Preview: Greater Kansas City Suburban (Gold Division)

<p>Prep Hoops Missouri continues its conference previews with a look at the Greater Kansas City Suburban Gold Division, which is full of excellent talent. Blue Springs returns a strong team from a district championship team with Liberty, Park Hill among the teams giving chase.</p> <h4>Earl’s Preseason Starting Five</h4> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="984508" first="Braden" last="Appelhans"] 6’6" Blue Springs: A 2022 lefty shooting guard who averaged 14 points a game for district champions.</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="984511" first="Ike" last="Ezeogu"] 6’6" Blue Springs: A strong 2022 forward who averaged 15 points and 9.6 rebounds a game as a sophomore.</p> <p>Nyk Bryant 6’1" Park Hill: A slashing 2021 guard who earned All-Conference honors after averaging 15 points a game as a junior. </p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="824136" first="Colby" last="Baggett"] 6’3" Lee’s Summit West: A slender 2021 point guard who averaged 10 points and four rebounds a game.</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="984377" first="Devlin" last="Tomlinson"] 6’6" Blue Springs South: A 2021 forward with an excellent shooting stroke from 3-point range.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h4>Best of the Rest</h4> <p>2021</p> <p>Vance Avila 6’7" Lee’s Summit West</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="824161" first="Christian" last="Bradford"] 6’3" Park Hill</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="824152" first="Javion" last="Byers"] 6’2" Liberty</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="984361" first="Anthony" last="Hall"] 6’4" Park Hill</p> <p>Ian McDonald 6’0" Lee’s Summit West</p> <p>Davis Rockers 5’10" Liberty North</p> <p>Javion Shaw 6’2" Liberty</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="824200" first="Eli" last="Wingert"] 6’8" Blue Springs</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>2022</p> <p>Iryn Allen 6’2" Raymore-Peculiar</p> <p>Tre Baker 6’0" Liberty North</p> <p>Justin Braden 6’3" Liberty North</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="985428" first="Kyle" last="Bruce"] 5’8" Blue Springs</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="993518" first="Michael" last="Harrison"] 6’4" Blue Springs</p> <p>Jaden McGhee 6’4" Lee’s Summit North</p> <p>Bennett Stirtz 6’5" Liberty</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1050176" first="Luke" last="Stubbs"] 6’5" Liberty</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="992318" first="Dallas" last="Whitney"] 6’6" Blue Springs South</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>2023</p> <p>Marqueas Bell 6’1" Park Hill</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h4> </h4>