The Hoop Squad, a St. Louis-based eighth-grade boys team, won the championship at last weekend’s Rameybasketball.com Midwest Shootout in the 14-and-under division. The Hoop Squad defeated Team St. Louis for the championship on April 24 at Lewis & Clark Community College in Godfrey, Ill.

The Hoop Squad has compiled a 66-9 record with three tournament championships as well as the title of the Mathews-Dickey Boys & Girls Club Winter League. They have also won the Coach T. Classic in Kirkwood and the Tournament of Champions in Edwardsville, Ill.

  The members of the Hoop Squad are (Back row: left to right) Damon Patterson, head coach, Edin “Dino” Mehmedovic, Evan Booker, Paul “Andrew” Maddock II, Dimitri Rucker, Davon “Twin” Graham, Robert Booker, assistant coach. (Front Row: left to right) Patrick Triplett, Jr., Isaiah Holman, Juwan Carey, Jordan Boone, Damon Patterson II. Not pictured, Charles “Chaz” Glotta, Eric McWoods, Norman Holman, assistant coach.