For the first time since November 2019, the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference is holding one of its prestigious all-star games.

The Samuel A. Mumley Boys and Girls All-Star Basketball Games will be played on Sunday, May 16 at Wheeling Park High School.

The girls game will begin at 1 p.m. and the boys game is scheduled for a 3 p.m.

The Ohio girls will be coached by OVAC 2A champion coach Serge Gentile, who guided his Shadyside Tigers to the Division IV regional final, and Beallsville’s Tori Lang, who coached the Blue Devils to a conference title in both 2019 and 2020.

Shadyside’s dynamic duo of Tory Hendershot and Baylee Wach both were voted into the game.

Indian Creek, which played in the Division II Sweet 16, also had two selections. They are Taylor Jones and Kylie Kiger.

Fort Frye, which fell in the Division III regional semifinal, will be represented by Lexie Huck and Karlee Ross.

The remainder of the Ohio girls roster includes: Makayla Abrams (Steubenville), Olivia Alloway (Warren0, Maddie Anderson (Toronto), Lily Goodwin (New Philadelphia), Casey Kildow (Union Local), Makenna Phillips (Beallsville), Mikayla Reed (East Liverpool), Emily Siedel (Conotton Valley) and Ashleigh Wheeler (Shenandoah).

The West Virginia girls squad will be led by Wheeling Park’s Ryan Young and Cameron’s Holly Pettit. Both have led their schools to this week’s state tournament in Charleston.

The Patriots actually lead the way with three players on the roster. Included are Bella Abernathy, Lindsay Garrison and Asia Roby.

Pettit, who coaches an underclass-heavy squad, will have one representative in Lili Neely.

John Marshall, Weir and Wheeling Central also received multiple bids to the team.

The Monarchs are Lakyn Groves and Madge Lucey. Representing the Red Riders are Isabella Aperfine and Leah Maley. The Maroon Knights chosen are Marisa Horan and Tristen White.

The balance of the West Virginia squad includes: Rylee Harner (South), Molly Herron (Linsly), Jazzy Melnyk (Madonna), Brianna Rinehart (Hundred) and Jaclyn Smith (Trinity).

The West Virginia boys coaches will be a father-son duo. Magnolia’s Daye Tallman and his oldest son, David, who is the head coach at Morgantown, will guide the Mountain State boys.

There are three Mohigans committed to take part, including Luke Bechtel, Xavier Pryor and Carson Poffenberger.

The lone Blue Eagle to be selected was Gavin Postlewait.

Wheeling Park also got a trio of bids. Representing the Patriots will be Beau Heller, Avery Lee and D.J. Saunders.

Linsly’s duo of Hunter Kelley and Max Washington will also take part.

The balance of the roster includes: Ty Cain (Paden City), Mojo Chisler (Clay-Battelle), Derrick Derrow (John Marshall), J.C. Maxwell (Wheeling Central), Gavin Moore (Clay-Battelle) and Lucky Pulice (Madonna).

The Ohio boys team will be coached by the Washington County duo of Eric Henniger of Fort Frye and Roger Kirkpatrick of Frontier.

Henniger’s Cadets won the OVAC 3A title this season and Kirkpatrick guided the Cougars to an OVAC title in 2020.

Henniger will have two of his own players — Kelton Fogle and Nic Hart — taking part in the game.

The Ohio squad features the lone Division I boys signee in the game in Harrison Central’s Kobe Mitchell.

The balance of the Buckeye State boys squad includes: Will Balgo (St. Clairsville), Mason Brown (Buckeye Local), Dominic Cork (Cambridge), Christian Duniver (Shenandoah), Luke Green (Wellsville), Luke Merritt (Union Local), Charles Miller (Steubenville Catholic), Riese O’Kernik (Bridgeport), Zion Sawyer (Steubenville), Logan Smith (Martins Ferry), Isaiah Vandine (Indian Creek) and David Zwack (Bellaire).

Though the games will be contested, some of the surrounding events have been altered.

There will not be a media night held prior to the game and there will be no pre-game luncheon held for the players and their parents.

However, numerous special awards will be presented during the course of the afternoon.

The special awards include: Mike Coyne (Robert Dawson Officials Award), Chink Ward (Thomas E. Rataiczak Timer/Scorekeeper Award), Mike DelRe (Richard Saffield Girls Coach Award), John Sorrenti (Distinguished Service) and Fred King (