After guiding Vashon to unparalleled success, coach Tony Irons has stepped away from the basketball program and will assume the head coaching duties at Mineral Area College.
St. Mary's junior guard Zyree Collins is the Post-Dispatch All-Metro boys basketball player of the year.
Read about the St. Louis area's top high school boys basketball players and their accomplishments throughout the 2023-24 season.
Nassir Binion scored a career-high 25 points and had seven rebounds to lead the Wolverines' Class 4 boys basketball conquest.
"It was like everything paid off," Cardinal Ritter senior Nashawn Davis said.
“We have nine seniors and (Saturday) is gonna be our very last game together, so we want to go out the right way,” Cardinal Ritter's Clayton Jackson said.
"It's an honor, and we won't take it for granted," Chaminade boys basketball coach Frank Bennett said.
The Jays scored 18 consecutive points to turn an eight-point deficit into a 10-point lead in the third quarter.
"We love supporting each other and always will," Chaminade sophomore Jamison White said. "It's great that we'll both be playing (for state championships) this weekend."
John Burroughs is the only school in Missouri’s six classes that had both its girls and boys basketball teams advance to the final four in the 2023-24 season.
The John Bombers knocked off Logan-Rogersville 46-42 in a Class 4 boys basketball state semifinal.
"We got off to a good start and built a lead where they basically had to come chase us the rest of the game," Spartans coach Kent Williams said.
Press conference after Vianney's Class 5 boys semifinal loss to Jefferson City
The Spartans are searching for their sixth overall title but first since 1999.
The Jays scored 18 consecutive points to turn an eight-point deficit into a 10-point lead in the third quarter.
"We love supporting each other and always will," Chaminade sophomore Jamison White said. "It's great that we'll both be playing (for state championships) this weekend."
John Burroughs is the only school in Missouri’s six classes that had both its girls and boys basketball teams advance to the final four in the 2023-24 season.
"He came in pretty humble knowing that he had to work for a spot and compete like everyone else," Jordyn Richard said of Nassir Binion.
Check out some of the best performances produced by area high school athletes.
Check out some of the best performances produced by St. Louis area high school athletes last week.
Check out some of the best performances produced by area high school athletes last week.