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Five from Louisville area make Kentucky All-Stars basketball teams that will face Indiana

jason frakes, louisville courier journal
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Four boys and one girl from the Louisville area have been selected to the Kentucky All-Stars basketball teams that will face Indiana in June in their annual summer series.

DeSales’ Crew Gibson, Collins’ Kenyon Goodin, Evangel Christian’s Cyr Malonga and Ballard’s Gabe Sisk were selected to the Kentucky boys team. Manual’s JaKayla Thompson was selected to the girls squad.

The Kentucky-Indiana All-Stars games annually match the top senior basketball players from each state. This year’s games are set for June 9 at the Owensboro Sportscenter and June 10 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Tickets will be available at kentuckybasketballcoaches.org beginning May 5.

Kentucky All-State: Meet the 10 first-team boys basketball players selected by coaches

Mr. Basketball Reed Sheppard of North Laurel and Miss Basketball Haven Ford of Rowan County automatically qualified for the teams and will wear the No. 1 jerseys for Kentucky against Indiana. Sheppard has signed with the University of Kentucky, and Ford has signed with Murray State.

Among the Louisville-area selections, Gibson (Indiana Tech), Goodin (Bellarmine) and Malonga (East Carolina) have signed with colleges. Sisk is uncommitted, and Thompson recently reopened her recruitment after decommitting from Buffalo.

Manual's Jakayla Thompson (3) works under the basket against the Bullitt Central defense during the Girls LIT at the Valley High School gym in Louisville, Ky. on Jan. 25, 2023.
Manual's Jakayla Thompson (3) works under the basket against the Bullitt Central defense during the Girls LIT at the Valley High School gym in Louisville, Ky. on Jan. 25, 2023.

Kentucky’s head coaches are Rod Drake of Owensboro (boys) and Pete Fraley of Boyd County (girls). Assistant coaches are Iroquois’ Jeff Morrow (boys) and Pikeville’s Kristy Orem (girls).

Indiana will be led by Mr. Basketball Markus Burton of Penn and Miss Basketball Laila Hull of Zionsville. Burton is headed to Notre Dame and Hull to North Carolina.

Kentucky All-State: Meet the 10 first-team girls basketball players selected by coaches

Indiana’s boys lead the all-time series 102-44 and have won 44 of the past 52 meetings. Indiana’s girls lead the all-time series 52-40 after last year’s split.

Here are the complete Kentucky rosters:

Desales' Crew Gibson (23) dunked against J-Town during the championship of the 6th Region tournament at Bellarmine Knights Hall in Louisville, Ky. on Mar. 6, 2023.
Desales' Crew Gibson (23) dunked against J-Town during the championship of the 6th Region tournament at Bellarmine Knights Hall in Louisville, Ky. on Mar. 6, 2023.

Boys – Reed Sheppard (North Laurel), Marcus Eaves (Madisonville-North Hopkins), Crew Gibson (DeSales), Kenyon Goodin (Collins), Jeramiah Israel (Lloyd Memorial), Cyr Malonga (Evangel Christian), Jacob Meyer (Covington Holy Cross), Teagan Moore (Owen County), Reece Potter (Lexington Catholic), Gabe Sisk (Ballard), Gerard Thomas (Henderson County), Chappelle Whitney (Warren Central). Head coach – Rod Drake (Owensboro). Assistant coach – Jeff Morrow (Iroquois).

Girls – Haven Ford (Rowan County), Brianna Byars (George Rogers Clark), Kylee Dennis (Sayre), Emma Filiatreau (Bethlehem), Abby Holtman (Ryle), Whitney Lind (Cooper), Love Mays (Danville), Saniyah Shelton (Bowling Green), Ayden Smiddy (Southwestern), Destiny Thomas (McCracken County), JaKayla Thompson (Manual), Meadow Tisdale). Head coach – Pete Fraley (Boyd County). Assistant coach – Kristy Orem (Pikeville).

Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@courier-journal.com; Twitter: @kyhighs.

This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Kentucky-Indiana All-Stars games set: 5 from Louisville area included