KC Suburban Gold Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prep Hoops Missouri continues its preseason previews with a look at the KC Suburban Conference Gold Division. Lee's Summit West has a strong nucleus back from its district championship team. Raymore-Peculiar is also primed for a bounce-back season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>THE STARTING FIVE</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1160824' first='Chaz' last='Watson'] (Lee's Summit West): A 6'3" 2023 guard who can light it up from the perimeter when he has his game going. As a sophomore, he averaged 16.3 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.2 steals a game while making 56 3-pointers in leading LSW to a district championship.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1606860' first='Josh' last='Allen'] (Blue Springs): A 6'4" 2023 guard who plays a solid all-around game. He will play a bigger role in the team's offense as the most experienced returning player. As a junior, the lefty averaged 8.9 points, two rebounds and two assists a game while making 34 3-pointers.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1428000' first='Ashton' last='Jermain'] (Raymore-Peculiar): A 5'11" 2024 point guard who is an excellent perimeter shooter with equally good playmaking skills. As a sophomore, he averaged 11 points and three rebounds a game while knocking down 62 3-pointers.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1428010' first='Logan' last='Bishop'] (Lee's Summit West): A 6'2" 2024 guard who plays the game with a ton of energy and activity. As a sophomore, he averaged 11 points and three rebounds a game while making 50 3-pointers while helping West to a district championship.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1612633' first='Logan' last='Willis'] (Blue Springs South): A 6'6" 2023 forward who has a versatile skill set to make him a matchup problem. He can score in the post, on the drive and also knock down the perimeter jumper. He averaged nine points a game as a junior.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>BEST OF THE REST</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2023</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1615604' first='Matt' last='Williams'] (Lee's Summit West)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Michael Brooks (Blue Springs South)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Gedi Mohamed (Blue Springs South)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2024</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1430523' first='Trey' last='Snyder'] (Liberty North)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1260433' first='Bryce' last='Mitchell'] (Raymore-Peculiar)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1160835' first='Josh' last='Salinas'] (Lee's Summit West)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Holden Kephart (Raymore-Peculiar)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Melvin Laster II (Liberty North)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Elijah Leonard (Liberty North)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2025</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Malik Lewis (Blue Springs)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->