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2017 Blue-Gold All-Star Basketball Games

Celebrating its 19^th year, the Blue-Gold All-Star Basketball Games cap off the Delaware high school basketball season and highlight the top 30 senior male and female players in the state. It is a wonderful opportunity to recognize these young people in their final appearance on the high school basketball stage in Delaware.

The Games were founded by local attorney Morton R. Kimmel and are presented by Kimmel, Carter, Roman, Peltz and O’Neill PA and the Kimmel Spiller Charitable Foundation to benefit Best Buddies Delaware.

The Games themselves are a family-friendly event with something for everyone held at the Bob Carpenter Center on the campus of the University of Delaware. There is a Kids Zone with interactive games and activities, a VIP reception for sponsors, a pre-Games basketball clinic for middle school students, entertainment during breaks and between games, local celebrity autograph signing, and half-time contests among the players (3-point shot contest for the girls, slam dunk contest for the boys).

In addition to Game Day, the players are celebrated at the annual Blue-Gold All-Star Banquet on Thursday of game week and are honored with a welcome and presentations at Legislative Hall in Dover on Wednesday of game week.

The legacy of the Blue-Gold All-Star Basketball Games is the long-term effect that the success of the event has on people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who participate in Best Buddies Delaware. Financial support allows Best Buddies to deliver the mission of inclusion to more and more people with disabilities in communities throughout the First State.

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Game Day

Future All-stars Basketball Clinic – open to all boys and girls in grades 5-8. Presented by Delaware Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Assoc. (DIBCA). Begins at 10:00 am. Registration fee includes clinic, lunch, game ticket, t-shirt.

Girls game begins at 1:00 pm. 30 girls are selected by a panel of coaches from a pool of nominations by local coaches. 15 girls will represent Kent and Sussex County and 15 girls will represent New Castle County. Coaches are also nominated by their peers for the prestigious honor of coaching the All-Stars. At half-time, select players will compete in a 3-point shot contest.

Boys game begins shortly following the girls game. He player selection process is the same. At half-time, select players will compete in a slam dunk contest.

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All Star Banquet

Thursday, March 16, 2017
Delaware Technical Community College,Terry Campus, Dover.
Dinner for players and family members – 6-8 pm.

Also honored at this event are the North and South Boys and Girls TOP TEN players. While the games are for seniors only, Top Ten players are typically the best players in the state regardless of grade level as voted by the coaches.

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Blue-Gold All-Star Basketball Games

Saturday, March 18, 2017
Bob Carpenter Center, University of Delaware
Doors open at 12:00 noon

Parking is free. Concessions are available. Blue-Gold and Best Buddies merchandise will be sold throughout the games. In the past, members of the Philadelphia Eagles have attended and signed autographs between games.

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2017 Blue-Gold All-Star Basketball Games

Game Day

All Star Banquet

Thursday, March 16, 2017 Delaware Technical Community College,Terry Campus, Dover. Dinner for players and family members – 6-8 pm.

Also honored at this event are the North and South Boys and Girls TOP TEN players. While the games are for seniors only, Top Ten players are typically the best players in the state regardless of grade level as voted by the coaches.

Blue-Gold All-Star Basketball Games

Saturday, March 18, 2017 Bob Carpenter Center, University of Delaware Doors open at 12:00 noon

Parking is free. Concessions are available. Blue-Gold and Best Buddies merchandise will be sold throughout the games. In the past, members of the Philadelphia Eagles have attended and signed autographs between games.

Best Buddies International

Thursday, March 16, 2017
Delaware Technical Community College,Terry Campus, Dover.
Dinner for players and family members – 6-8 pm.

Saturday, March 18, 2017
Bob Carpenter Center, University of Delaware
Doors open at 12:00 noon