The Kentucky-Ohio high school All-Star basketball games will be back at Thomas More’s Connor Convocation Center on Saturday.
The girls game begins at 5 p.m. with the boys game at 7 p.m. Admission is $9 for one game or $15 for both.
A slam dunk competition, 1-on-1, 3-on-3 and a 3-point shootout will kick off the event on Friday, starting at 7 p.m. All games and contests will be streamed on 859 Sports Radio. The “Slam Jam” fest is free admission on Friday, to stream the All-Star games on Saturday it’s $7 for both games. For more information, visit https://www.oh-kyallstargame.com/
The rosters (subject to change) for the game were recently revealed. NKY will have Lloyd Memorial’s EJ Walker, Cooper’s Andy Johnson and Walton-Verona’s Aaron Gutman on the boys’ roster while Newport Central Catholic’s Caroline Eaglin, Walton-Verona’s Braylin Terrell and Grant County’s Jada Cummins will be on the girls’ roster.
Walker, Johnson and Gutman are all KABC Region Players of the Year, Walker and Johnson sharing the award in the 9th Region, Gutman and Woodford County’s Armelo Boone winners in the 8th Region. Eaglin was selected as the 9th Region KABC Player of the Year.
Other Kentucky players highlighting the boys roster are Ashland Blazer’s Zander Carter (Liberty commit), Great Crossing’s Vince Dawson (Morehead State commit), Boone (Western Kentucky commit), Harlan County’s Maddox Huff (East Tennessee State commit) and Butler County’s Ty Price (Tennessee-Martin commit). Walker is a South Carolina commit and Johnson is headed to Illinois-Chicago.
Other Kentucky players highlighting the girls roster include two Louisville commits in Danville Christian’s Grace Mbugua and Meade County’s Peyton Bradley and Eaglin headed to Northern Kentucky University.
Great Crossing’s Steve Page is the boys coach and will be assisted by Lloyd Memorial’s Mike Walker. Danville Christian’s Billy Inman is the girls coach and is assisted by Holy Cross’ Ted Arlinghaus. Page led the Warhawks to the state championship last week while Walker guided the Juggernauts to the 9th Region championship game. Inman recently resigned at Danville Christian after back-to-back trips to the state tournament and a semifinal appearance this season. Arlinghaus has guided Holy Cross to two All “A” state titles in 2023 and ’24.
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Ohio’s boys lead the all-time series, 18-13. Kentucky’s girls are 17-13 all-time against Ohio.
The Kentucky-Ohio All-Star Game originated as an idea to help the Ronald McDonald House charity, by organizing an All-Star Basketball Game between senior boys and girls.
The game organized in 1991, with the first games being played between boys and girls occurring in April of 1992 at the James A. Rhodes Athletic Center on the campus of Shawnee State University in downtown Portsmouth, Ohio. The game has been played at Thomas More since 2002.
Teams are picked by a committee of people that have played a big part in organizing and strategizing the event over the years.