Noblesville’s Curry, Walker among boys Junior All-Stars

The REPORTER

Noblesville’s Justin Curry and Baron Walker are among the 18 players that have been selected to the IndyStar Indiana boys’ Junior All-Stars for 2025, All-Stars games director Mike Broughton announced Friday.

Curry was selected to the six-player Core Group, along with Luke Ertel of Mt. Vernon, Kai McGrew of Lawrence North, Steven Reynolds III of South Bend Washington, Dikembe Shaw of Crown Point and Noah Smith of Plainfield.

In addition to the core group, six players each were chosen for squads labeled Red Group and Blue Group. Walker was selected to the Blue Group, joining Keriawn Berry of Avon, Terrence Hayes Jr. of Gary 21st Century, Tyrese Jones of South Bend Riley, Brennan Miller of Lawrence North and Nick Shrewsberry of South Bend Saint Joseph.

The Red Group players are Kasen Daeger of Silver Creek, Anthony Fresh of Charlestown, Edwin Holmes of Princeton, JaShawn Ladd of Ben Davis, Blake Neill of Bloomfield and Treigh Schelsky of Parke Heritage.

Todd Woelfle of Terre Haute North will be the head coach and Eli Henson of Class 2A state State Finalist Manchester will be the assistant coach.

Woelfle directed Terre Haute North to a 21-6 record this past season with championships in Conference Indiana, the Bloomington South Sectional and the Washington Regional. In 17 seasons with the Patriots, he has a 254-173 mark with previous sectional titles in 2011, 2012 and 2022.

Henson has guided Manchester to a 25-2 campaign and his team will play Saturday in the Class 2A State Finals. He currently is 83-35 in five seasons with the Squires and has a career record of 192-139 in 14 seasons. Henson’s overall ledger includes a 63-56 mark with one sectional title at North White and a 46-48 slate in four seasons at Whitko. This season, Manchester also was co-champion of the Three Rivers Conference and claimed trophies in the Wabash Sectional, Logansport Regional and Michigan City Semi-State.

The Junior All-Stars will play one game against the Kentucky Junior All-Stars on Sunday, June 1 at Charlestown High School. The Junior All-Stars also will play one game against the Indiana All-Star senior girls on Wednesday, June 4 at Greenfield-Central High School. Both games will be doubleheaders with the 2025 Indiana girls’ Junior All-Stars, whose roster was announced on March 9.

The 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 1 against the Kentucky Juniors and the Blue Group on June 4 against the Indiana Seniors.

The Indiana senior All-Stars will play the Kentucky senior All-Stars on June 6 at a site to be announced. The Indiana senior All-Stars will play Kentucky’s seniors again on June 7 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

The third annual IndyStar Indiana All-Star “Futures Games” doubleheader will be played on June 2 at Fishers High School. The Futures Games will be a girls-boys doubleheader with Indiana-only squads of sophomores and freshmen in a North vs. South format. The Futures Games rosters will be announced later.

The 2025 Indiana boys’ Junior All-Star team was selected through a process that allows all IBCA-member head coaches to nominate players through the IBCA all-state process. The IBCA 22-member Indiana Basketball Coaches Association all-state committee reviewed and voted on players for the 2025 IBCA/Franciscan Health boys’ All-State teams that were released on March 26.

The 22 all-state committee members also provided input to a five-person IBCA committee appointed by IBCA executive director Marty Johnson and chaired by IBCA assistant director Brandon Ramsey. That committee finalized the selections for the 2025 boys’ Junior All-Stars.

The Indiana Junior All-Star program was founded in 1996 by former Indiana All-Star games director Patrick Aikman. In most years, 18 players have been chosen to the Junior All-Stars. In five years (2005, 2006, 2007, 2018 and 2019), 24 players were chosen to the Junior All-Stars. In 2021, just 12 players were chosen to the Junior All-Stars.

In games from 1996 through 2024 (with no games in 2020 because of COVID-19), the Indiana Senior girls lead the Indiana Junior girls 41-12 and the Indiana Senior boys lead the Indiana Junior boys 42-11. In seven years of games against the Kentucky Juniors, the Indiana Junior girls lead 12-1 and the Indiana Junior boys lead 8-5. Games against the Kentucky Juniors previously have been played in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024.

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 Academic is a presenting partner for All-Star Week. Energy Systems Group is a presenting partner of the Saturday doubleheader against Kentucky.