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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.