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Indiana All-Stars 2025: Here are your girls basketball top seniors to take on Kentucky
IHSAA girls basketball: Twin Lakes Addie Bowsman and Brad Bowsman join the show
Addie Bowsman and her dad, Twin Lakes coach Brad Bowsman, joined The Scorers Table. Addie, a senior, has been sidelined this season with a torn ACL.
The 2025 Indiana high school girls basketball Indiana All-Stars have been selected.
This year’s 13-player roster includes 11 Division I commits, including four Power 4 recruits.
Players were selected by event director Mike Broughton and All-Stars coach Stacy Mitchell of Warren Central. Mitchell will be assisted by Hamilton Southeastern’s Brian Satterfield and Jennings County’s Kristi Sigler.
In a statement, Broughton said he, his staff and the All-Star coaches “watched many more games across the state than we normally do in a given year.”
“The 2025 edition of the Indiana All-Stars is a quality group that we feel will compete well against a Kentucky roster that includes two McDonald’s All Americans,” he continued. “This team with Stacy Mitchell of Warren Central as the head coach is blessed with size, quickness and shooting ability. Every year it is our goal to put together the best team who can work and play together to beat Kentucky. This group of All-Stars will be fun to watch.”
The Junior-Senior exhibition game is set for June 4 at Greenfield-Central. The first game against Kentucky will be June 6 at a site to be announced. The final game against Kentucky will be June 7 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. All three dates will be doubleheaders with the IndyStar Indiana boys All-Stars.
2025 Indiana Miss Basketball will be announced at a later date.
2025 Indiana All-Stars
Players listed in alphabetical order with college commitment in parentheses.
Laila Abdurraqib, Lawrence Central (New Mexico)
A 5-8 point guard, Abdurraqib helped lead Lawrence Central to a state championship as a junior and a 22-2 finish as a senior. She averaged a career-high 14.2 points on 46% shooting, plus 5.3 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 2.3 steals per game. Abdurraqib totaled 1,061 points, 396 rebounds, 329 assists and 203 steals in three-plus varsity seasons (freshman and sophomore years shortened by injury).
Addi Baxter, Columbia City (Butler)
The program’s all-time leader for career points (1,859), assists (523), steals (478) and field goals made, the 5-9 Baxter led the semistate runner-up Eagles to their first sectional and regional titles since 1999-2000, averaging 24 points, 6.3 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 5.3 steals. She won 86 games over her four-year career.
Ella Bobe, South Knox (Southern Indiana)
The 5-9 point guard led the powerhouse Spartans to a 28-2 finish (only losses to 4A’s Hamilton Southeastern and Homestead) and the Class 2A state championship — the school’s first in any sport. Bobe averaged 19.4 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.3 steals as a senior, and finished her career as the school’s all-time leader in points (1,756), assists (418) and 3s made (183).
Addie Bowsman*, Twin Lakes (Saint Francis, IN)
Bowsman, a Junior Indiana All-Star, suffered a season-ending knee injury in early October and will be unable to play. The 5-9 guard averaged over 21 points per game as a junior, and finished her varsity career with 1,440 points, 462 rebounds, 469 assists and 180 steals. Bowsman started on senior night earlier this year and scored the game’s first basket before exiting to a standing ovation.
Avery Gordon, Brownsburg (Purdue)
The 6-6 Gordon finished her career second on the school’s all-time scoring list with 1,626 points, to go with 816 rebounds and 227 blocks. A 56% shooter, she averaged 20.3 points and 10.3 rebounds per game — both career-highs — and totaled 80 blocks. Gordon also recorded 14 double-doubles.
Jacklynn Hosier, Alexandria (Vermont)
A 5-9 guard, Hosier averaged 20-plus points for a third consecutive season, clocking a career-high 25.2 over 27 games. She shot 52% from the field, 39% from 3 and 83% at the line, and rounded out her line with 7.2 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 7.4 steals per game. Hosier totaled a Madison County record 2,108 points, 563 rebounds, 392 assists and school-record 523 steals in four seasons.
Kya Hurt, Lawrence North (Illinois State)
It was a banner year for the 5-8 point guard, who averaged 12.6 points, 3.7 assists, 3.4 assists and 3.8 rebounds for the 4A state champion Wildcats. Hurt shot 46% from the field, 64% at the free throw line and converted 26-of-68 3-point tries (38%). She totaled 790 points, 257 assists and 199 steals for her career.
Jaylah Lampley, Lawrence Central (Mississippi State)
Lampley, a 6-1 shooting guard, led the Bears to 81 wins during her varsity career. She averaged 21.2 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.4 steals and 1.6 steals over 24 games as a senior, and finished her four-year career with a school-record 1,802 points, 580 rebounds, 209 steals, 201 assists and 52 blocks.
Maya Makalusky, Hamilton Southeastern (Indiana)
The IU-bound Makalusky put together a well-rounded stat line as a senior, averaging 22.1 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.8 steals for the 4A semistate runner-up Royals. She maintained her efficiency as a shooter, firing 49% from the floor, 40% from 3 and 80% at the line. The 6-4 guard will graduate as HSE’s all-time leading scorer with 1,933 points.
Monique Mitchell, South Bend Washington (Akron)
It was a career-year for the 5-11 forward, who set career-highs in points (18.2), rebounds (4.3), assists (2.6) and steals (3) per game, while shooting 49% (37% from 3, 75% at the line) and totaling 33 blocks. Mitchell, who accrued 97 wins, two regional titles and a 3A state championship as a freshman, finished her career with 1,313 points, 467 rebounds, 233 steals and 101 blocks.
Meredith Tippner, Noblesville (Miami)
Tippner scored a single-season record 623 points in 24 games this season, leaving her with 1,779 career points, second-most in Noblesville history. The 5-9 guard averaged 26 points, 9.9 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 4 steals this season. She rounded out her career line with 913 rebounds, 337 assists and a school-record 326 steals.
Kaycie Warfel, Pendleton Heights (Taylor)
The 5-10 guard/forward led Pendleton Heights to its first sectional championship in over a decade, averaging 23.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 5.2 steals. The school’s all-time leader in scoring (2,107 points) and steals (444), Warfel shot a career-best 37% from 3 and 48% from the field. She also accumulated 515 rebounds and 215 assists.
Brooke Winchester, Warsaw (Ball State)
Winchester led 4A state runner-up Warsaw to a 26-2 finish which encompassed the program’s first sectional title since 2015, first regional crown since 2013 and first semistate championship since 2004. The 6-0 forward averaged 13 points on 50% shooting (39% from 3, 80% at the line), 10.1 rebounds (school-record 282 this season) and 2.2 assists. She finished her career with 1,053 points, 688 rebounds, 163 assists and 113 steals.
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Born 35 Years Ago Today in Kentucky, the Grammy-Winning Wanderer Who Gave Voice to the Appalachian Working Class
On this day (June 21) in 1991, Timothy Tyler Childers was born in Lawrence County, Kentucky. Coal and country music reigned supreme in the region near the West Virginia border, with artists like Dwight Yoakum, Loretta Lynn, and Chris Stapleton all hailing from nearby. Today, as he celebrates his 35th birthday, Tyler Childers has earned his place among those names.
How Appalachia Made Tyler Childers
He was born with clubfoot, a congenital disorder that caused both of his feet to twist out of shape. It required surgery when Childers was just 18 months old, followed by a second procedure after he turned five.
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Once spending an entire year in the wheelchair, the “In Your Love” crooner had to relearn how to walk.
He needed regular checkups at Shriners Children’s hospital in Lexington until he turned 18, and spent much of his recovery time reading.
Much like Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead, and Tom Waits before him, Childers fell under the spell of writer Jack Kerouac, and those influences are still palpable in his music today.
“Kerouac was my first real permission slip to be a spiritual wanderer and say it’s okay to do that, and that it doesn’t automatically mean you are on your way to the wailing and gnashing of teeth,” he told GQ last year.
Aside from reading, music was another escape. The Americana Music Award winner sang in church on Sundays, learned guitar from his grandfather, and began writing songs at age 13.
Graduating high school in 2009, Childers tried college before dropping out to work odd jobs and fund his music career.
The Winding Path to Stardom
Tyler Childers released his debut album, Bottles and Bibles, in 2011. However, commercial success was still nearly a decade away.
That came with his 2017 album Purgatory, produced by fellow Kentuckian Sturgill Simpson (who also played guitar and sang backing vocals). Purgatory debuted at number 17 on the Billboard country albums chart and earned a Platinum certification—all without the aid of country radio.
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Building off that momentum, Childers released Country Squire two years later, earning a Grammy nomination for the single “All Your’n”. Then came Long Violent History (2020); Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? (2022); Rustin’ in the Rain (2023); and Snipe Hunter (2025).
In 2023, he scored his first top 10 hit with “In Your Love”.
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There is an old saying that there is no such thing as a minor procedure when it happens to you. But that’s exactly what happened over the spring football season as top transfer Lance Heard had surgery on an undisclosed injury that was deemed “minor.”
While Kentucky did not release what exactly the big left tackle had surgery on, anytime you are down your starting left tackle over Spring is not ideal. The good news is Heard has plenty of SEC experience, starting at LSU before transferring to Tennessee.
The biggest thing for an offensive line is reps, but offensive coordinator Joe Sloan told KSR he was happy with what he was seeing.
“You’re starting to see them work really well together, and they have an opportunity to be a strength of our team.” If that comes to fruition, Kentucky will have a really good year. As for the fans, expect a different style this year in Kroger Field.
Kentucky’s offense will be different
Under Mark Stoops, the calling card became a physical offensive line, a punishing run scheme, and a ball control style. That offense will be very different this year, not because of a shift away from the run game, but because there will be a lot more chances taken.
Sometimes, that is a good thing, and other times it causes turnovers. Will Stein said he never called a play he didn’t think would score a touchdown. That aggressive style is what will define Stein’s time in Lexington. He chose a defensive coordinator known for dialing up the blitz. He has gone after nearly all the top recruits, and he isn’t backing down from saying he expects to be the best head coach in the country.
Will it work? I don’t know, but I do know it will look different than what Mark Stoops was putting out. But it all depends on the health of the key players Stein brought in, and that starts with a healthy offensive line.
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