IBCA E-Newsletter
31st annual North/South Indiana All-Star Classic at Martinsville
By Kip Wesner
Hoosier Basketball Magazine announces that the 31st annual North/South Indiana All-Star Classic presented by McDonald’s of Indiana will be held Saturday, April 6, at the John R. Wooden Gymnasium in Martinsville.
Forty-eight of Indiana’s best boys’ and girls’ senior players will participate in this annual statewide doubleheader. The girls’ game starts at 1 p.m. with the boys’ game to follow at 3 p.m. The North/South Indiana All-Star Classic presented by McDonald’s of Indiana is sponsored in part by Martinsville High School and Pacesetter Sports in Terre Haute.
Girls competing in the first half of this doubleheader include nine players who have been named to the 2019 Indiana All-Star team. They include Indiana University recruit Jorie Allen of Bedford North Lawrence and Shaila Beeler of Warren Central, Ohio State-signee Rikki Harris of North Central, Ball State-bound Sydney Freeman of Central Noble. Another notable is IU-bound Grace Waggoner of Vincennes Rivet.
The boys’ game includes 11 players who were featured on the cover of the 2018-19 issue of Hoosier Basketball Magazine. Among them are IU signees Tracy Jackson Davis of Center Grove and Armaan Franklin of Cathedral as well as Purdue recruits Brandon Newman of Valparaiso, Isaiah Thompson of Zionsville and Mason Gillis of New Castle (an honorary player because of injury). Others in the game include Jalen Windham of Ben Davis, Zane Gross of Silver Creek, Ethan Brittain-Watts of Culver Academy and Gabe Gladish of Barr-Reeve.
The 2019 Classic game director is Martinsville athletic director Kip Staggs. Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased by calling (765) 342-5571.
For more details about the 2019 North-South Indiana All-Star Classic, please call Classic coordinator Kip Wesner of Hoosier Basketball Magazine at (317) 925-8200 or send an e-mail to hoosierbbllmag@att.net. Or go online to www.hoosierbasketballmagazine.com.
Confirmed participants for these games are listed below.
BOYS PARTICIPANTS
(to be divided into North and South teams)
| Name | School | College choice |
| Cameron Alford | Brownsburg | Alabama A&M |
| Cobie Barnes | Floyd Central | Indiana State |
| Ethan Brittain-Watts | Culver Academy | Boston University |
| Josh Bryan | Delta | undecided |
| Drew Comer | Greensburg | Bellarmine |
| Aaron Etherington | Hamilton Southeastern | Toledo |
| Wyatt Felling | Triton Central | undecided |
| Armaan Franklin | Cathedral | Indiana |
| *Mason Gillis | New Castle | Purdue |
| Gabe Gladish | Barr-Reeve | undecided |
| Zane Gross | Silver Creek | Rose-Hulman |
| Jared Hankins | Lawrence North | Indiana State |
| Alex Hemenway | Castle | Clemson |
| Trayce Jackson-Davis | Center Grove | Indiana |
| Lucas Kroft | Richmond | Ball State |
| Zach Kuhn | Shelbyville | Army |
| Isiah Moore | Warren Central | IU East |
| Brandon Newman | Valparaiso | Purdue |
| Max Newman | Monrovia | Bethel |
| Allen Plunkett | South Putnam | DePauw |
| Sam Skaggs | Logansport | undecided |
| Reid Staggs | Martinsville | undecided |
| Tyler Stead | Martinsville | Southern Indiana |
| Isaiah Thompson | Zionsville | Purdue |
| Jalen Windham | Ben Davis | undecided |
Coach: Barak Coolman, Valparaiso
Coach: Brandon Hoffman, Silver Creek
Coach: Kip Staggs, Martinsville
*injured; honorary player
GIRLS PARTICIPANTS
(to be divided into North and South teams)
| Name | School | College choice |
| Jorie Allen | Bedford North Lawrence | Indiana |
| Jordyn Barga | Monroe Central | Kentucky Wesleyan |
| Shaila Beeler | Warren Central | Indiana |
| Addy Blackwell | Bloomington South | Southern Indiana |
| Sydney Freeman | Central Noble | Ball State |
| Carissa Garcia | Fort Wayne Concordia | Northern Kentucky |
| Rikki Harris | North Central | Ohio State |
| *Lilly Hatton | North Harrison | Wofford |
| Jossie Hudson | Evansville Mater Dei | Evansville |
| Grace Hunter | Bellmont | Northern Illinois |
| Gracie Johnson | Martinsville | Cumberland (Tenn.) |
| Madison Jones | Western Boone | Davenport (Mich.) |
| Bethany Mackin | Martinsville | Shawnee State (Ohio) |
| Samantha Matthews | Charlestown | Tampa |
| Makinzi Meurer | North Knox | Evansville |
| Maddie Nolan | Zionsville | Miami (Ohio) |
| Hannah Noveroske | Michigan City | Xavier |
| Alyssa Robben | East Central | Indiana State |
| Elise Scaggs | Mooresville | Davenport (Mich.) |
| Caitlyn Snyder | Indian Creek | Anderson |
| Cameron Tabor | New Castle | Davidson |
| Ella Thompson | Center Grove | Bentley |
| Emma Utterback | Center Grove | Vermont |
| Grace Waggoner | Vincennes Rivet | Indiana |
| Hattie Westerfeld | Batesville | Indiana State |
Coach: Andy Heim, Bellmont
Coach: Jessi Johnson, Martinsville
Coach: Andy Maguire, Zionsville
*injured; honorary player
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