CRESTVIEW HEIGHTS, Ky. – Tipp City resident Jim Dabbelt, executive director of The Dabbelt Report, was selected as an assistant coach to the Ohio girls basketball team, as they played in their annual rivalry against their counterparts from the south, as the 19th Annual Ohio-Kentucky Game was held on April 10 at Thomas More College in northern Kentucky.
Ohio’s team, consisting of 16 of the top seniors from the Buckeye State, jumped out to a 17-2 lead, en route to an 84-55 win over the Kentucky squad. It marked only the second time in seven years that Ohio has won the annual contest.
Four of the girls on the squad are from the Dayton area, including Allie Turner of Greenon, Cassie Sant of Fairmont, Courtney Boyd of Brookville and Kacie Cassell of Vandalia-Butler.
“It was a great experience for the girls to be a part of this event,” Dabbelt said. “The girls and coaches really formed a good bond over the weekend, and it will exciting to follow them as they go off to college next year and play at the next level.”
Dabbelt, a 1986 Tippecanoe graduate, founded the runs The Dabbelt Report, considered the premier source in Ohio for girls basketball.
