Here are the 25 Peoria-area boys basketball players named IBCA all-state in 2023-24
Here are the Peoria-area boys basketball players named to the 2024 Illinois Basketball Coaches Association all-state teams. There were 10 players selected for each first and second team.
Class 1A boys
First team: Hank Alvey (Illini Bluffs, sr.); Malachi Persinger (Peoria Christian, jr.)
Special mention: Keegan Faulkner (Midland, sr.); Riley Danner (ROWVA/Williamsfield, sr.); Cameron Williams (Peoria Heights, sr.)
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Class 2A boys
First team: Eoin Dillon (Peoria Notre Dame, sr.); Tyler Heffren (Eureka, sr.)
Second team: Micah Meiss (El Paso-Gridley, jr.); Dietrich Richardson (Manual, jr.)
Third team: Brady Ruestman (Fieldcrest, sr.); Jonah Funk (El Paso-Gridley, jr.); Brady Clark (Kewanee, sr.)
Special mention: Dion Doyle (Macomb, sr.); Keauntrey Barnes (Farmington, sr.); Noah LaPorte (Princeton, jr.)
Class 3A boys
First team: Lathan Sommerville (Richwoods, sr.); Cooper Koch (Metamora, sr.)
Second team: Jared Jackson (Richwoods, sr.); Tyler Mason (Metamora, sr.)
Third team: DaQuan Little (Richwoods, sr.); Gus Rugaard (Morton, sr.); Matthew Zobrist (Metamora, jr.)
Special mention: Wes Gudeman (Morton, jr.); Tavie Smith (Richwoods, sr.); Leshawn Stowers (Peoria High, jr.)
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