Hoosiers Reunion Classic

Knightstown's Historic Hoosier Gym, movie home of the "Hoosiers" Hickory Huskers, is once again the site of the Hoosiers' Reunion All-Star Classic. This third annual girls/boys doubleheader will take place on Friday, June 6. The girls game starts at 6:00 p.m. The boys game follows at 8:00 p.m. (local Knightstown time). New Castle coaches Steve Bennett (boys) and Curt Bell (girls), along with Knightstown girls coach Dawn Basicker and former Warren Central boys coach Scott Heady, will guide the four teams. Highlighting the girls contest is 2008 Indiana Miss Basketball Brittany Rayburn from Attica who is the state's leading scorer (28.7 ppg) and will attend Purdue University. High scoring Maggie Boyer of Lebanon was close behind Rayburn in the scoring race (28) and is Miami (Oh.) bound. Eleven more players named Indiana All-Stars will compete in the first half of this doubleheader. They are Betsy Adams, Twin Lakes (VALPARAISO), Briana Bass, North Central, (TENNESSEE), Kayla Drake, Kokomo, Alex Guyton, Bloomington North (PURDUE), Danielle Havel, Carmel (DEPAUL), Felisha Johnson, Lawrence North (INDIANA STATE), Deja Mattox, Maconaquah (INDIANA STATE), Kaley May, Avon (BUTLER), Emily Phillips, South Bend Washington (PENN STATE), Lisa Samplawski, Portage (LOYOLA CHICAGO) and Lauren Taylor, Brownsburg (NEW MEXICO). 2008 Indiana Mr. Basketball Tyler Zeller (Washington), who was the state's top boy scorer at 33.2 ppg and is headed to the University of North Carolina, leads 22 standout boys performers. Michigan recruit Zack Novak (26.8) of Chesterton will compete. So will Purdue recruit John Hart of Beech Grove. Nine other 2008 Indiana All-Stars invited to participate include Garrett Butcher, Edgewood (BUTLER), Randy Davis, Plymouth (BALL STATE), Gordon Hayward, Brownsburg (BUTLER), Braydon Hobbs, New Albany (BELLARMINE), Kyle Kuric, Evansville Memorial (LOUISVILLE), Julius Mays, Marion (NORTH CAROLINA STATE), Walter Offutt, Warren Central (OHIO STATE), Chase Stigall, New Castle (BUTLER) and Larry Stone, Indianapolis Howe (IUPUI). Coordinating this event are Garry Donna, Publisher of Hoosier Basketball Magazine and the Historic Hoosier Gym Committee of Knightstown. To purchase tickets (there are only 668 seats - all reserved) call (317) 925-8200 or e-mail hoosierbbllmag@earthlink.net or click here for a ticket order form. All four team rosters of the Hickory Huskers and the Terhune Tigers follow. 2008 Hoosiers' Reunion All-Star Classic at the Historic Hoosier Gym in Knightstown, Indiana HICKORY HUSKERS BOYS ROSTER HICKORY COACH - Steve Bennett, New Castle NAME, SCHOOL HEIGHT POSITION COLLEGE Kory Barnett, Rochester 6-5 Forward Indiana Braydon Hobbs, New Albany 6-5 Guard Bellarmine Logan Jones, Madison 6-2 Guard Valparaiso Caleb Kennedy, Eastern Hancock 6-6 Center Huntington Chris Kolger, Richmond 6-6 Forward Indiana Kyle Kuric, Evansville Memorial 6-5 Forward Louisville Julius Mays, Marion 6-2 Guard North Carolina State Kyle Morgan, Rushville 6-4 Guard Saginaw Valley State Zack Novak, Chesterton 6-5 Forward Michigan Chase Stigall, New Castle 6-3 Guard Butler Tyler Zeller, Washington 7-0 Center North Carolina TERHUNE TIGERS BOYS ROSTER TERHUNE COACH - Scott Heady, Warren Central NAME, SCHOOL HEIGHT POSITION COLLEGE Garrett Butcher, Edgewood 6-7 Forward Butler Randy Davis, Plymouth 5-11 Guard Ball State Stuart Douglass, Carmel 6-3 Guard Michigan Robert Goff, Indianapolis Broad Ripple 6-9 Center Cowley County JC Alex Grimsley, Batesville 6-6 Forward Kent State John Hart, Beech Grove 6-2 Guard Purdue Gordon Hayward, Brownsburg 6-8 Forward Butler Emerson Kampen, Yorktown 6-10 Center Butler John Peckinpaugh, Muncie Central 6-5 Forward IPFW Zavier Sanders, Northwestern 6-6 Forward Eastern Illinois Larry Stone, Indianapolis Howe 5-9 Guard IUPUI *Walter Offutt, Warren Central - Selected but injured HICKORY HUSKERS GIRLS ROSTER HICKORY COACH - Curt Bell, New Castle NAME, SCHOOL HEIGHT POSITION COLLEGE Kiara Butler, Evansville Harrison 5-8 Guard IUPUI Chelsea Falkenstein, Evansville Memorial 6-0 Center Evansville Alex Guyton, Bloomington North 6-3 Center Purdue Danielle Havel, Carmel 6-0 Forward DePaul Jordan Lewis, Greenfield-Central 5-8 Guard Evansville Kaley May, Avon 5-11 Forward Butler Emily Phillips, South Bend Washington 5-4 Guard Penn State Madison Qualkenbush, New Castle 5-7 Guard IU-East Brittany Rayburn, Attica 6-0 Forward Purdue Brittany Schoen, South Central (Elizabeth) 5-6 Guard Indiana State Mallory Schwab, Martinsville 5-9 Guard Murray State *Kaycee Sullivan, Rushville - Selected but injured TERHUNE TIGERS GIRLS ROSTER TERHUNE COACH - Dawn Basicker, Knightstown NAME, SCHOOL HEIGHT POSITION COLLEGE Betsy Adams, Twin Lakes 5-7 Guard Valpariso Maggie Boyer, Lebanon 6-0 Forward Miami (Ohio) Devin Brierly, Southwestern (Hanover) 5-8 Guard Butler Ashley Buis, North Montgomery 5-11 Guard Vincennes Megan Craft, Terre Haute South 5-4 Guard Vincennes Kayla Drake, Kokomo 5-5 Guard Undecided Tiffany Fisher, Westview 6-2 Center Purdue Felisha Johnson, Lawrence North 6-2 Center Indiana State Deja Mattox, Maconaquah 6-0 Forward Indiana State Lisa Samplawski, Portage 5-9 Guard Loyola Chicago Lauren Taylor, Brownsburg 6-0 Forward New Mexico *Briana Bass, North Central (Marion) - Selected but injured