National all-star game serving as a bridge between 2 chapters for future Husker Unzicker

Millard South's Rylie Unzicker was named a Journal Star honorary co-captain in 2016.Rylie Unzicker was at a friend's house, sitting at a table. Nothing out of the ordinary.

That, however, changed as her friends scanned through their social media accounts.

Spotted was a tweet from Millard South softball coach Steve Kerkman. Friends told Unzicker that she was selected to play in the prestigious Premier Girls Fastpitch all-star game in Huntington Beach, California.

There was a sense of surprise, but excitement soon followed for one of the top softball players to come through the state of Nebraska.

"It was a very humbling feeling," Unzicker said this week from California. "It's that feeling of…