By Terry Boehmker
NKyTribune sports reporter
Sean McNeil
Two seniors who led their Northern Kentucky boys’ high school basketball teams to the state tournament this season were selected to the Kentucky All-Stars team that will play a two-game series against the top seniors in Indiana this summer.
Cooper guard Sean McNeil and Scott guard Jake Ohmer were named to the 12-player Kentucky All-Stars boys’ roster on Tuesday, two days after tryouts for the team were held at Campbellsville University.
None of the Northern Kentucky girls’ basketball players that were invited to the Kentucky All-Stars tryouts were named to the team that will also play a two-game series against the top senior girls in Indiana.
McNeil averaged 17 points and 6.3 rebounds for the Cooper team that won the 9th Region title and lost in championship game of the state tournament. The Bellarmine University recruit was named to the all-state tournament team and voted one of the top 10 players in Kentucky in a statewide coaches poll.
Jake Ohmer
Ohmer was among the state’s leading scorers with a 27.8 average and snagged 8.4 rebounds per game for the Scott team that won the 10th Region title. The Western Kentucky University recruit was named to the state all-tournament team after he scored 106 points in three games at Rupp Arena. He was also voted one of the top 10 players in Kentucky in a statewide coaches poll.
Ohmer and McNeil will be on the Kentucky All-Stars team that has games scheduled against the Indiana All- Stars on Saturday, June 10 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis and Sunday, June 11 at Frankfort Convention Center. Proceeds from the game held in Frankfort will go to the Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation.
The boys’ all-star games began in 1940. Indiana has won 16 straight games against Kentucky in the series. Here are the rosters for this year’s Kentucky All-Stars teams.
BOYS TEAM
Mr. Basketball — Taveion Hollingsworth (Lexington Dunbar).
James Baker (Meade County), DeAndre “Pedro” Bradshaw (Russellville), Peyton Broughton (North Laurel), Lukas Burkman (Louisville Trinity), Timmy Dalton (Lawrence County), Kel Livers (Bardstown), Sean McNeil (Cooper), Jake Ohmer (Scott), Clivonte Patterson (Louisville Ballard), Terry Taylor (Bowling Green), Chris Vogt (Graves County).
Head coach — Rodney Woods (Wayne County)
GIRLS TEAM
Miss Basketball — Lindsey Duvall (Bullitt East).
Jordan Brock (Harlan), Kaylee Clifford (Trimble County), Mackenzie Coleman (Metcalfe County), Rebecca Cook (Franklin County), Tonysha Curry (Louisville Manual), Tasia Jeffries (Louisville Butler), Kristen Mayo (East Carter), Jaelynn Penn (Louisville Butler), Princess Stewart (Franklin County), Jada Stinson (Elizabethtown), Breia Torrens (Louisville Butler).
Head coach — Larry Just (Louisville Butler)
