Conference Preview: Midland Empire
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Prep Hoops Missouri continues its preseason conference previews with a look at the Midland Empire Conference. St. Joe Lafayette has been a strong program for years and will have another excellent team. Maryville, St. Pius X and LeBlond should also…
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Continue ReadingPrep Hoops Missouri continues its preseason conference previews with a look at the Midland Empire Conference. St. Joe Lafayette has been a strong program for years and will have another excellent team. Maryville, St. Pius X and LeBlond should also have solid teams.
The Starting Lineup
Camden Bennett Camden Bennett 6'3" | SG St. Joe Lafayette | 2023 State MO 6’3″ St. Joe Lafayette: A physical 2023 wing player who can score at all three levels. He returns after leading the Fighting Irish in scoring as a sophomore. He had an explosive summer getting buckets with 816 Hoops.
Kason Mauzey Kason Mauzey 6'5" | PF St. Joe Benton | 2022 State MO 6’6″ St. Joe Benton: A versatile 2022 forward who returns after averaging 16.8 points and seven rebounds a game while shooting 51 percent from the field as a junior.
Caden Stoecklin 6’0″ Maryville: A 2023 point guard who averaged 16.6 points and three assists a game while shooting 41 percent from 3-point range as a sophomore.
Chris Guldan 5’11″ Bishop LeBlond: A 2022 guard who earned All-Conference honors after averaging 14 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 3.0 assists while shooting 45 percent from 3-point range as a junior.
TJ Best TJ Best 6'2" | SG Cameron | 2023 State MO 6’2″ Cameron: A 2023 guard who earned All-Conference honors after averaging 12.1 points, three rebounds and three assists a game as a sophomore
Best of the Rest
2022
Chase Wilcox, St. Pius
Sam Ryan 5’9″ St. Joe Lafayette
Drake Davison 6’3″ St. Joe Lafayette
2023
Mikey Thomas Mikey Thomas 6'1" | SG St. Joe Lafayette | 2023 State MO 6’1″ St. Joe Lafayette
Jake Korell Jake Korell 6'2" | CG Bishop LeBlond | 2023 State MO 6’0″ Bishop LeBlond
Griff Bonderer 6’2″ Chillicothe
Allan Coy 6’4″ St. Joe Benton
Keaton Stone Keaton Stone 6'5" | SF Maryville | 2023 State MO 6’5″ Maryville
Denver Domann 6’3″ St. Joe Benton
Wyatt Brandsgaard 6’2″ Chillicothe
2024
Grant Redd 5’8″ St. Pius
James Mathew James Mathew 6'5" | SF Chillicothe | 2024 State MO 6’4″ Chillicothe