Today's schedule consists of five games:  the inaugural Senior Girls All-Star Game, Underclassmen Game No. 1, Underclassmen Game No. 2, Senior Game No. 1, and Senior Game No. 2.  The stats personally recorded by me differed slightly in some cases from the official book, but for the sake of clarity and continuity I have followed the official book in most cases.  The players wore their team uniforms and in several cases there were duplicate numbers which made it difficult to keep up with the players.

Senior Girls All-Star Game
 

East Team Coach Jim Wright				West Team Coach Zena Heckstall
Chandra Brown	Manual	6-3		Tawana Freeman	Butler	6-2
Brittany Morrison	Shelby Co.	5-11		Aya Traore	Moore	6-2
Suzanne Ashby	Ohio Co.	5-10		Nare Diawara	Moore	6-5
Kori Ashby	Ohio Co.	5-7		Stacey Felchner	Allen Co.	5-11
Joleen Phillips	Presentation	5-8		Stephanie Isaacs	Hart Co.	5-10
Beth Kaufman	Southern	6-0		Erin Brown	Allen Co.	5-8
Carrie Clift	Bishop Brossart	5-9

The West squad pulled out a 66-64 victory over the East squad in overtime.  The West team led 32-25 at halftime but the East squad mounted a comeback and the score was tied 60-all at the end of regulation.  Tawana Freeman hit a basket with less than 30 seconds left in overtime to give the West team the victory.   The West was led by Tawana Freeman with 19 points.  Nare Diawara added 11 points and 9 rebounds.  Stephanie Isaacs and Aya Traore added 12 and 10 points respectively.  The East squad was led by Joleen Phillips with 19 points.  Brittany Morrison and Suzanne Ashby added 16 and 14 points respectively with each tallying four three-pointers.
 

East	(64) -	Phillips 19, Morrison 16, S. Ashby 14, K. Ashby 3, Kaufman 2, Clift 4, Brown 6.
West	(66) -	Freeman 19, Traore 10, Diawara 11, Felchner 8, Isaacs 12, Brown 6.

Underclassmen Game No. 1
 

East Team Coach Mike Carrota					West Team Coach Ken Stovall
Maurice Blakey	PRP	6-1	2003		Sean Booker	Ballard	6-2	2003
Brad Cofer	South Oldham	6-2	2004		Isaiah Britt	Seneca	5-10	2004
Chris Current	Frankfort	6-3	2003		Dewayne Burse	Central	6-0	2003
Ronnie George	Manual	6-2	2004		Keenan Burton	Manual	6-2	2003
Russ Gibson	Henderson Co.	6-7	2003		Andrew Coats	Hart Co.	6-1	2003
John Hays	Owensboro Cath.	6-4	2003		David Cornwell	Ballard	6-6	2003
Steve McKinney	Male	6-3	2004		Johnny Hammons	Corbin	6-3	2003
Torey Meagher	St. Xavier	6-6	2003		Spindle Johnson	Jeffersontown	5-10	2004
Tyler Ray	Bowling Green	6-8	2003		Mitchell McClure	Calloway Co.	6-0	2003
Rajon Rondo	Eastern	6-0	2004		Isaiah Mills	Corbin	6-9	2003
Jordan Samuels	Western Hills	6-0	2004		Blake Powers	Meade Co.	6-4	2003
Robbie Simpson	Seneca	6-7	2004		Ty Rogers	Lyon Co.	6-3	2004
Donte Sweatt	PRP	6-4	2003		Chad Stivers	Bullitt Central	5-8	2004
Chris Warfield	Manual	6-3	2004		Andre Woodson	North Hardin	6-6	2003
Carlos Williams	PRP	5-11	2003

The East led 33-28 at halftime but the West squad rallied to win a 62-51 decision.  The West was led by Andrew Coats and Isaiah Mills with 11 and 9 points respectively.  David Cornwell added 7 points and should have a break-out season at Ballard next year.  The East squad was led by Rajon Rondo with 11 points.  Rajon has game and with his ability and understanding of the game could be very special before he graduates.  Maurice Blakey added 10 points and looks like another important cog in Dale Mabrey's PRP machine. Robbie Simpson added 8 points and with his size and desire to defend and rebound could be very good.
 

West	(62) -	Burton 4, Cornwell 7, Booker 6, Britt 8, Woodson 7, Burse 2, Coates 11, Hammons 2, Johnson 0, Mills 9, Powers 3, Rogers 2, Stivers 0, McClure 0.
East	(51) -	Current 0, Hays 2, Ray 0, Sweatt 4, Blakey 10, Williams 3, Meagher 0, George 2, Samuels 2, Gibson 2, Simpson 8, Rondo 11, Cofer 4, McKinney 3.

Underclassmen Game No. 2
 

East Team Coach David Marshall					West Team Coach Ken Stovall
Ryan Atwell	Campbellsville	6-3	2002		David Bryant	Ballard	5-11	2002
Cheikhou Ba	Moore	6-11	2002		Robert Daniels	Shelby Co.	6-4	2002
Dwan Bukar	PRP	6-3	2002		Matt DeMasters	North Hardin	6-7	2002
Dustin Cape	Butler	6-5	2002		Kenneth Fox	Paul Dunbar	6-8	2002
LaDavid Delorch	PRP.	6-1	2002		Chris Gaither	Grayson Co.	6-1	2002
Bobby Fuqua	Iroquois	6-1	2002		John Johnson	Hopkinsville	6-4	2002
Brad Lightle	PRP	6-7	2002		Blake Ladson	Hopkinsville	6-2	2002
Anthony Milan	Fairdale	6-5	2002		Trad Liedtke	Oldham Co.	6-6	2002
Stephen Puryear	Manual	6-2	2002		Olyjuwon Mays	Danville	6-4	2002
Adam Schott	North Bullitt	6-2	2002		Javier Sanchez	Lou. Beth Haven	6-5	2002
Demar Smith	Jeffersontown	6-2	2002		Brian Silverhorn	Shelby Co.	6-5	2002
Todd Spencer	Bullitt Central	6-7	2002		Quinton Smith	North Hardin	5-10	2002
Larry Williams	Seneca	6-6	2002		Jason Stonebreaker	Bowling Green	6-7	2002
Petie Brown	Moore	6-1	2002		Jarius Sykes	North Hardin	6-4	2002
Johnny Mathies	Male	5-11	2002

The West led raced out to a 56-35 halftime lead and cruised to a 107-70 rout of the East squad.  David Bryant led the West with 22 points.  Javier Sanchez and Brian Silverhorn added 13 points each.  Robert Daniels added 11 points including three three-pointers.  Silverhorn and Daniels should provide Shelby Co. with a dynamic duo next season and challenge for top honors in the eighth region.  The East was led by  Larry Williams, who arrived late and only played in the second half, but still tallied eight points.
 

West	(107) -	Johnson 2, Smith 11, Stonebreaker 0, Mays 4, Bryant 22, Daniels 11, Fox 10, Gaither 2, Ladson 7, Liedtke 6, Sanchez 13, Silverhorn 13, Sykes 6, DeMasters 0.
East	(70) -	Cape 4, Brown 6, Smith 2, Milan 7, Fuqua 7, Lightle 2, Atwell 0, Ba 6, Bukar 2, Delorch 7, Puryear 7, Schott 6, Spencer 4, Williams 8, Mathies 8.

Senior Game No. 1
 

East Team Coach James Hurley (Bullitt Central)					West Team Coach Jeff Rogers (Lyon County)
TaRon Blair	Waggener	6-0	14.0 ppg		Colin Comacho	Lyon Co.	6-1	15.0 ppg
Justin Burger	St. Xavier	6-3	16.3 ppg		Rod Dunham	Henry Clay	6-3	18.2 ppg
Greg Caudill	PRP	6-0	16.8 ppg		Ben Jenkins	Hart Co.	6-10	10.0 ppg 10.3 rpg
Steven Gaines	PRP	5-10	12.3 ppg		Nick Jones	Ballard	6-3	5.0 ppg
Ian McClure	Manual	6-0	10.0 ppg		Matt Kennedy	South Oldham	6-3	17.5 ppg
Leslie Powell	Male	6-0	7.0 ppg		Eric King	North Hardin	6-7	4.7 ppg
Jason Rheaume	Bullitt Central	6-3	12.0 ppg		Helgi Margeirsson	Jeffersontown	6-3	15.0 ppg
Antwan Sartin	Ballard	6-1	8.7 ppg		Ike Poe	St. Patrick	6-8	12.5 ppg 9.5 rpg
Adam Simpson	Western Hills	6-7	21.9 ppg 10.5 rpg		Kevin Poston	Hopkinsville	6-3	15.0 ppg
Tim Summa	Magoffin Co.	7-0	11.5 ppg 7.5 rpg		Kyle Roby	Owensboro Cath.	5-11	18.5 ppg
Chuck Sweeney	Moore	6-2	17.9 ppg		Chris Ryan	Bishop Brossart	6-3	16.0 ppg
Josh Thieneman	St. Xavier	6-1	18.0 ppg		Damario Warfield	Hopkinsville	5-10	17.0 ppg
Aaron Troutman	Bullitt Central	6-4	11.0 ppg

The East overcame a 49-46 deficit at halftime to defeat the West squad by a score of 92-78.  Chuck Sweeney led a balanced East attack with 15 points.  Kevin Poston led the West squad with 18 points.
 

West	(78) -	King 3, Warfield 8, Dunham 9, Comacho 5,  Margeirsson 9, Poston 18, Poe 9, Jones 11, Jenkins 2, Roby 0, Ryan 7, Kennedy 0.
East	(92) -	Troutman 7, Rheaume 2, Gaines 11, Powell 5, Simpson 5, Summa 5, Sweeney 15, Thieneman 9, Blair 10, Burger 3, Sartin 10, Caudill 11.

Senior Game No. 2
 

East Team Coach Geoff Lamb (Louisville Manual)					West Team Coach Mike Stinnett (Owensboro)
Tasmir Ba	Moore	6-8	7.9 ppg 9.1 rpg		Nate Austin	Scott Co.	6-8	15.0 ppg 11.0 rpg
Brandon Bender	Ballard	6-9	N/A		Ben Bowling	Westminster Academy	6-3	N/A
Adam Chiles	Ballard	6-2	N/A		Eric Broomfield	Madison Central	6-3	19.0 ppg
Anthony Johnson	Iroquois	6-5	28.0 ppg 9.6 rpg		Terrez Dewalt	Bowling Green	6-5	17.0 ppg 10.0 rpg
Eric Johnson	Oldham Co.	6-1	17.5 ppg		Jerome Gumbs	Barren Co.	6-4	23.0 ppg 14.0 rpg
Jeremy Kelly	PRP	6-4	17.4 ppg		Terren Harbut	Bryan Station	6-6	22.0 ppg 10.0 rpg
Steven Koger	Christ. Faith	6-3	15.0 ppg		Rod Lyvers	Paul Dunbar	6-5	12.0 ppg
Micah McCoy	Eastern	6-7	16.0 ppg		Robert Madison	Lafayette	6-3	16.3 ppg 9.5 rpg
Andre Ralston	Manual	6-1	14.8 ppg		Josh Miller	Owensboro	6-5	15.0 ppg
Coric Riggs	Fairdale	6-3	N/A		Austin Newton	Campbellsville	5-9	21.0 ppg
C.C. Woodard	Caverna	6-1	20.0 ppg 10.0 rpg		Lamar Owen	Owensboro	6-4	18.5 ppg 11.0 rpg
Brendon Woody	Lexington Catholic	6-3	18.6 ppg		Dewayne Rogers	Hart Co.	6-4	19.0 ppg
					Brandon Wardlow	Bowling Green	6-0	19.5 ppg

There was a ton of talent on the floor for this game and the fans were treated to an excellent game as the West won by a score of 99-95.  The West led 53-44 at halftime and survived a late rally to secure the victory.  The West squad was led by Jerome Gumbs and Lamar Owen with 19 and 16 points respectively.  Nate Austin had a good game with 14 points and 8 rebounds.  Terren Harbut added 8 points, 9 rebounds, and a highlight dunk.  Brandon Bender led the East squad with  18 points and 10 rebounds. Coric Riggs added 13 points.
 

West	(99) -	Wardlow 7, Gumbs 19, Dewalt 0, Austin 14,  Owen 16, Bowling 2, Broomfield 1, Harbut 8, Lyvers 7, Madison 9, Miller 6, Newton 5, Rogers 5.
East	(95) -	McCoy 4, Kelly 5, Riggs 13, Ralston 4, A. Johnson 8, Ba 6, Bender 18, Chiles 11, E. Johnson 2, Koger 10, Woodard 12, Woody 3.

Conclusion

Dave Zuberer and Vic Malone do a great job putting this event together.  Like all All-Star events, some of the stars come to play and others play in spots, but the talent level was obvious and many of these young men and women will play at the next level.  This was a great chance to see the graduating seniors display their skills one more time and a glimpse into the future to see tomorrow's heroes in the underclassmen games.  The class of 2001 will be missed but the future is in good hands based on what I witnessed today.

Barren Co.'s Jerome Gumbs gained a lot of respect with his performance tonight.  Brandon Bender played well tonight and is capable of dominating at times.  It was nice to see Steven Koger back in Louisville and fun to imagine how good PRP would have been this year if he had been eligible.

Several players played well in the underclassmen games.  Rajon Rondo appears to have a bright future and he gets to the hoop in a hurry.  Robbie Simpson is 6-7 and has long arms enabling him to rebound well and be a terror on defense.  6-9 Isaiah Mills (Corbin) was very impressive and thrived in the All-Star environment.  Don't feel sorry for Ballard -- not with young players like David Cornwell, David Bryant, Sean Booker, etc. returning in 2002.  PRP's Dale Mabrey loses a lot of talent each year, reloads, and fields another outstanding team.  North Hardin had most of their young guns in the house and Shelby Co. was represented by the dynamic duo of  Robert Daniels and Brian Silverhorn.  Paul Dunbar's Kenneth Fox appears to grow hourly and he quietly but efficiently turns in a good performance.  This young man should give coach Eddie Oakley plenty of reasons to smile next season.

The inaugural ladies game was a nice touch and one of the better played games today.   The girls displayed nice athleticism and some fine shooting from behind the three point line.  Hopefully this will continue an the ladies will continue to be a part of the Executive Inn All-Star Classic.

Acknowledgments

A special thanks to Dave Zuberer, Vic Malone, and the rest of the people associated with this event for the hospitality extended me during the games.  Try to imagine the logistics involved with putting on a one day event with ten teams and 120 players.  I would recommend this event for any basketball "junkie" and I hope to make it part of my yearly schedule.
 

Please feel free to send your comments and questions concerning the tournament, teams, or players to me at  prephoops@yahoo.com .