Conference Preview: Tri-County

<p>Prep Hoops Missouri continues its conference previews with a look at the Tri-County Conference. The ringleader of the league will once again be Blair Oaks, who has made back-to-back trips to the Final Four of the state tournament</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h4>The Starting Five</h4> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="984504" first="Luke" last="Northweather"] 6’9" Blair Oaks: An All-State performer, he is a dominant force inside who averaged 28 points and 12 rebounds a game while shooting 40 percent from 3-point range as a junior.</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="992312" first="Quinn" last="Kusgen"] 6’1" Blair Oaks: The 2022 guard is one of the top sharpshooters in Mid-Missouri. He averaged 20 points a game as a junior.</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1186888" first="Trevor" last="Myers"] 6’3" California: A solid 2022 forward who returns after leading the Pintos in scoring and rebounding as a junior.</p> <p>Luke Green 6’1" Boonville: A 2022 guard who earned All-Conference honors after averaging 12 points a game as a junior.</p> <p>AJ Austene 6’4" Hallsville: A solid 2022 forward who returns after averaging 12 points, seven rebounds and two assists a game while shooting 51 percent from the field as a junior.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h4>Best of the Rest</h4> <p>2022</p> <p>DJ Wesolak 6’4 Boonville</p> <p>Alton Drace 5’10 Osage</p> <p>Brysan Jeffries 6’2 Blair Oaks </p> <p>Eli Gulyayev 6’0 Versailles </p> <p>Dajuan Lomax, Boonville </p> <p>Justin Hamrick 6’3 Versailles</p> <p>Grant Steen 5’11 Osage</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>2023</p> <p>Dylan Hair 6’0 Blair Oaks </p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1170275" first="Zach" last="Henry"] 6’0 Blair Oaks </p> <p>Mason Ahern, Southern Boone</p> <p>Jackson Johns 6’3 Boonville</p> <p>Aidan Bukowsky, Southern Boone</p> <p>Carter Salter, Southern Boone</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>2024</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1160849" first="Ryder" last="Williams"] 6’0 Versailles</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>2025</p> <p>Gardner Casey, Eldon</p> <p>Reece Murdock, Versailles</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>