Kentucky AAU State Basketball Tournament

Girls 12 & Under (Divisions I and II) and Girls 13 & Under (Divisions I and II)

Kentucky Basketball Academy
Lexington, KY

May 8-10, 2009

© 2009 by Ron Harrison

There are 5 teams entered in the Girls 12 & Under Division I Division.  The teams entered are KY Lady Gators, Louisville Jaguars, Louisville Select Red, Kentucky Blast, and Kentucky Gold. 

There are 12 teams entered in the Girls 12 & Under Division II.  The teams are divided into four pools as follows:  Pool 1:  Bluegrass Lady Diamonds, Team Blast, and BCK.  Pool 2:  MP Fusion, Red Heat, and Fire & Ice.  Pool 3:  Louisville Select Black, Shelby Valley, and Cawood LC.  Pool 4:  Northern KY Tigers, Anderson Elite, and Shining Star Sports. 

There are six teams entered in the Girls 13 & Under Division I.  The teams are divided into two pools as follows:  Pool 1:  Central Kentucky Angels, Kentucky Blast, and Team Blast.  Pool 2:  Paris Stars, Louisville Jaguars, and WKY Showstoppers. 

There are 4 teams entered in the Girls 13 & Under Division II Division.  The teams entered are Lincoln County Red Heat, Kentucky Elite, Fire & Ice, and Whitley County. 

Friday May 8th

Pool Play

Girls 12 & Under Division I
Louisville Jaguars 43 KY Lady Gators 20
Louisville Select Red 40 Kentucky Gold 22
Louisville Select Red 55 Louisville Jaguars 43
Kentucky Blast 22 Kentucky Gold 20

Louisville Jaguars  43    KY Lady Gators  20
Hailey Hicks and Paige Jenkins led Louisville Jaguars with 14 and 10 points respectively.   Emily Hurt and Sydney Humphrey led KY Lady Gators with five points each.  

Louisville Select Red  40    Kentucky Gold  22
Erika Hawkins and Javonna Layfield led Louisville Select Red with 13 and 11 points respectively.   Lee Adkins led Kentucky Gold with 12 points. 

Louisville Select Red  55    Louisville Jaguars  43
Tabitha Mitchell, Alexis Pasley, and Javonna Layfield led Louisville Select Red with 14, 13, and 10 points respectively.   Alexis Gainey and Hailey Hicks led Louisville Jaguars with 15 and nine points respectively.  

Kentucky Blast  22    Kentucky Gold  20
Lauren Riley led Kentucky Blast with nine points.  Lee Adkins led Kentucky Gold with six points. 

 
 

Girls 12 & Under Division II
Bluegrass Lady Diamonds 33 Team Blast 31
Red Heat 49 MP Fusion 33
Shelby Valley 51 Louisville Select Black 48
Northern KY Tigers 42 Anderson Elite 40

Bluegrass Lady Diamonds  33    Team Blast  31
Stephanie Lewis led Bluegrass Lady Diamonds with nine points.  Nora Kiesler led Team Blast with 14 points. 

Red Heat  49    MP Fusion  33
Destiny Molden and Heidi Huffman led Red Heat with 17 and 12 points respectively.   Erica Rogers and Keeley Rogers led MP Fusion with nine and seven points respectively.  

Shelby Valley  51    Louisville Select Black  48
Courtney Wright and Shelby Carroll led Shelby Valley with 15 and 13 points respectively.   Ivy Brown and McKinsey Mudd led Louisville Select Black with 13 and eight points respectively.  

Northern KY Tigers  42    Anderson Elite  40
Nicole Kiernan led Northern KY Tigers with 16 points.  Makenzie Cann and Eriel McKee led Anderson Elite with 12 and 10 points respectively.  

 
 

Girls 13 & Under Division I
WKY Showstoppers 45 Louisville Jaguars 43

WKY Showstoppers  45    Louisville Jaguars  43
Tiana Finch, Hope Marigny, and Khadiyah Grubbs led the victors with 10, nine, and nine points respectively.   Kayla Richardson and Whitney Hartlage led Louisville Jaguars with 14 and 11 points respectively.  


Saturday May 9th

Pool Play

Girls 12 & Under Division I
Louisville Select Red 61 KY Lady Gators 20
Louisville Jaguars 39 Kentucky Blast 38
Kentucky Gold 43 KY Lady Gators 38
Louisville Select Red 59 Kentucky Blast 20
Kentucky Gold 32 Louisville Jaguars 31
Kentucky Blast 52 KY Lady Gators 19

Louisville Select Red  61    KY Lady Gators  20
Javonna Layfield, Raven Merriweather, and Tabitha Mitchell led Louisville Select Red with 20, 12, and 10 points respectively.   Haley Robinson led KY Lady Gators with six points. 

Louisville Jaguars  39    Kentucky Blast  38
Hailey Hicks, Brooke Evans, and Alexis Gainey led Louisville Jaguars with 12, eight, and six points respectively.   Sydney Gooch and Lauren Turner led Kentucky Blast with 11 and eight points respectively.  

Kentucky Gold  43    KY Lady Gators  38
Kate Campbell, Bryanna Greenhill, and Lee Adkins led Kentucky Gold with 10, nine, and eight points respectively.   Emily Hurt and Bryonna Englemon led KY Lady Gators with eight and seven points respectively.  

Louisville Select Red  59    Kentucky Blast  20
Raven Merriweather and Tabitha Mitchell led the victors with 13 and 12 points respectively.   Makayla Gray led Kentucky Blast with six points. 

Kentucky Gold  32    Louisville Jaguars  31
Kaylee Limings and Logan Fraley led Kentucky Gold with 12 and six points respectively.   Brooke Evans, Rachel Young, and Alexis Gainey led Louisville Jaguars with nine, eight, and six points respectively.  

Kentucky Blast  52    KY Lady Gators  19
Kayla Murray, Sidney Pruitt, and Kellinge Polston led Kentucky Blast with 10, nine, and eight points respectively.   Emily Hurt led KY Lady Gators with eight points. 

 
 

Girls 12 & Under Division II
BCK 46 Team Blast 20
Red Heat 56 Fire & Ice 24
Shelby Valley 41 Cawood LC 31
Anderson Elite 52 Shining Star Sports 34
BCK 28 Bluegrass Lady Diamonds 16
MP Fusion 56 Fire & Ice 13
Louisville Select Black 52 Cawood LC 24
Northern KY Tigers 43 Shining Star Sports 29

BCK  46    Team Blast  20
Elly Ogle and Abby Owings led BCK with 15 and 14 points respectively.   Nora Kiesler led Team Blast with six points. 

Red Heat  56    Fire & Ice  24
Destiny Molden and Adison Corder led Red Heat with 17 and 12 points respectively.   Corder recorded three three point baskets.  Elizabeth Gayhart and Hayley Short led Fire & Ice with eight and six points respectively.  

Shelby Valley  41    Cawood LC  31
Taylor Rowe led Shelby Valley with 21 points including three three point baskets.  Rachel Noe, Melissa Stewart, and Ashley Stewart led Cawood LC with nine, nine, and seven points respectively.  

Anderson Elite  52    Shining Star Sports  34
Makenzie Cann and Eriel McKee led Anderson Elite with 22 and 21 points respectively.   Samantha Hare and Macey Ford led Shining Star Sports with 10 and seven points respectively.  

BCK  28    Bluegrass Lady Diamonds  16
Elly Ogle, Jill Buntin, and Abby Owings led BCK with seven points each.  Kristen Venneman and Carli McPherson led Bluegrass Lady Diamonds with four and three points respectively.  

MP Fusion  56    Fire & Ice  13
Stephanie Knox and Erica Rogers led MP Fusion with 16 and 14 points respectively.   Elizabeth Gayhart and Hayley Short led Fire & Ice with four and three points respectively.  

Louisville Select Black  52    Cawood LC  24
McKinsey Mudd and Jade Spaulding led the victors with 14 and 10 points respectively.   Melissa Stewart and Ashley Stewart led Cawood LC with 11 and 10 points respectively.  

Northern KY Tigers  43    Shining Star Sports  29
Raquel Barry, Nicole Kiernan, and Paige Kellam led Northern KY Tigers with 12, 10, and eight points respectively.   Macey Ford, Savannah Brinneman, and Anna Deters led Shining Star Sports with nine, seven, and seven points respectively.  

 
 

Girls 13 & Under Division I
Kentucky Blast 46 Team Blast 35
Paris Stars 50 WKY Showstoppers 38
Kentucky Blast 44 Central Kentucky Angels 40
Paris Stars 52 Louisville Jaguars 35
Central Kentucky Angels 46 Team Blast 36

Kentucky Blast  46    Team Blast  35
Jessica Hardin, Chelsea Shumpert, and Eliza Smith led Kentucky Blast with 11, seven, and six points respectively.   Dee Dee Sliter and Alyx White led Team Blast with eight and seven points respectively.  

Paris Stars  50    WKY Showstoppers  38
Ashton Feldhaus led Paris Stars with 18 points.  Oney Harrison added 15 points including three three point baskets.  Hope Marigny and Annia Williams led WKY Showstoppers with 19 and eight points respectively.  

Kentucky Blast  44    Central Kentucky Angels  40
Jessica Hardin and Amiea Summers led Kentucky Blast with 18 and eight points respectively.   Serena Sandusky and Raven Timmons led Central Kentucky Angels with 15 and nine points respectively.  

Paris Stars  52    Louisville Jaguars  35
Oney Harrison, Destinee Clark, and Jazmen Chenault led Paris Stars with nine, eight, and seven points respectively.   Whitney Hartlage led Louisville Jaguars with 15 points including three three point baskets.  Kayla Richardson added 10 points. 

Central Kentucky Angels  46    Team Blast  36
Lakenna Parks and Kierra Muhammad led Central Kentucky Angels with 12 and nine points respectively.   Dee Dee Sliter led Team Blast with 10 points. 

 
 

Girls 13 & Under Division II
Lincoln County Red Heat 46 Kentucky Elite 17
Fire & Ice 44 Whitley County 41
Fire & Ice 78 Lincoln County Red Heat 74 (OT)
Kentucky Elite 38 Whitley County 35
Lincoln County Red Heat 48 Whitley County 36
Fire & Ice 64 Kentucky Elite 41

Lincoln County Red Heat  46    Kentucky Elite  17
Sydney Harris, Ciara Saylor, and Emily Fox led Lincoln County Red Heat with 13, eight, and eight points respectively.   Andrea Thompson led Kentucky Elite with eight points. 

Fire & Ice  44    Whitley County  41
Vannah Breeding, Paige Slone, and Kelsie Jacobs led Fire & Ice with 11, eight, and eight points respectively.   Kandice Craig, Maria Johnson, and Brandy Smith led Whitley County with 12, 10, and eight points respectively.  

Fire & Ice  78    Lincoln County Red Heat  74  (OT)
Kelah Eldridge, Kelsie Jacobs, and Paige Slone led the victors with 24, 19, and 16 points respectively.   Emily Fox led Lincoln County Red Heat with 30 points including four three point baskets.  Sydney Harris and Kourtney Belcher added 19 and 10 points respectively.  

Kentucky Elite  38    Whitley County  35
Andrea Thompson, Emily Pluto, and Amanda Johnson led Kentucky Elite with nine, eight, and eight points respectively.   Kandice Craig, Maria Johnson, and Brandy Smith led Whitley County with eight, six, and six points respectively.  

Lincoln County Red Heat  48    Whitley County  36
Sydney Harris and Rachel Spangler led Lincoln County Red Heat with 17 and nine points respectively.   Bethany Powers, Brittany Terry, and Brandy Smith led Whitley County with 10, eight, and seven points respectively.  

Fire & Ice  64    Kentucky Elite  41
Kelah Eldridge and Amber Shepherd led Fire & Ice with 15 points each.  Tabatha Kilburn and Emily Pluto led Kentucky Elite with eight points each.  

 
 

Tournament Round

Girls 12 & Under Division II
Louisville Select Black 48 Shining Star Sports 35
Anderson Elite 49 Cawood LC 31
Bluegrass Lady Diamonds 47 Fire & Ice 23
MP Fusion 45 Team Blast 39

Louisville Select Black  48    Shining Star Sports  35
McKinsey Mudd and Jade Spaulding led the victors with 18 and 14 points respectively.   Savannah Brinneman and Macey Ford led Shining Star Sports with 10 and seven points respectively.  

Anderson Elite  49    Cawood LC  31
Eriel McKee, Makenzie Cann, and Alex Avritt led Anderson Elite with 15, 10, and 10 points respectively.   Rachel Noe and Melissa Stewart led Cawood LC with six points each.  

Bluegrass Lady Diamonds  47    Fire & Ice  23
Katie Jones led Bluegrass Lady Diamonds with 12 points.  Maranda Melton led Fire & Ice with 10 points. 

MP Fusion  45    Team Blast  39
Keeley Rogers and Erica Rogers led MP Fusion with 18 and 11 points respectively.   Elaine Roth and Nora Kiesler led Team Blast with 13 and 10 points respectively.  


Sunday May 10th

Tournament Round

Girls 12 & Under Division I
Louisville Select Red 32 Kentucky Gold 28 (Championship)

Louisville Select Red  32    Kentucky Gold  28  (Championship)
Javonna Layfield and Erika Hawkins led Louisville Select Red with 14 and eight points respectively.   Kayla Murray and Lauren Wheeler led Kentucky Gold with 10 and six points respectively.  

Louisville Select Red 11 21   32
Kentucky Gold 9 19   28
Louisville Select Red (32) - Pasley 4, Merriweather 4, Layfield 14, Hawkins 8, Mitchell 2.
Kentucky Gold (28) - Gooch 2, Maupin 2, Murray 10, Lauren Wheeler 6, Polston 3, Kirkpatrick 5.

 
 

Girls 12 & Under Division II
BCK 40 Louisville Select Black 33 (Quarterfinal)
Anderson Elite 46 Red Heat 35 (Quarterfinal)
Bluegrass Lady Diamonds 38 Shelby Valley 36 (Quarterfinal)
Northern KY Tigers 49 MP Fusion 40 (Quarterfinal)
BCK 31 Anderson Elite 28 (Semifinal)
Northern KY Tigers 36 Bluegrass Lady Diamonds 14 (Semifinal)
BCK 39 Northern KY Tigers 35 (Championship)

BCK  40    Louisville Select Black  33  (Quarterfinal)
Abby Owings and Brooke Dossett led BCK with 15 and 12 points respectively.   McKinsey Mudd led Louisville Select Black with eight points. 

BCK 25 15   40
Louisville Select Black 22 11   33
BCK (40) - Owings 15, Ogle 6, Buntin 4, Mullikin 3, Dossett 12.
Louisville Select Black (33) - Brewer 4, Brown 4, Mudd 8, Delgato 3, Watkins 5, Shelton 6, Spalding 3.

Anderson Elite  46    Red Heat  35  (Quarterfinal)
Makenzie Cann led the victors with 20 points including four three point baskets.  Eriel McKee added 14 points.  Destiny Molden led Red Heat with 16 points. 

Anderson Elite 22 24   46
Red Heat 16 19   35
Anderson Elite (46) - McKee 14, Cann 20, Stewart 4, Robinson 4, Avritt 4.
Red Heat (35) - Lovett 6, Huffman 2, Molden 16, Comorat 4, Corder 7.

Bluegrass Lady Diamonds  38    Shelby Valley  36  (Quarterfinal)
Stephanie Lewis and Rachel Cox led Bluegrass Lady Diamonds with nine and eight points respectively.   Rachael Potter led Shelby Valley with 19 points.  Shelby Carroll added nine points. 

Bluegrass Lady Diamonds 12 26   38
Shelby Valley 24 12   36
Bluegrass Lady Diamonds (38) - McPherson 2, Lankheit 2, Jones 4, Lewis 10, Cook 2, Cox 8, Matteoli 4, Blanton 6.
Shelby Valley (36) - Potter 19, Wright 2, Smallwood 2, Carroll 2, Rowe 4.

Northern KY Tigers  49    MP Fusion  40  (Quarterfinal)
Nicole Kiernan, Paige Kellam, and Maria Schaefer led Northern KY Tigers with 13, eight, and eight points respectively.   Erica Rogers and Raven Griggs led MP Fusion with 14 and eight points respectively.  

Northern KY Tigers 25 24   49
MP Fusion 14 26   40
Northern KY Tigers (49) - Kellem 8, Kiernan 13, Schilling 7, Gieske 1, Pawsat 3, Barry 6, Schilling 1, Maier 2, Schaefer 8.
MP Fusion (40) - E. Rogers 14, K. Rogers 6, Knox 7, MacDonald 1, Tipton 4, Griggs 8.

BCK  31    Anderson Elite  28  (Semifinal)
Elly Ogle and Jill Buntin led BCK with 12 and nine points respectively.   Eriel McKee and Makenzie Cann led Anderson Elite with 12 and 11 points respectively.  

BCK 15 16   31
Anderson Elite 14 14   28
BCK (31) - Owings 4, Ogle 12, Buntin 9, Dossett 5.
Anderson Elite (28) - Stewart 5, McKee 12, Cann 11.

Northern KY Tigers  36    Bluegrass Lady Diamonds  14  (Semifinal)
Nicole Kiernan led a balanced Northern KY Tigers attack with 10 points.  Rachel Cox led Bluegrass Lady Diamonds with three points. 

Northern KY Tigers 15 21   36
Bluegrass Lady Diamonds 4 10   14
Northern KY Tigers (36) - Kellem 3, Kiernan 10, Gieske 1, Schilling 2, Pawsat 2, Sullivan 2, Barry 4, Schultz 4, Maier 4, Schroeder 4.
Bluegrass Lady Diamonds (14) - McPherson 2, Vennemen 1, Lewis 2, Cook 2, Cox 3, Matteoli 2, Blanton 2.

BCK  39    Northern KY Tigers  35  (Championship)
Brooke Dossett led BCK with 24 points including three three point baskets.  Jill Buntin added nine points.  Raquel Barry and Jessica Schilling led Northern KY Tigers with 12 and nine points respectively.  

BCK 16 23   39
Northern KY Tigers 18 17   35
BCK (39) - Owings 2, Ogle 4, Buntin 9, Mullikin 2, Dossett 24.
Northern KY Tigers (35) - Kiernan 8, Gieske 4, Schilling 9, Barry 12, Maier 2.

 
 

Girls 13 & Under Division I
Kentucky Blast 55 WKY Showstoppers 44 (Semifinal)
Paris Stars 40 Central Kentucky Angels 29 (Semifinal)
Paris Stars 53 Kentucky Blast 44 (Championship)

Kentucky Blast  55    WKY Showstoppers  44  (Semifinal)
Chelsea Shumpert and Jessica Hardin led Kentucky Blast with 16 and 10 points respectively.   Hope Marigny and Annia Williams led WKY Showstoppers with 13 and 12 points respectively.  

Kentucky Blast 27 28   55
WKY Showstoppers 23 21   44
Kentucky Blast (55) - Fueller 6, Smith 7, Hardin 10, Cummings 2, Taylor 2, Harlin 2, Marshall 2, Summers 8, Shumpert 16.
WKY Showstoppers (44) - Johnson 5, Marigny 13, Williams 12, Grubbs 2, Majors 6, Cabiness 4, Wilson 2.

Paris Stars  40    Central Kentucky Angels  29  (Semifinal)
Oney Harrison led Paris Stars with 16 points.  Raven Timmons and Kierra Muhammad led Central Kentucky Angels with nine points each.  

Paris Stars 20 20   40
Central Kentucky Angels 17 12   29
Paris Stars (40) - Tye 6, Sims 3, Chenault 4, Feldhaus 5, Harrison 16, Hilander 1, Brooks 5.
Central Kentucky Angels (29) - Whaley 3, Clay 1, Timmons 9, Muhammad 9, Sandusky 4, Crumbie 1, Parks 2.

Paris Stars  53    Kentucky Blast  44  (Championship)
Ashton Feldhaus, Alexis Tye, and Larryn Brooks led Paris Stars with 16, 12, and 10 points respectively.   Chelsea Shumpert and Amiea Summers led Kentucky Blast with 19 and 10 points respectively.  

Paris Stars 22 31   53
Kentucky Blast 23 21   44
Paris Stars (53) - Tye 12, Chenault 6, Feldhaus 16, Harrison 2, Hilander 1, Brooks 10, Likins 6.
Kentucky Blast (44) - Fueller 4, Smith 3, Cummings 1, Hardin 2, Harlin 3, Summers 10, Shumpert 19, McManus 2.

 
 

Girls 13 & Under Division II
Fire & Ice 56 Whitley County 37 (Semifinal)
Lincoln County Red Heat 51 Kentucky Elite 39 (Semifinal)
Lincoln County Red Heat 56 Fire & Ice 51 (Championship)

Fire & Ice  56    Whitley County  37  (Semifinal)
Amber Shepherd, Paige Slone, and Kelah Eldridge led Fire & Ice with 13, 13, and nine points respectively.   Haley Jones led Whitley County with 12 points on four three point baskets.  Kandice Craig added eight points. 

Fire & Ice 22 34   56
Whitley County 11 26   37
Fire & Ice (56) - Slone 13, Jacobs 6, Eldridge 9, Shepherd 13, Breeding 4, Collins 4, Ratliff 5, R. King 2.
Whitley County (37) - Powers 3, Smith 5, Johnson 6, Craig 8, Davis 2, Jones 12, Gray 1.

Lincoln County Red Heat  51    Kentucky Elite  39  (Semifinal)
Emily Fox and Sydney Harris led Lincoln County Red Heat with 15 and 10 points respectively.   Deena Kilburn and Jordan Wheatley led Kentucky Elite with eight and seven points respectively.  

Lincoln County Red Heat 22 31   51
Kentucky Elite 19 20   39
Lincoln County Red Heat (51) - Fox 15, Harris 10, Saylor 5, Gilbert 7, Gifford 5, Spangler 5, Belcher 2.
Kentucky Elite (39) - Wheatley 7, Cornett 4, Thompson 5, Hoover 5, T. Kilburn 3, Pluto 3, D. Kilburn 8, Porter 4.

Lincoln County Red Heat  56    Fire & Ice  51  (Championship)
Emily Fox and Sydney Harris led Lincoln County Red Heat with 19 and 16 points respectively.   Kelsie Jacobs, Paige Slone, and Kelah Eldridge led Fire & Ice with 16, 10, and 10 points respectively.  

Lincoln County Red Heat 33 23   56
Fire & Ice 25 26   51
Lincoln County Red Heat (56) - Fox 19, Harris 16, Saylor 4, Gilbert 8, Gifford 1, Spangler 6, Belcher 2.
Fire & Ice (51) - Slone 10, K. King 1, Jacobs 16, Eldridge 10, Shepherd 8, Breeding 6.


Conclusion

Congratulations to Louisville Select Red, BCK, Paris Stars, and Lincoln County Red Heat for capturing their respective division championships.  I have attempted to give a brief recap of this tournament and the statistics came from the game scoresheets.  I apologize in advance for any misspelled names or errors in stats as I hurriedly transcribed the statistics from the scoresheets.  This report is meant to be an overview of the tournament for entertainment purposes, and not an instrument for ascertaining individual records.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to the Kentucky Basketball Academy academy staff for putting on another quality event for these young athletes.  A special note of appreciation to the coaches and parents who put in so much time and effort so that these young players can showcase their talents.  

 

Please feel free to send your comments and questions concerning the tournament, teams, or players to me at prephoops@yahoo.com.

Ron Harrison’s reports on this and other basketball events appear on http://www.kyprephoops.com.