North sweeps Indiana Futures all-star games behind MVP performances

The North made a clean statement at New Palestine High School on Monday night: the state’s best young talent was wearing North colors. Angola’s Kendall VanderWal led the girls to a 124-93 rout of the South with 22 points and MVP honors, then Chesterton sophomore Bradly Basila answered in the boys game with 23 points and 10 rebounds in a 120-103 win that completed the sweep.

That doubleheader matters because the Indiana Futures Games are built for this exact kind of read. The event is in its fourth year as part of the Indiana All-Star program and puts current freshmen and sophomores in a North-South format that shows which players already translate against statewide competition. On Monday, the North did more than win both games. It controlled both ends, and it did it with two underclass stars who already look like future recruiting names to know.

Basila was the headliner in the boys game because he gave the North the most complete line of the night. The Chesterton big finished with a double-double, and his 10 rebounds helped power an attack that kept the South chasing all night. Oak Hill’s Will Tonagel added 17 points for the North, giving Scott Radeker’s group another reliable scorer and showing how deep the roster ran beyond the MVP. The North boys were coached by Radeker of Northridge, with Chandler Prible of Westview on the bench, while Andy Weaver of Plainfield and Trent Moorhead of Hauser guided the South.

VanderWal’s performance in the opener set the tone. Her 22 points were a game-high and enough to earn MVP honors in a North girls win that was never in doubt once the scoring started. The margin, 31 points, underscored how much separation the North created in a game that featured the state’s underclass talent but still belonged to one side from the opening tip.

The sweep also fits the wider Indiana All-Stars calendar. The Futures doubleheader was scheduled for Monday, June 1 at New Palestine, with the girls starting at 6:00 p.m. EDT and the boys following around 8:00 p.m. EDT. Admission was $15 at the door, with preschool children free, and the series moved on to the June 3 Junior-Senior game at Mt. Vernon before the Kentucky matchups later in the week.

There is also a regional message buried in the scores. The North has now shown it can stack talent from places like Chesterton, Angola and Oak Hill and turn it into clean, efficient winning basketball. The 2025 boys Futures game was also a North win, 123-113, with Blackford’s Mari Leggett taking MVP. Now Basila and VanderWal have added their names to that list, and the North’s pipeline looks as strong as its scoreboard.