Brownstown Central’s Jack Benter goes in for a layup against Corydon Central earlier this season.
Jeff Lubker | For The Tribune
Eighteen players have been selected for the IndyStar Indiana boys Junior All-Stars for 2023, All-Stars games director Mike Broughton announced Friday.
Those selected to the six-player Core Group are Jack Benter of Brownstown Central, Flory Bidunga of Kokomo, Kanon Catchings of Brownsburg, Micah Davis of Franklin Community, Tyler Parrish of Chesterton and K.J. Windham of Ben Davis.
In addition to the core group, six players each were voted to squads labeled Red Group and Blue Group.
The Red Group players are Sabien Cain of University, Camron Casky of Pike, Josiah Dunham of Evansville Christian, Taray Howell of Evansville Bosse, Ron Rutland III of Indianapolis Attucks and Justin Sims of Chesterton.
The Blue Group players are Isaac Andrews of Wapahani, Trey Buchanan of Westfield, Aaron Fine of Noblesville, Brauntae Johnson of Fort Wayne North, Jaelyn Johnson of Portage and Jevon Lewis Jr. of Fort Wayne Wayne.
Aaron Wolfe of Class 3A state champion NorthWood will be head coach for the 2023 boys Junior All-Stars. He will be assisted by J.B. Neill of Bloomfield. Both coaches were voted IBCA district Coaches of the Year.
The Junior All-Stars will play one game against the Kentucky Junior All-Stars on June 4 at Jeffersonville High School. The Junior All-Stars also will play one game against the Indiana All-Star seniors on June 7 at a site to be announced.
The boys players listed as Core Group players each will play in two games. The players listed in the Red and Blue groups each will play in one game, the Red Group on June 4 against the Kentucky Juniors and the Blue Group on June 7 against the Indiana Seniors.
The June 10 date also will include the inaugural IndyStar Indiana All-Star Futures Games. The Futures Games will be a girls-boys doubleheader at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis with Indiana-only squads of juniors, sophomores and freshmen in a North vs. South format.
Benter was selected for the Future Games, as well, and will play for the South team.
The 2023 Indiana boys Junior All-Stars team was selected through a process that allows all IBCA-member head coaches to nominate players through the IBCA all-state process. The IBCA 20-member all-state committee reviewed and voted on players for the 2023 IBCA/Franciscan Health boys All-State teams that were released March 22.