Battle Mountain High School junior Riane Schroeder has been invited to participate in the Down Under Sports Hoops Classic in Australia in July.
Schroeder would be part of the Pacific Conference girls basketball team that would compete with five other American teams, as well as Australia.
While in Australia, participants have the chance to see some of the sights of the country prior to running in the meet, including a dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe.
The tournament is a Olympic style format with competition for Gold, Silver and Bronze medals.The United States teams are mixed tonto two pools with the Australian teams
The first two days of the tournament are pool play ga,mes. In the final day, teams are placed in brackets, according to how they finished in pool play/
Schroeder is a member of the Battle Mountain volleyball, basketball and softball teams.
In order to achieve this goal of competing internationally, Schroeder is asking for donations of any amount to go towards the costs of competing in Australia.
For more information to help out Schroeder, visit downundersports.com or contact her at (775) 455-5739.
