2016 Ohio-Kentucky All Star Game Slam-Jam Festival Results

2016 Ohio-Kentucky All Star Game Slam-Jam Festival Results

CRESTVIEW HILLS, KY – The 25th annual Ohio-Kentucky All-Star Game got off to a rousing start Friday evening with its Slam Jam All-Star Night of Stars. The skills event competition featured the top Senior’s from both states and began with the Girls 3-Point Shootout. The winning player from Ohio was Julia Jenike of Bethel Tate, while Kentucky’s Sydney Anderson (Clark County) won her instate battle. Jenike was crowned the overall champion defeating Anderson 16-14 in the final round. The Boys 3-Point winner from Ohio was Roderick Caldwell (Wayne), while Kentucky was represented by Ben Weyer of Newport Central Catholic. Weyer was crowned the overall champion.

The second event of the night the 1-on-1 competition saw Mason Faulkner (Caverna) defeat Quentin Goodin of Taylor County by a score of 7-4 for the Kentucky Boys Championship. The Kentucky Girls winner was Whitney Creech (Jenkins) who defeated Breanna Glover from Glasgow by a score of 9-7. The Ohio Girls Championship saw rivals Nia Staples from Lakota West and Samantha Rogers of Lakota East battling it out. Staples prevailed taking the championship for the Buckeye State. Staples would then go on to defeat Cummins for the overall title by the score of 7-6. The Ohio Boys champion was Jalen Tate (Pickerington Central) defeating Xavier Simpson (Lima Senior) 5-0. Faulkner took the overall championship for Kentucky by a score of 8-4 over Tate.ee

In the 3-on-3 Championship the Ohio Girls team of Lexi Wassan (Lakota West), Danielle Wells (Lakota West) and Kourtney Eisenman (Upper Arlington) defeated Team Kentucky’s Bailey Cummins (Bracken County), Tamiah Stanford (North Hardin) and Sarah Price (Bath County) by a score of 11-8. The Boys Championship was taken by the Kentucky team of Mason Faulkner (Caverna), Ben Weyer (Newport Central Catholic) and Quentin Goodin (Taylor County) who took down Ohio’s Trey Landers (Wayne), Bryan Rolfe (Lucasville Valley) and Nick Ward (Ghanna).

The night was capped off with high-flying exploits of the top dunkers from both the Bluegrass and Buckeye State’s. After 8 initial dunkers in the contest Kentucky’s Quentin Goodin was declared the winner by the 5 judges.

Ohio-Kentucky All-Star Basketball Game