Marquette athletics director Adam Starling said: "I feel like he understands how to build a community within a program."
- Tom Timmermann | Post-Dispatch
Jamison White, who helped East 最新杏吧原创 win the Illinois 3A state title, has committed to SLU; he originally had committed to Penn State聽
- Steve Overbey | Post-Dispatch
Read about the 最新杏吧原创 area's top high school boys basketball players and their accomplishments from the 2025-26 season.
- Steve Overbey | Post-Dispatch
Principia senior winger Quentin Coleman is the Post-Dispatch All-Metro boys basketball player of the year.
- Steve Overbey | Post-Dispatch
"The family feel they have with their program is undeniable," Quentin聽Coleman said.聽
- Steve Overbey | Post-Dispatch
"I told everybody, we were going to win our last game when we're seniors,"聽 Brandon聽Clemens said. "They looked at me like I was crazy."
- Steve Overbey | Post-Dispatch
"We were a team with a goal," De Smet's Ian Thomas said.
Clayton coach Sumner Ahearn said. "I love these guys. I can't be more proud than I am right now for what they just did."
Clayton High coach Sumner Ahearn coaches at his alma mater and has the Greyhounds in Friday's Class 4 Final 4.
Vashon is making its 27th state tournament appearance, the most of any team, boys or girls, in state history.
- Michael Gulledge | Special to the Post-Dispatch
- Steve Overbey | Post-Dispatch
"We were a team with a goal," De Smet's Ian Thomas said.
- Michael Gulledge | Special to the Post-Dispatch
- Michael Gulledge | Special to the Post-Dispatch
- Michael Gulledge | Special to the Post-Dispatch
- Michael Gulledge | Special to the Post-Dispatch
鈥淲e鈥檙e going to the state championship game, so we鈥檙e happy about that,鈥 Flyers senior guard Alex Johnson said.聽
Principia (27-2) is a heavy favorite to win a second successive state championship.
"As long as we play our best, I like our chances," Flyers coach Mark Chambers said.聽
Jimmy McKinney III said: 鈥淭his wasn鈥檛 our best game, but a win is a win. We can move forward.鈥
Orchard Farm coach Mike Hohe said: "I feel like we've been really focused on defense in practice the last couple of weeks and I felt like that showed early tonight.
East 最新杏吧原创 (31-4) advanced to the final four for the sixth time in school history and will face Chicago Leo (28-6) in a semifinal game at 11:45 a.m. Friday at Assembly Hall in Champaign.
De Smet carried the sting of last season's 82-76 double OT loss in last season's district final with it the entire offseason.
Vianney (24-5) will take on Sikeston (27-2) in a Class 5 quarterfinal game at 1 p.m. next Saturday at Park Hills Central.
- By Paul Kopsky | Special to the Post-Dispatch
- By Paul Baillargeon | Special to the Post-Dispatch
- By Greg Uptain | Special to the Post-Dispatch
"There鈥檚 no place I鈥檇 rather coach and no group of kids I鈥檇 rather coach,鈥澛燙layton coach Sumner Ahearn said.聽
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STLhighschoolsports covers high school sports throughout the 最新杏吧原创 area. Here are photos taken at boys basketball games this season:
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Box scores for the 50 most recent boys basketball games with stats submitted to stlhighschoolsports.com
- By Tim Vizer | Special to the Post-Dispatch
最新杏吧原创 area high school athletes brought home the gold and made a lot of history last week.
Some of聽the best performances produced by area high school athletes last week includes some state champions and school record holders.
Check out some of聽the best performances produced by area high school athletes last week.