomas, Kai Martin
Stuarts Draft: Derrick Moore
Waynesboro: My’kel Maxey, Ethan Newsome, Casey Breeden
Staunton: Zyleke Shepherd, Kelston Byers
Buffalo Gap: Walker Thompson, Koltlei Rodriguez, Shane Huffer
Fort Defiance: Elijah Pultz, Sawyer Moffett, Paul Nkashama
Riverheads: Preston McCauley, Chris Dotson

Gap’s Brad Wygant, Fort’s Mike Yew and Caleb Smiley and Draft’s Nathan Floyd will serve as assistant coaches for the Mountain Team.

The following local cheerleaders have been selected for the Mountain squad.

Riverheads: Erika Ashby, Kiersten Hemp
Stuarts Draft: Addison Colvin
Fort Defiance: Chloe Aldridge,
Staunton: Gracelyn Sears, Kalionna Bosserman, Leah Leslie, Makenna Brooks
Wilson: Kenadie Garrison, Madison Goodman

Fort Defiance’s Brittany Jefferson is part of the coaching staff for the Mountain cheer squad.