Top stars, best performances in Missouri high school boys basketball

Some of the top stars and best performances last week in Missouri high school boys basketball

By Luke Sanders | Photo by Cheap Seats Photography

Listed below are some of the top stars and best performances last week in Missouri high school boys basketball. If you know of a top star we should include, please let us know in the comments. 

Larry Hughes Jr. , CBC

The senior guard sparked a 60-54 comeback win against East St. Louis (Ill) Saturday by scoring 14 of his game-high 23 points in a five-minute span from the end of the third quarter into the fourth. 

Robert Martin, CBC

The senior point guard totaled 21 points, four rebounds, four assists and five steals in the big win against East St. Louis.

Jason Essex, Winnetonka

Essex had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists in the 64-60 win over Cameron on Wednesday. 

Kyle Bruce, Blue Springs

Bruce scored 20 points and had four steals in a 74-31 win over Blue Springs South on Friday. 

Michael Howard, Plattsburg

Howard scored 25 points and had 16 rebounds and eight steals in the 48-34 win over Mid Buchanan on Thursday. 

Tony Osburn, Mound City

Osburn scored 38 points and had seven assists in a 78-70 win over West Platte on Thursday. Osburn also scored 43 points on 19-24 shooting in a 92-50 win over North Platte on Monday. 

Damien Goddard, Midway

Goddard scored 20 points and had 16 rebounds in the 61-38 win over Warsaw on Thursday. 

Darin Conley, Pembroke Hill

Conley scored 21 points and had 15 rebounds in the 64-55 win over Bishop LeBlond on Wednesday. 

Bennett Stirtz, Liberty

Stirtz scored 23 points, had 12 rebounds and six assists in the 77-71 win over Blue Springs on Wednesday.

London Greer, Ruskin

Greer scored 20 points and had six rebounds in the 58-48 win over Rockhurst on Tuesday. 

Ryker Edwards, Smithville

Edwards scored 24 points and had five rebounds in the 73-31 win over Lawson on Monday. 

Connor Turnbull, Fort Zumwalt North

Turnbull scored 27 points and had 20 rebounds in the 50-36 win over Francis Howell North on Friday. 

Oliver Kokal, Parkway Central

Kokal scored 25 points and had eight rebounds in the 52-47 win over Liberty on Friday.

Kyle Phipps, Hillsboro

Phipps scored 22 points and had three steals in the 80-43 win over Fox on Friday. 

Brandon Mitchell-Day, MICDS

Mitchell-Day scored 18 points and had 12 rebounds in the 63-62 win over St. Mary’s on Friday. 

Peter Nicholl, Winfield

Nicholl scored 30 points in the 58-43 win over North Callaway on Thursday. 

Carson Smith, Eureka

Smith scored 28 points and had seven rebounds in the 78-64 win over Francis Howell on Thursday. 

Kellen Thames, Pattonville

Thames scored 27 points and had 10 rebounds in the 67-29 win over Mehlville on Thursday. 

Sam Scheer, New Haven

Scheer scored 23 points and had seven rebounds in the 41-26 win over Wright City on Thursday. 

Ethan Fauss, Clayton

Fauss scored 32 points and had 16 rebounds in the 75-62 win over Fox on Wednesday. 

Grayson Rogers, Ritenour

Rogers scored 28 points and had six rebounds in the 73-57 win over Fort Zumwalt East on Wednesday. 

Jordan Grant, Bayless

Grant scored 31 points and had seven rebounds in the 61-51 win over Valley Park on Tuesday. 

Brady Wolf, Orchard Farm

Wolf scored 29 points and had five assists in the 64-38 win over KIPP St. Louis on Tuesday. 

Jahaad Fort, Priory

Fort scored 27 points and had four steals in the 68-41 win over Normandy on Tuesday.