| 2016-17 Stlprepsports.com High School Basketball All Metro | ||||||||
| Team of the Year: | ||||||||
| Webster Groves | ||||||||
| Player of the Year: | ||||||||
| Mark Smith Edwardsville | ||||||||
| Coach of the Year: | ||||||||
| Jay Blossom and his Asst. Coaches | ||||||||
| Conference of the Year: | ||||||||
| Southwestern Conference | ||||||||
| Dunker of the Year: | ||||||||
| Kale Catchings CBC F Jr 6’6″ | ||||||||
| First Team All Metro: | ||||||||
| Mark Smith Edwardsville G Sr 6’4″ IL Gatorade Player of the Year | ||||||||
| Courtney Ramey Webster Groves G Jr 6’4″ Louisville Recruit | ||||||||
| Javon Pickett Belleville East G Sr 6’4″ 25.9 ppg Illinois Recruit | ||||||||
| Jericole Hellems Chaminade F Jr 6’7″ 21.6 ppg Scorer | ||||||||
| Jordan Goodwin Althoff G/F Sr 6’4″ SLU Recruit (1st half of season) | ||||||||
| Carte’Are Gordon Webster Groves C Jr 6’9″ SLU Recruit (2nd half of season) | ||||||||
| Second Team All Metro: | ||||||||
| Karrington Davis Chaminade F Jr 6’6″ 18.7 ppg 1st team All Defense | ||||||||
| Javonte Perkins Miller Career G/F Sr 6’6″ Fills up the box score | ||||||||
| Daniel Farris Vashon G Sr 6′ runs the show for the two time champion | ||||||||
| *Jamarr Williams Northwest Academy F Jr 6’7″ fills up the stat sheet (15 games) | ||||||||
| *Ryan Warren G Sr 5’7″ Quickest player in area state champion | ||||||||
| Torrence Watson Whitfield G Jr 6’4″ Leading scorer in metro 27.9 ppg | ||||||||
| *they’re going to share one spot Jamarr only played 15 games | ||||||||
| Third Team All Metro: | ||||||||
| EJ Liddell Belleville West F So 6’7″ 19.6 ppg force 1st team All Defense | ||||||||
| Brandon McKissic SLUH G Sr 6’3″ good all around player Shooting? UMKC Recruit | ||||||||
| AJ Epenesa Edwardsville C Sr 6’6″ probably should be higher he is a beast | ||||||||
| Jeremiah Tilmon East St. Louis F Sr 6’11” soft? Not a big fan I’m in the minority | ||||||||
| Destan Williams Pattonville G Sr 5’10” 20+ ppg 6+ apg Hustler no fear | ||||||||
| All Sophomore Team: | ||||||||
| Yuri Collins St. Mary’s PG 5’11” Floor General 6+ apg | ||||||||
| EJ Liddell Belleville East F 6’7″ See 3rd team All Metro | ||||||||
| Mario McKinney Vashon G 6’2″ All around good player stats don’t do justice | ||||||||
| Terrance Hargrove East St. Louis F 6’6″ he had 18 games with 10+ rebounds | ||||||||
| Malek Davis Cardinal Ritter G 5’10 Defense, assist/turnover ratio+ | ||||||||
| All Freshman Team: | ||||||||
| Jordan Nesbit Lutheran North G 6’5″ has all the tools | ||||||||
| Matt Schark Francis Howell F 6’2″ Basketball IQ sky high | ||||||||
| Luke Kasubke Chaminade F 6’6″ Very aggressive on offensive | ||||||||
| Tahj Patterson Lutheran North G 5’10” got a lot playing time for Crusaders | ||||||||
| Jaylen Boyd Ladue G 5’6″ a lot of PT and had a couple games with 5+ assists | ||||||||
| Top 10 Big Schools Final Ranking | ||||||||
| 1. Webster Groves- won Class 5 state by 35 points didn’t lose a game since Carte’Are Gordon started playing | ||||||||
| 2. Edwardsville- made it to the Super Sectionals and met a buzz saw in Simeon. They only loss 2 games all year | ||||||||
| 3. Chaminade- made it to Columbia. They were solid all year except for a little span | ||||||||
| 4. Belleville West- gave Edwardsville only local loss and made it to the Sectional against Edwardsville | ||||||||
| 5. East St. Louis- only local losses were to Althoff, Edwardsville, Belleville West | ||||||||
| 6. Belleville East- played one of the toughest schedules in the area | ||||||||
| 7. SLUH- also played a tough schedule and had some wins including Webster Groves before Gordon | ||||||||
| 8. CBC- made a run in the state tournament before losing to eventual state champion Webster Groves | ||||||||
| 9. Pattonville- right below the top level but did make a little run late including a win over Hazelwood Central | ||||||||
| 10. Hazelwood Central- lost 11 games but can make a case for playing the toughest schedule in the area. | ||||||||
| Top 10 Small Schools Final Ranking | ||||||||
| 1. Vashon- Class 4 returning state champion and was loaded | ||||||||
| 2. Okawville- lost in overtime in the IL Class 1A state final. Il basketball better than MO. | ||||||||
| 3. St. Mary’s- had Vashon and let them off the hook in the sectional and Won the Coaches for Cancer Holiday Tournament | ||||||||
| 4. Northwest Academy – won the MO Class 3 State Tournament. They were really tough at the end of the year. | ||||||||
| 5. Breese Central- lost to a tough Centralia team in the state tourney and then a loss to Okawville and then a 21 game winning streak | ||||||||
| 6. Cardinal Ritter- was ranked #1 in Class 3 most of 2017 but caught the eventual state champion in the sectionals | ||||||||
| 7. Whitfield- made a run in the Class 3 state tournament to the final against Northwest | ||||||||
| 8. Jennings- went to the quarterfinals and met the hot/cold Parkway Central team only lost 5 games. No marquis wins though. | ||||||||
| 9. Alton Marquette- loss to Mt. Carmel that went to the Il Class 2A championship, they lost 4 games 2 to Mt. Carmel, Breese Central, Civic Memorial | ||||||||
| 10. Althoff- showed some heart by only losing by 2 points to East St. Louis in the state tournament. Probably should be higher but not the same team without Goodwin | ||||||||
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heyhey,
great season for the stl area and great coverage by you, my man…so very much appreciated! couple questions…do not take these as critiques because how could I possibly when I dont even live in same state…lol are you going to have all defense teams and defender of the year? and then as far as freshman from this year…I know its hardly possible to keep close tabs on every school much less every player…rashes weekly(sometimes his name is listed as mcdaniels) averaged over 10 points a game for a 17-8 trinity team.also grabbed over 3 boards and 2 assists a game.played varsity football and played a lot on that kick azz team.is listed on some future 150 boards…caleb love at cbc had about 8.5 points a contest along with couple boards and assists…cbc also has 6’11 frosh that played every game and made dent in box score but i don’t know his final stats…and as far as the all metro teams…just from reading and YouTube, my fav stl player this year was Leon perry, 6’6 junior from confluence…I know that school is supposedly an academic nitemare, but he put up like 25 and 15 for the year…and he likes to dunk!lol xavier womack from ritter garnered defensive poy in they conference…he will be playing at next level I have been told….keep up the good work…can’t wait til fall!
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Confluence’s Leon Perry’s stats were awesome and I overlooked him. He didn’t play against any competition but he has a strong case to make the all metro team, but really look at the competition.
CBC’s Davion Bradford he is 6’11” but it was painful to watch him play and I’m sure they will work with him all summer.
CBC’s Caleb Love I really dropped the ball here, he should definitely of been on the all- freshmen team.
Ritter’s Xavier Womack is a great athlete and his stats are ok and he would of been on the all defensive team but if I had a defensive player of the year it would of been Belleville West’s EJ Liddell and he might be the best shot blocker I’ve seen in high school.
Trinity’s Rashad Weekly should of been on the all freshmen team also. I missed him completely.
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davion bradford is the cbc player and looks like he got mostly clean up time minutes judging from stats…but hey, that’s off the bench and on the floor…jairus maclin at kirkwood saw some limited varsity action but had his best game last week of february against wg with 5 points…also, saw far more action on varsity football state champs squad..he is jeremy’s lil cuzn and has same running style…he will be hard to touch by junior season…my nephew was moved up to zumwalt west varsity bball squad by second half of season…saw late game action on a surprise team that won district title…not sure what to expect next year but he was only guard that was moved up…✊✌✊
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