By Dave Risley, Sports Information Director – www.postyourt.org
POSTYOURT’S High School All Star Basketball games celebrating all four classes were a success on Saturday April 17.
Action began at 9:30 a.m. with the Class 4A Girls game followed, in order, by the Class 3A, 2A, and 1A Girls games. At approximately 3:30 p.m., the Class 4A Boys took the floor for their game followed, in order, by the Class 3A, 2A, and 1A Boys games. Three-point shooting contests were held at halftime of each game, and a Most Valuable Player award was presented to one player at the conclusion of each game.
Below are brief recaps of each game in the order in which they occurred.
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East 72, West 50
The East girls bolted to a 31-22 lead at halftime and expanded their lead in the second half. Four girls from the East scored in double figures. Leading the way was Kaylee Walters from Fort Wayne Snider with 19 points, followed by 15 points from Warsaw’s Kelci Freds and 11 points each from Kelsey Bryant of Greenfield-Central and Taylor Ford of Warren Central.
Leading the attack for the West was Genesis Robinson of Evansville Harrison with 17 points.
Kaylee Walters also won the 3-point shooting contest and captured the MVP award.
“I wasn’t coming into this game looking to score a lot of points,” Walters said. “I just wanted to have a lot of fun, which I did. It was great winning all three – the game, the three-point contest, and MVP. Only five girls showed up for practice, but we played really well together as a team. I’m going to IUPUI to study health services management. It’s kind of iffy now as to whether I’ll play ball there or not.”
Below is a slideshow of some of the images from the game. Click here to view a gallery of all images taken. The formal team and individual photos are at the end of the gallery.
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West 88, East 47
The talent-laden West girls charged to a 42-25 halftime lead, and blew the game open with a 22-2 run to start the second half for a 64-27 lead. Four girls from the West scored in double figures, led by Owen Valley’s Kaitlin Sweatman with 25 points. Also racking up double-digit point totals were Alex Gasaway from Crawfordsville with 18 points, Olivia Brashear of Washington with 11 points, and Ashley Evans from Hammond Gavit with 10 points.
The East’s Chas Lecher of Greensburg also had a fine game, as her 25 points enabled her to match Sweatman for game-high honors.
Olivia Brashear went three extra rounds to edge Melanie Trammell of Greensburg to capture the 3-point shooting contest, while Alex Gasaway was named MVP.
Alex Gasaway is a five-sport athlete at Crawfordsville, as she competed in soccer and golf in the fall, basketball in winter, and is on the tennis and track teams this spring.
“I really had a lot of fun here today, actually more than I expected,” Gasaway said. “We had a lot of talent on our team and played very well together. We also had great chemistry, which is unusual because we haven’t played together before today and didn’t have many set plays. I’m actually undecided among four schools as my college choice, but I’m leaning toward DePauw and playing basketball there.”
Unlike Gasaway, Kaitlin Sweatman concentrated solely on basketball at Owen Valley and has made her college choice.
“Our team played together really well today, Sweatman said. “It was a lot of fun. We probably could have won a state championship with this team. I’m going to the University of Missouri at St. Louis in the fall and play basketball. It’s in Division II.”
Below is a slideshow of some of the images from the game. Click here to view a gallery of all images taken. The formal team and individual photos are at the end of the gallery.
Story by Dave Risley, Sports Information Director – postyourt.org
Photos by Kevin Seale – KS Images and Lori Poteet – Lori Poteet Photography
West 60, East 44
After leading just 25-23 at halftime, the West went on a 21-5 run midway through the second half to win going away. Leading the West were Margaret Diaz of River Forest with 18 points and Elyse Weddle from Bloomfield with 15.
Two stars from Austin’s Class 2A state championship squad led the East in scoring, as Ashley Dowling tallied 16 points and Chelsea Jones added 13.
Asia Jones from Speedway won the 3-point shooting contest, while Margaret Diaz was named MVP.
“I’m very proud to be here today,” Diaz said. “It was a long drive down here, but I’m cherishing every second of this experience. I also played volleyball at River Forest , but basketball is my funnest sport because I can practice hard and get really good at it. I graduate on June 9, but I still haven’t decided on a college or a vocation.”
Below is a slideshow of some of the images from the game. Click here to view a gallery of all images taken. The formal team and individual photos are at the end of the gallery.
Story by Dave Risley, Sports Information Director – postyourt.org
Photos by Kevin Seale – KS Images and Lori Poteet – Lori Poteet Photography
East 69, West 59
This game was nip-and-tuck through much of it, and the West led 37-36 at halftime. But from a 41-41 tie, the East girls went on a 15-2 run to put some distance between them and their West counterparts.
Both Bria Sneed of University and Paige Spencer from Randolph Southern scored 14 points to tie for game-high honors, and teammate Rachel Muessel of Madison Shaw Memorial was close behind them with 12 points for the East.
Leading the West girls were Casey Fougerousse of Shakamak with 13 points and Jocelyn Boyll from North Central-Farmersburg with 10 points.
Rachel Muessel prevailed in the 3-point shooting contest, while Bria Sneed was named MVP.
“They (West) made shots in the first half,” Sneed said, “so we decided at halftime to come out in the second half, cut off their driving, and play better defense. We did and we won. I wanted to play hard today because it’s my final high school game, it’s the postseason, and everyone is watching. I’m going to Earlham in the fall and play basketball there.”
Below is a slideshow of some of the images from the game. Click here to view a gallery of all images taken. The formal team and individual photos are at the end of the gallery.
Story by Dave Risley, Sports Information Director – postyourt.org
Photos by Kevin Seale – KS Images
East 104, West 81
The East Boys led just 41-36 at the half, but poured in 63 points in the final 20 minutes of this fast-paced contest.
Four East players reached double-digits in scoring. Leading the way was Anderson Highland’s Derek Hill with 18 points, followed by 16 from Kevin Kidd of East Central, and 13 apiece from Indianapolis Pike’s Kristian Smith and Muncie Central’s Adrian Wells.
Leading the West were Brock Barbary from Kokomo with 14 points, 11 from Bloomington North’s Zoul Ballman, and Justin King of Castle with 10.
Justin King won the 3-point shooting contest and Kevin Kidd was named MVP.
Below is a slideshow of some of the images from the game. Click here to view a gallery of all images taken. The formal team photos are at the end of the gallery.
Story by Dave Risley, Sports Information Director – postyourt.org
Photos by Kevin Seale – KS Images and Lori Poteet – Lori Poteet Photography
West 74, East 69
This game was close throughout. The West boys managed to grab a slim 28-26 lead at halftime, but the winner was in doubt down to the final minute.
Troy Porter from Frankfort was the only player from the well-balanced West team to score in double figures with 12 points, but five of his teammates scored between 7-9 points apiece.
The East’s Bailey Howard from Brown County grabbed game-high scoring honors with 18 points, and teammate Princeton Page of Heritage joined him in double figures with 14 points.
Bryce Marsee from Eastbrook hit 9-of-10 shots from behind the arc to win the 3-point shooting contest, and Bailey Howard was named MVP.
Below is a slideshow of some of the images from the game. Click here to view a gallery of all images taken. The formal team and individual photos are at the end of the gallery.
Story by Dave Risley, Sports Information Director – postyourt.org
Photos by Kevin Seale – KS Images
East 79, West 77
The East boys raced to a 45-30 halftime lead, but the West staged a comeback to take the lead 71-70 with a little over two minutes left.
With the West clinging to a 77-76 lead, Taylor Wischmeier of Brownstown Central buried a 3-pointer with 12.5 seconds left in the game to give the East a two-point lead, and the West’s final shot missed the mark.
Taylor Wischmeier and Austin’s Benjamin Raichel led the East in scoring with 12 points each, and South Adam’s Nick Teeter and Pete Nicksic from Andrean added 11 points apiece.
The West’s Phillip Titus from Indianapolis Washington took game-high scoring honors with 15 points. Teammates Mitchell Patton of South Knox with 13 points and Forest Park’s Colin Welp with 12 points also reached double figures.
Nick Teeter won the 3-point shooting contest and Taylor Wischmeier was named MVP.
Below is a slideshow of some of the images from the game. Click here to view a gallery of all images taken. The formal team photos are at the end of the gallery.
Story by Dave Risley, Sports Information Director – postyourt.org
Photos by Kevin Seale – KS Images
West 83, East 81
The final game of the day was just as thrilling as the one preceding it. The East boys grabbed a 46-42 lead at the end of a high-scoring first half, but neither team could get a large lead in the second half, and the outcome was in doubt down to the final seconds. With the score tied 81-81 and only 1.2 seconds left, an official called a foul on one of the East players as Cameron Carroll from Orleans was attempting a long desperation shot behind the 10-second line. Carroll calmly stepped to the free throw line and canned the first two charity tosses, giving the West the victory.
Billy Newton of Shakamak led the well-balanced West with 12 points, and Cameron Carroll added 10. Six other West boys scored between 6-9 points.
The East was just as well-balanced as the West. Keith Thacker of Indianapolis Crispus Attucks had game-high scoring honors with 13 points for the East, and teammate Tyler Crace of Indiana Deaf added 10. Four players with 9 points and one with 8 also contributed greatly to the East cause.
Clay Martin of Covington hit 9-of-10 shots behind the arc to edge Chaz Eldridge of Indianapolis Irvington (7-of-10) for the win in the 3-point shooting contest, and Billy Newton was named MVP.
Below is a slideshow of some of the images from the game. Click here to view a gallery of all images taken. The formal team photos are at the end of the gallery.
