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BENNETT'S MINUTES: County hoopsters earn state honors
With the conclusion of the high school basketball season with Saturday’s state finals, the post-season honor squads and all-star game rosters have been announced — with several Putnam County players receiving mention.
Numerous other opponents of Putnam County teams are also mentioned on the various squads and are marked in bold face in the accompanying lists.
Here is a summary of each list or event for Putnam County players:
IBCA/Subway All-State
Cloverdale’s Jalen Moore was chosen to the first team of the Small School All-State team, while Greencastle’s Colin York was given honorable mention.
South Putnam’s Allen Plunkett and Greencastle’s Gavin Bollman received honorable mention on the Underclass Small School All-State team.
IBCA Top 60 Workout
Moore and York were both invited to participate in the event, which will be Saturday in Beech Grove.
Both players are out of state on spring break and will not be able to participate.
It is yet unknown what effect Moore’s absence will have on his candidacy for the Indiana All-Star team. He was not included on the IBCA Supreme 15 team with Romeo Langford and the top-ranked players considered locks for the Indiana All-Stars.
Attendance is not required for the event to make the All-Star team.
IndyStar Junior All-Stars
Plunkett and Bollman both surely merited consideration for this group, which will play similar teams from Kentucky and the senior Indiana All-Star team.
The Central Group did not include other nearby standouts such as Monrovia’s Max Newman, but did include Connor Jones of Danville and Manual Brown of Indianapolis Scecina.
Moore and Cooper Neese have been Junior All-Stars the past two summers.
North-South Indiana All-Star Classic
Moore will be a member of the North Team in the boys’ game at Martinsville on April 7.
He will be coached by Clover head coach Patrick Rady and Criss Beyers, head coach of the undefeated Class 4A state champion Warren Central team.
Moore’s teammates will include Tyler Watson of Tri-West and Jared DeHart of Indian Creek, as well as Indiana recruit Damezi Anderson of South Bend Riley and Purdue recruit Eric Hunter Jr. of Indianapolis Tindley.
Lincoln Trail College All-Star Spring Classic
York will play in this game on April 6 at Robinson, Ill.
Rosters have not yet been released, but will be published when available.
Game time is approximately 8:30 p.m. (Indiana time) for the boys’ game.
College choices
No further word on the college homes for Moore or York.
Moore has received recent interest from the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. The Cardinals are a Division I program that competes in the Southland Conference.
The school recently hired Indiana native and former Purdue player Carson Cunningham as its head coach, and as often happens such coaches immediately turn to their home state to find talent for their first teams at their new schools.
York is still deciding between a list of small schools including Franklin, Anderson and Wabash.
Other odds and ends
• Last week, we were able to make a big dent in overdue college signing stories during a rare break from daily activities. There are still several yet to be written, and several signings yet to take place.
From opposing schools, basketball players recently making commitments included Justin Clary of North Montgomery (Franklin), Dalton DuBois of Cascade (Anderson) and Jared DeHart of Indian Creek (Bethel).
• South Putnam junior Drew Bratcher has made a verbal commitment to play softball at DePauw.
She was a third-team all-state performer as a freshman.
Best wishes to her little sister, Alex, in her recovery from labrum surgery.
Bratcher is hopeful of recovering in time for next basketball season, in which she seeks to help the Eagles to a third straight sectional title.
• New Albany’s Romeo Langford has yet to make a decision, but appears to be staying on track with his stance all along that he would decide in late April.
He will be playing in the McDonald’s All-Star Game on Wednesday night in Philadelphia (7 p.m., ESPN).
Langford is the highest-ranked uncommitted player, and does not appear to have made changes in his list of final three schools that includes Indiana, Vanderbilt and Kansas.
Langford was as genuinely sincere as possible this year, staying after games for as long as two hours to sign autographs for any fan who wanted one.
It hardly seems like he is going to pull one of those idiotic shows with a row of hats that players pick up and put back down, until they reach the right one.
He has granted IU his last visit later this month before making a decision.
• The weather so far this spring has hardly been beneficial for the start of practice for Putnam County diamond sports.
I imagine that the bad weather, an increase in the number of people who travel out of town on spring break and the lack of time to pursue baseball or softball at a travel level by multisport athletes have all led to the reduced numbers that many programs are experiencing.
I know South Putnam softball had a healthy turnout this year, but many other teams have had to cancel junior varsity schedules due to low numbers.
I doubt the junior varsity county tourneys for either baseball or softball will ever happen again, which is a loss for the younger player who needs at-bats and innings but isn’t quite ready yet for the varsity level.
• The boys’ state finals on Saturday did not have a lot of close games, but still offered a great day of basketball.
Morristown routed Southwood in the 1A game, while Oak Hill topped Forest Park in 2A and Culver Academies beat Evansville bosse in the 3A game.
Warren Central completed an undefeated season by winning the 4A game over Carmel, becoming the only school other than Oregon-Davis in 2007 to win boys’ and girls’ state titles in the same year.
Congrats to all the winners.
Basketball post-season honor teams
(Names of Putnam County players, opponents in bold face)
2018 IBCA/SUBWAY SENIOR ALL-STATE
Supreme 15
Damezi Anderson, SB Riley
Johnny Bernard, Merrillville
Gavin Bizeau, Plainfield
Derrick Briscoe, Indpls Attucks
Alec Burton, Danville
Jarron Coleman, Cathedral
Chance Coyle, Bloomington South
Kevin Easley, Lawrence North
Sean East, New Albany
Aaron Henry, Ben Davis
Eric Hunter, Tindley
Mekhi Lairy, Evansville Bosse
Romeo Langford, New Albany
Robert Phinisee, McCutcheon
Craig Porter, Terre Haute South
Large School All-State
Chaz Birchfield, Hamilton SE
Asher Blum, FW South
Austin Boucher, FW North
Shamar Dillard, SB Riley
Robin Duncan, Evansville Harrison
Bailey Falkenstein, Jeffersonville
Luke Gohmann, Floyd Central
Christian Harvey, Richmond
Arius Jones, Carroll (FW)
Garrett Silcott, Connersville
Dean Tate, Warren Central
D’Angelo Ware, Evansville Bosse
De’Avion Washington, TH South
Tyler Watson, Tri-West
Myja White, Brebeuf Jesuit
Small School All-State
Spencer Ballinger, Oak Hill
Carson Blair, Southwood
Sam Englert, Forest Park
DeAndre Gholston, Gary 21st Century
Tony Hopkins, Indpls Howe
Hayden Langkabel, Morristown
Caleb Middlesworth, Oak Hill
Jalen Moore, Cloverdale
Jalan Mull, FW Blackhawk Christian
Spencer Pettit, Covington
Peyton Trexler, Southwood
Addison True, Eastern Hancock
Nick Walker, Henryville
Landon Weins, Frankton
Peyton West, Wapahani
Honorable Mention
Cody Albin, Bishop Chatard
Anthony Anderson, Indpls Tech
Anthony Barnard, Kokomo
Chris Beezhold, Covenant Christian (DeMotte)
Brandon Bellamy, Indpls Howe
Brigham Booe, Northview
Kooper Broeker, Knox
Terrance Browning-Sloan, Rock Creek Academy
Sam Buck, Homestead
Jaylin Chinn, Evansville Bosse
Justin Clary, North Montgomery
Bryce Cook, Tri-County
Riley Cook, Lanesville
Stephen Cook, Christian Academy of Indiana
Antwaan Cushingberry, Warren Central
Jeremy Davison, Leo
Ty Drake, Sullivan
Dalton DuBois, Cascade
Justin DuPree, Centerville
Onye Ezeakudo, Homestead
Brandon Fickling, South Knox
Nathan Fleenor, Evansville Harrison
Jaylen Flemmons, Columbus North
James Gardener, New Haven
Thabit Gault, Mississinewa
Mitchell Geller, Huntington North
Jaylen Gilbert, Rensselaer Central
Aaron Hahn, Woodlan
Ryan Hale, Daleville
Jay Hammel, South Newton
Jaylon Holmes, Merrillville
J.D. Hoover, Blackford
Jack Hansen, Guerin Catholic
Jamal Harris, Indpls Attucks
Chayton Howard, Edgewood
David Howard, University
Mike Jones, Indpls Metropolitan
Marell Jordan, Lafayette Jeff
Chase Kinsey, Shenandoah
Tyler Koelling, East Central
Matt Krause, West Lafayette
Logan Kruse, DeKalb
Zach Latham, New Haven
Donta’ Long, Lake Station Edison
Caleb Lung, NorthWood
Daniel Lusk, Forest Park
Austin Lyons, Lapel
Ryan Mansbarger, Eastbrook
Murphy McEwen, Clarksville
Cory McKinney, SB Washington
Donyell Meredith, Lawrence Central
Benito Munoz, Lafayette Harrison
Zach Munson, Guerin Catholic
Bryant Nalley, Pike Central
Israel Nash, Monroe Central
Wes Obermeier, Gibson Southern
William O’Connor, Greenfield-Central
Jalen Oliver, Hagerstown
Bennie Patterson, Tri-County
Dylan Penn, Evansville Memorial
Austin Peterson, Chesterton
Chandler Pitts, Maconaquah
Micah Poole, Indpls Attucks
Garrett Pumphrey, Camb. City Lincoln
Jeff Reynolds, Greenwood
Michael Roberson, Central Christian
Carson Roeske, Hebron
Glen Rouch, Boonville
Weston Sage, Elkhart Christian
Kellen Schreiber, Roncalli
Langston Stalling, Bowman Academy
Christian Stewart, Clarksville
Isaiah Stockman, Bedford North Lawrence
Eli Streeval, Morristown
Brayton Strohmeyer, Mooresville
Collin Stroup, Clinton Prairie
Jonah Switzer, Laf Central Catholic
Miles Tracy, Cardinal Ritter
Jamil Turner-Hall, Indpls Howe
Trey Waddups, Pioneer
Kenny Washington, Beech Grove
Hunter Weedin, Salem
Christian Wells, Muncie Central
River West, Whitko
Noah Williams, Christian Academy
Niah Williamson, New Castle
Colin York, Greencastle
UNDERCLASS ALL-STATE
Supreme 15
Cameron Alford, Brownsburg
Cobie Barnes, Floyd Central
David Bell, Warren Central
Keion Brooks Jr., FW North
Luke Bumbalough, New Castle
Armaan Franklin, Cathedral
Trey Galloway, Culver Academy
Mason Gillis, New Castle
Alex Hemenway, Castle
Trayce Jackson-Davis, Center Grove
Dawand Jones, Ben Davis
Anthony Leal, Bloomington South
John Michael Mulloy, Carmel
Brandon Newman, Valparaiso
Isaiah Thompson, Zionsville
Large School All-State
Ali Ali, East Noble
Noah Applegate, Penn
Brayton Bailey, Bedford-NL
Ethan Brittain-Watts, Culver Academy
Deontae Craig, Culver Academy
David Ejah, Carroll (FW)
Jared Hankins, Lawrence North
Connor Jones, Danville
Zach Kuhn, Shelbyville
Jakobie Robinson, Warren Central
Tayson Parker, Northwestern
Kolten Sanford, Evanville North
Sam Skaggs, Logansport
Andrew Welage, Greensburg
Craig Young Jr., FW Wayne
Small School All-State
Carson Barrett, Lafayette Central Catholic
Paxon Bartley, Wood Memorial
Braeden Beard, Tell City
Manuel Brown, Indpls Scecina
Frankie Davidson, FW Blackhawk Christian
Rylan Detling, Frankton
Carson Dolezal, Tipton
Caleb Furst, FW Blackhawk Christian
Elijah Hales, Westview
Dallas Holmes, Southwood
Colin Kenney, Marquette Catholic
Kayden Key, Frankton
Tyler Kramer, Southwestern (Hanover)
Keegan O’Neill, Barr-Reeve
Luke Richardson, Lapel
Honorable Mention
Nathan Aerts, Valparaiso
Simon Banks, Brebeuf Jesuit
Murray Becher, Heritage Hills
Harold Bennett, Indpls Attucks
Jesse Bingham, Warren Central
Michael Boshears, Brownstown Central
Gavin Bollman, Greencastle
Brett Bosley, Paoli
Luke Brown, Blackford
Josh Bryan, Delta
Drew Buhr, Austin
Colin Burton, Washington Township
Logan Carter, Evansville Mater Dei
Nathan Childress, Zionsville
Luke Collinsworth, East Central
Drew Comer, Greensburg
Trenton Daughtry, Wabash
Davion Davis, Calumet
Dre Davis, Lawrence Central
Johnell Davis, Gary 21st Century
Sam DeVault, Evansville Memorial
Zach Dove, Princeton
Jon Eineman, Mooresville
Jared Englert, Jasper
Trevor Eppert, North Vermillion
Aaron Etherington, Hamilton Southeastern
Rowan Farrell, McCutcheon
Trey Gallope, Elkhart Memorial
Will Geiger, Norwell
Maximus Gizzi, New Palestine
Gabe Gladish, Barr-Reeve
Kaden Gongwer, NorthWood
Nolan Groninger, Warsaw
Zane Gross, Silver Creek
Xavier Haendiges, Salem
Payton Hall, Benton Central
Gavin Hess, Beech Grove
Jordan Higgins, River Forest
Curt Hopf, Forest Park
Julien Hunter, New Albany
Capone Johnson, Eastbrook
Jalen Johnson, Indpls Manual
Hayden Jones, East Noble
Noah Jordan, Indpls Metropolitan
Gabe Klinker, West Lafayette
Calvin Larkin, Winamac
Tim Lawson, Griffith
Ty Lawson, Paoli
Logan Laster, Morristown
Dominic Lucido, Hanover Central
Drew Lutz, Penn
Zac Mago, John Glenn
Mabor Majak, Hamilton Southeastern
Maurion Martin, Portage
Daniel McKeeman, Carroll (FW)
Sincere McMahon, Tindley
Colson Montgomery, Southridge
Jevon Morris, Munster
Max Newman, Monrovia
Landon Newnum, Rockville
Lane Meyer, Greensburg
Brennan Neal, Whiteland
Andrew Owens, Carmel
Nijel Pack, Lawrence Central
Avery Paddock, Alexandria
Eli Pancol, Pendleton Heights
Will Penny, Logansport
Spencer Piercefield, Center Grove
Allen Plunkett, South Putnam
Spencer Reist, Brebeuf Jesuit
Cory Richards, Franklin
Josiah Ricketts, North Posey
Bryant Robinson, Goshen
Kyle Ross, Andrean
Simon Scherry, Heritage Hills
Brandon Scott, Hammond Noll
Amari Sherrod, Bowman Academy
Blake Sisley, Heritage Hills
Noah Smith, Hamilton Southeastern
Hayden Smithey, FW Dwenger
Nate Soltis, Cardinal Ritter
Reid Staggs, Martinsville
Trevor Taylor, Edgewood
Kenny Tracy, Decatur Central
Stephan Wilkerson, Princeton
Jalen Windham, Ben Davis
Charlie Yoder, Westview
IBCA TOP 60 WORKOUT
Saturday at Beech Grove
Demezi Anderson, SB Riley
Spencer Ballinger, Oak Hill
Anthony Barnard, Kokomo
Chris Beezhold, Covenant Christian (DeMotte)
Johnny Bernard, Merrillville
Chaz Birchfield, Hamilton SE
Asher Blum, Fort Wayne South
Austin Boucher, Fort Wayne North
Derrick Briscoe, Indpls Crispus Attucks
Caleb Brown, Indpls Broad Ripple
James Burns, Lafayette Jeff
Jaylin Chinn, Evansville Bosse
Kobe Clancy, Indpls Scecina
Jarron Coleman, Indpls Cathedral
Chance Coyle, Bloomington South
Antwaan Cushingberry, Warren Central
Jeremy Davison, Leo
Trejean Didier, Fort Wayne South
Shamar Dillard, SB Riley
Kevin Easley, Lawrence North
Sean East, New Albany
Bailey Falkenstein, Jeffersonville
DeAndre Gholston, Gary 21st Century
Jaylen Gilbert, Rensselaer Central
Luke Gohmann, Floyd Central
Jack Hansen, Guerin Catholic
Jamal Harris, Indpls Crispus Attucks
Michael Hemingway, Mishawaka Marian
Aaron Henry, Ben Davis
DeKei Hines, Gary Roosevelt
J.D. Hoover, Blackford
Tony Hopkins, Indpls Howe
Eric Hunter, Tindley
Tyler Koelling, East Central
Matt Krause, West Lafayette
Mekhi Lairy, Evansville Bosse
Romeo Langford, New Albany
Hayden Langkabel, Morristown
Donald Lee, North Central (Marion)
Cory McKinney, SB Washington
Donyell Meredith II, Lawrence Central
Caleb Middlesworth, Oak Hill
Steve Miller, Pike
Israel Nash, Monroe Central
Dylan Penn, Evansville Memorial
Garrett Pumphrey, Cambridge City Lincoln
Michael Roberson, Central Christian Academy
Kellen Schreiber, Roncalli
Garrett Silcott, Connersville
Langston Stalling, Bowman Academy
Eli Streeval, Morristown
Collin Stroup, Clinton Prairie
Richard Suggs, Terre Haute North
Dean Tate, Warren Central
Adison True, Eastern Hancock
Nick Walker, Henryville
De’angelo Ware, Evansville Bosse
De’Avion Washington, TH South
Kenny Washington, Beech Grove
Christian Wells, Muncie Central
Peyton West, Wapahani
Hunter White, Pike
Myja White, Brebeuf Jesuit
SELECTED BUT INJURED and UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE: Bennie Patterson, Tri-County
SELECTED BUT UNABLE TO ATTEND: Robin Duncan, Evansville Harrison; Gavin Bizeau, Plainfield; Christian Harvey, Richmond; Jalen Moore, Cloverdale; Robert Phinisee, McCutcheon; Colin York, Greencastle.
2018 INDY STAR BOYS' JUNIOR ALL-STARS
CORE GROUP
Keion Brooks Jr., 6-8, F, Fort Wayne North, undecided
Armaan Franklin, 6-5, G, Cathedral, undecided
Mason Gillis, 6-7, F, New Castle, undecided
Trayce Jackson-Davis, 6-9, F, Center Grove, undecided
Brandon Newman, 6-4, G, Valparaiso, undecided
Isaiah Thompson, 6-0, G, Zionsville, Purdue
NORTH GROUP
Noah Applegate, 6-6, G, Penn, undecided
Ali Ali, 6-7, F, East Noble, undecided
Ethan Brittain-Watts, 6-0, G, Culver Military Academy, undecided
Elijah Hales, 6-4, G, Westview, undecided
Colin Kenney, 6-1, G, Marquette Catholic, undecided
Craig Young, Jr., 6-5, F, Fort Wayne Wayne, undecided
CENTRAL GROUP
Manuel Brown, 6-1, G, Scecina, undecided
Luke Bumbalough, 6-0, G, New Castle, undecided
Connor Jones, 6-3, G, Danville, undecided
Dawand Jones, 6-7, C, Ben Davis, undecided
John Michael Mulloy, 6-10, F, Carmel
Sam Skaggs, 6-0, G, Logansport, undecided
SOUTH GROUP
Cameron Alford, 6-1, G, Brownsburg, undecided
David Bell, 6-3, G, Warren Central, undecided
Cobie Barnes, 6-6, F, Floyd Central, undecided
Jared Hankins, 6-4, G, Lawrence North, undecided
Alex Hemenway, 6-4, G, Castle, undecided
Zach Kuhn, 6-4, G, Shelbyville, undecided
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Head coach: Matt English, Beech Grove
Assistant coaches: Scott McClelland, Morristown; Rob Yoder, Westview
