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MOVIE HOME OF HICKORY HUSKERS HOSTS ALL-STAR DOUBLEHEADER

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, 2008. The girls' game starts at 6:00 p.m. The boys' game follows at 8:00 p.m. (local Knightstown time).

New Castle High School 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 of Ohio 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 (Marion), (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).

The 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, 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

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