Prep Basketball

Ozark AAU Championships to be held this weekend at Forest Park

The 2012 Ozark AAU Championships will be held this weekend at St. Louis Community College at Forest Park (5600 Oakland Ave.). The tournament will feature boys teams from fourth grade all the way up to 11th grade and fifth-grade girls. The games will be held on Saturday and Sunday.

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Battle for the Arch Recap

I spent last weekend taking in the action at the Battle for the Arch Tournament at various locations around town. The tournament brought teams in from around the country, including several of the clubs from the STL metro area. ...

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Cameron Biedscheid and Taylor Manuel selected Mr. and Ms. Show-Me Basketball

Cameron Biedscheid of Cardinal Ritter College Prep and Taylor Manuel of Incarnate Word Academy were selected Mr. and Ms. Show-Me Basketball by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association...

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Battle for the Arch Tournament set for this weekend (April 27-29)

Several of the country's top summer basketball clubs will be in town this weekend to compete in the Battle for the Arch Tournament. The event is being presented by Gym Rats Basketball. It will be held at several locations, including the St. Louis Sports Center....

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Erwin Claggett named new head coach at SLUH

Erwin Claggett has been tabbed as the new head coach at St. Louis University High this week. Claggett spent the past nine seasons at McCluer High where he compiled a record of 168-60 and won three Suburban North Conference championships. In his last season at McCluer, Claggett guided the Comets to a 25-4 record.

St. Louis Eagles win 16U title at NY2LA Swish n Dish in Milwaukee

The St. Louis Eagles 16Us won the Platinum Division championship at the NY2LA Swish N Dish Tournament in Milwaukee last weekend. The Eagles defeated three nationally-ranked travelling teams en route to the championship. They defeated the Mac Irvin Fire from Chicago 68-61 in the championship game....

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SW Illinois Jets 16Us win the Chicagohoops.com title

The Southwest Illinois Jets 16Us recently won the championship at the Chicagohoops.com Spring Warm-Up Tournament in Merrillville, Ind. The Jets defeated the Mac Irvin Fire 75-68 in the semifinals, then defeated the D. Rose All-Stars 63-60 in the championship game....

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Cameron Biedscheid to play in All-American Classic in New Orleans

Cardinal Ritter College Prep star Cameron Biedscheid will be playing in the All-American Classic today in New Orleans. The 6'7" Biedscheid will be playing on the North Team. The North will play the South at 4:30 p.m. The game will be shown on ESPN3.com. It will also be re-broadcast on ESPNU at 8 p.m....

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McCluer North, Soldan and Breese Central bring home state championships

Congratulations to the boys teams at McCluer North, Soldan and Breese Central for bringing home state championships in their respective classes last weekend. McCluer North completed a dream season by defeating Nixa 69-60 for the Missouri Class 5 state championship....

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Three area boys teams to play for state championships on Saturday

McCluer North, Soldan and Breese Central will all be playing for state championships this evening as the 2012 high school basketball season comes to a close. McCluer North will take on Nixa for the Missouri Class 5 state championship at the Mizzou Arena in Columbia. Tip-off is at 4:50 a.m.....

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