Rosters named for 2025 IndyStar boys’ All-Star ‘Futures Game’

by | Apr 1, 2025 | Basketball, Basketball Blogs, RRSN News

Two players each from Pike and Fishers plus one player from 20 other schools have been named to the rosters for the 2025 IndyStar boys’ All-Star Futures Game, games director Mike Broughton announced Tuesday (April 1).

The Futures Games, one each for boys and girls, are a third-year part of the Indiana All-Star basketball program. The Futures Games will pair teams of current Indiana freshmen and sophomores in a North-South format. The third annual Futures Games doubleheader will be Monday, June 2 at Fishers High School in Fishers, Ind. The girls’ game is set for 6:00 p.m. EDT, and the boys’ game will follow about 8:00 p.m. EDT.

Sophomores Isaiah Hill and Jahari Miller of Pike are among the 12 players selected to the North Team for the 2025 boys’ Futures Game.

They will be joined by McCutcheon sophomore Brody Baker, Bremen sophomore Chase Devine, Fort Wayne Snider sophomore Trell Hogue, South Bend Saint Joseph sophomore Elijah King, LaPorte sophomore Griffin Ott-Large, Oak Hill sophomore Jace Tonagel and Homestead sophomore Mack Welker.

Completing the North lineup are Penn freshman Caleb Coolman, Merrillville freshman Charles Hardiman and Blackford freshman Amarian Leggett.

Fishers sophomores Jason Gardner Jr. and Cooper Zachary are teammates on the South Team for the 2025 boys’ Futures Game.

Players joining them include Plainfield sophomore Harper Baker-Lands, Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter sophomore Devin Bolden, Warren Central sophomore J.J. Craig, Bloomington North sophomore Derrick Cross Jr., Guerin Catholic sophomore Jake Grissom, Silver Creek sophomore Brandon Hunter, Liberty Christian sophomore Kendrick Martin and Evansville Reitz sophomore Jaylan Mitchell.

Completing the South roster are Cloverdale freshman Ishmael Kiteka and New Albany freshman Noah Washington.            Mitchell, Gardner, Zachary, King and Craig all played in the 2024 boys’ Futures Game. Mitchell totaled 22 points, six rebounds, four assists and was chosen MVP in the 2024 boys’ game in leading the South to a 116-113 victory. Gardner scored 16 points, while Zachary tallied 11 points and three assists and King had seven points plus four rebounds for the North. Gardner and Zachary are on the South roster in 2025.

Matt Roth of Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian is head coach of the North Team. He will be assisted by Chad Peckinpaugh of Clinton Prairie. Seve Beach of South Ripley is head coach of the South Team. He will be assisted by Perry Nash of Columbus East.

Roth — a former Indiana University player — is 73-14 three seasons as the head coach at Blackhawk Christian, the 2023 Class 2A state champion. Peckinpaugh is 110-34 in six seasons as coach at Clinton Prairie, the 2025 Class A state runner-up.

Beach is 47-25 in three seasons at South Ripley, which won a 2025 Class 2A sectional. He has an overall record of 90-97 in eight seasons, including five seasons at Centerville. Nash is 22-27 in two seasons at Columbus East, including 15-10 this past season. He has an 86-106 overall mark in eight seasons, including two seasons at Jac-Cen-Del with a 2015 sectional title) and four seasons at Triton Central.

The rosters for the 2025 girls’ All-Star Futures Game were announced on March 13.

Players and coaches for the All-Star Futures Games are selected by a Futures Games committee co-chaired by Broughton and Bill Zych, a retired coach who amassed a 478-375 record over 37 seasons while a head coach at Winamac, Rensselaer Central, Jay County, Center Grove, Shelbyville, Perry Meridian, Pike and Southport.

The North and South each has won once in girls’ Futures Game history, while the South boys lead 2-0 in their series with the North.

Braylon Mullins of Greenfield Central totaled 16 points and Azavier Robinson of Lawrence North netted 14 points as the South won 100-96 in the 2023 boys’ game. Flory Bidunga of Kokomo had 21 points and 13 rebounds for the North that year. As mentioned earlier, the South boys won 116-113 last year.

The North prevailed 73-63 in the inaugural girls’ game in 2023 as Maya Makalusky of Hamilton Southeastern scored 15 points for the winners. Jaylah Lampley of Lawrence Central netted 12 points for the South that year. In last year’s girls’ game, Lola Lampley of Lawrence Central scored 17 points and Maddy Shirley of Evansville Central added 14 points as the South won 95-86. Myah Epps of Homestead countered with 17 points and Laniah Davis of Marquette Catholic had 13 points for the North.

The Indiana All-Stars program was founded in 1939 when the Indiana boys’ All-Stars played the state champion Frankfort Hot Dogs. The All-Star series with Kentucky began in 1940, and the girls’ portion of the All-Stars was added in 1976. The Junior All-Stars, boys and girls, were added in 1996. The Futures Games doubleheader was added in 2023.

The Indiana portion of the All-Star Games is organized and produced by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association. The Indianapolis Star, with its IndyStar brand, is the title sponsor. Hoosier Shooting Academy is a presenting partner for All-Star week. Energy Systems Group is a presenting partner for the Saturday doubleheader against Kentucky.

2025 FUTURES GAMES — BOYS ROSTERS

INDIANA NORTH BOYS

No., Name, School, Height, Year, PPG

3, Jace Tonagel, Oak Hill, 5-11, 2027, 19.8

4, Brody Baker, McCutcheon, 6-0, 2027, 20.2

5, Trell Hogue, Fort Wayne Snider, 6-1, 2027, 11.6

6, Chase Devine, Bremen, 6-1, 2027, 22.0

7, Griffin Ott-Large, LaPorte, 6-2, 2027, 16.9

8, Elijah King, South Bend Saint Joseph, 6-2, 2027, 14.0

9, Jahari Miller, Pike, 6-3, 2027, 16.1

10, Charles Hardiman, Merrillville, 6-3, 2028, 14.6

11, Amarian Leggett, Blackford, 6-4, 2028, 14.6

12, Caleb Coolman, Penn, 2028, 15.6

13, Mack Welker, Homestead, 6-6, 2027, 16.4

14, Isaiah Hill, Pike, 6-10, 2027, 13.0

Head coach: Matt Roth, Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian

Assistant coach: Chad Peckinpaugh, Clinton Prairie

INDIANA SOUTH BOYS

No., Name, School, Height, Year, PPG

3, Cooper Zachary, Fishers, 5-10, 2027, 11.2

4, Brandon Hunter, Silver Creek, 6-1, 2027, 9.4

5, Jason Gardner Jr., Fishers, 6-1, 2027, 14.6

6, Kendrick Martin, Liberty Christian, 6-2, 2027, 18.6

7, Derrick Cross Jr., Bloomington North, 6-2, 2027, 16.2

8, Harper Baker-Lands, Plainfield, 6-2, 2027, 15.3

9, Jake Grissom, Guerin Catholic, 6-3, 2027, 12.8

10, J.J. Craig, Warren Central, 6-3, 2027, 5.4

11, Noah Washington, New Albany, 6-5, 2028, 14.5

12, Jaylan Mitchell, Evansville Reitz, 6-7, 2027, 16.7

13, Devin Bolden, Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter, 6-7, 2027, 18.7

14, Ishmael Kiteka, Cloverdale, 6-9, 2028, 13.2

Head coach: Seve Beach, South Ripley

Assistant coach: Perry Nash, Columbus East

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