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Michigan high school boys basketball: Top 100 players this season

Mick McCabe
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Free Press high school guru Mick McCabe gives his list of the top 100 boys basketball players in Michigan for the 2023-24 season:

1. Trey McKenney, 6-4, junior, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s

2. Durral Brooks, 6-2, senior, Grands Rapids Catholic Central

3. Elijah Williams, 6-6, sophomore, Birmingham Brother Rice

4. Jonathan Sanderson, 6-3, sophomore, Saline

5. Tyler Ode, 6-4, senior, Saginaw Heritage

6. Chas Lewless, 6-2, senior, Detroit King

Orchard Lake St. Mary's guard Trey McKenney (1) dribbles against Muskegon guard James Martin (12) during the first half of MHSAA boys Division 1 semifinal at Breslin Center in East Lansing on Friday, March 24, 2023.
Orchard Lake St. Mary's guard Trey McKenney (1) dribbles against Muskegon guard James Martin (12) during the first half of MHSAA boys Division 1 semifinal at Breslin Center in East Lansing on Friday, March 24, 2023.

7. Cam Hutson, 6-6, junior, East Lansing

8. Ayden Davis, 6-9, senior, Onsted

9. Xander Wedlow, 6-9, senior, Detroit University Prep

10. Camden Karel, 6-9, junior, Byron Center

11. Joey Cabana, 6-2, senior, Chelsea

12. Macari Moore, 6-2, junior, Ann Arbor Huron

13. Lance Stone, 5-7, junior, Detroit Renaissance

14. Phoenix Glassnor, 6-0, junior, Warren De La Salle

15. Warren Marshall, 6-6, senior, Birmingham Brother Rice16. Merritt Alderink, 6-6, senior, Zeeland West

Grand Rapids Catholic Central's Durral Brooks, right, attempts to steal the ball from Ferndale's Jason Drake Jr. during the first quarter in the Division 2 state semifinal game on Friday, March 25, 2022, at the Breslin Center in East Lansing.
Grand Rapids Catholic Central's Durral Brooks, right, attempts to steal the ball from Ferndale's Jason Drake Jr. during the first quarter in the Division 2 state semifinal game on Friday, March 25, 2022, at the Breslin Center in East Lansing.

17. Mohammad Habhab, 6-9, senior, Dearborn Fordson

18. Jordan Savoury, 6-6, junior, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s

19. EJ Ryans, 6-4, senior, Grand Rapids Northview

20. Karter Richards, 6-2, senior, Grosse Pointe South

21. Landon Williams, 6-4, senior, North Farmington

22. Jaquan Stennis, 6-8, sophomore, Detroit Old Redford

23. Jake Stephens, 6-4, senior, Chelsea

24. Carson Vis, 6-4, junior, Grand Rapids South Christian

25. Jordan Sigmon, 6-2, sophomore, Detroit Renaissance

Brother Rice's Elijah Williams attacks the basket during a boys basketball game on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, at Auburn Hills Avondale.
Brother Rice's Elijah Williams attacks the basket during a boys basketball game on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, at Auburn Hills Avondale.

The next 74 (in alphabetical order)

Jaylohn Allen, 6-1, sophomore, Wayne

Travis Ambrose, 6-8, junior, Muskegon Reeths-Puffer

Uchene Amene, 6-2, senior, Novi Detroit Catholic Central

Isaiah Atchison, 6-8, senior, Montague

Sean Bailey, 6-4, junior, Lincoln Park

Sharod Barnes, 6-2, junior, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s

Markus Blackwell, 6-1, senior, Warren Lincoln

Moses Blackwell, 5-8, senior, Warren Lincoln

King point guard Chas Lewless practices at Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School in Detroit on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023
King point guard Chas Lewless practices at Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School in Detroit on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023

Leroy Blyden, 6-0, junior, U-D Jesuit

JaKobie Boose, 6-1, senior, Flint Hamady

Anthony Bufford, 6-3, senior, Detroit Douglass

Mason Brodi, 6-0, senior, Utica

Koronnis Davis, 6-2, senior, Jackson

Terrance Davis, 6-6, senior, Muskegon

Stevie Elam, 6-2, junior, Adrian

Matthew Elderkin, 6-6, senior, Grandville Calvin Christian

Kemarryon Fishburn, 6-1, senior, Taylor Trillium

Keshawn Fisher, 6-5, senior, River Rouge

Levi Frahm, 6-1, senior, Painsdale Jeffers

JJ Frakes, 6-3, junior, Berrien Springs

Asher Garrison, 5-10, senior, Watersmeet

Greg Greys, 6-2, sophomore, Farmington

Jayden Hanson, 6-5, junior, Bellaire

Charlie Howell, 6-4, senior, Cadillac

Lance Stone (0) of Detroit Renaissance drives the ball while being guarded by Terrance Broughton of Detroit Cass Tech during the PSL boys quarterfinals at Detroit Cass Tech in Detroit on Tuesday, February 15, 2022.
Lance Stone (0) of Detroit Renaissance drives the ball while being guarded by Terrance Broughton of Detroit Cass Tech during the PSL boys quarterfinals at Detroit Cass Tech in Detroit on Tuesday, February 15, 2022.

Craig Hureskin, 6-1, senior, Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills

Jonny Ingalls, 6-0, senior, St. Ignace

Alex Jamison, 6-3, sophomore, Port Huron Northern

Ja’len Jenkins, 6-2, senior, Belleville

Xavier Johnson, 6-4, Jr. U-D Jesuit

Graham Junge, 6-1, junior, Flat Rock

Oscar Kangas, 6-1, junior, Iron Mountain

Parker LePla, 6-6, junior, Goodrich

Greg Lawson, 6-2, junior, Davison

Chris McLavish, 5-8, junior, Flint Carmen-Ainsworth

Carlos Medlock Jr., 5-11, sophomore, Wayne

Carter Meerman, 6-0, senior, Grand Rapids Catholic Central

Derrick Miller, 5-11, senior, Detroit Cass Tech

TJ Nadeau, 6-5, senior, Novi Detroit Catholic Central

Zander Nash, 6-7, junior, Imlay City

Trevor Nolan, 5-8, junior, Munising

Alex Ortmon, 6-2, senior, Norway

Jaylan Ouwinga, 6-8, senior, Grand Rapids Christian

Mason Parker, 6-1, junior, Troy

Deunte Phifer, 6-5, senior, Lansing Waverly

Warren De La Salle's Phoenix Glassnor runs the ball against a Muskegon defender during the Division 2 football state championship game at Ford Field in Detroit on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023.
Warren De La Salle's Phoenix Glassnor runs the ball against a Muskegon defender during the Division 2 football state championship game at Ford Field in Detroit on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023.

Cameron Regnerus, 6-8, senior, Grandville

Christian Humphrey-Rembert, 6-9, senior, East Kentwood

Anthony Ribel, 6-3, senior, Traverse City Central

Bradley Richards, 6-5, junior, Fruitport Calvary Christian

Wade Robinson, 5-9, senior, Notre Dame Prep

Javontae Ross, 5-11, junior, Flint Powers

Cameron Ryans, 6-5, sophomore, Grand Rapids Northview

Corey Sadler, 6-1, sophomore, Detroit Cass Tech

Jaxon Salenbien, 6-4, sophomore, Adrian Lenawee Christian

Fred Sanders, 6-6, senior, Detroit Western

DJ Scott, 6-1, senior, Romulus Summit

David Shillinger, 5-9, senior, Ludington

Daniel Smythe, 6-2, senior, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s

Tyler Spratt, 6-6, senior, North Farmington

Keyshawn Summerville, 5-10, sophomore, Lansing Sexton

Brady Swartz, 6-6, junior, Grand Rapids Northview

Brayden Szamrej, 6-2, senior, Hudsonville

Birmingham Brother Rice guard Warren Marshall (13) celebrates a 3-point basket against Detroit Cass Tech during overtime at Calihan Hall in Detroit on Friday, March 3, 2023.
Birmingham Brother Rice guard Warren Marshall (13) celebrates a 3-point basket against Detroit Cass Tech during overtime at Calihan Hall in Detroit on Friday, March 3, 2023.

Trenton Taratuta, 6-4, senior, Hillman

Isaiah Theodile, 6-6, sophomore, Kalamazoo Central

Trevor Theuerkauf, 5-11, senior, Menominee

Camden Thompson, 6-6, junior, Whitehall

KJ Torbert, 6-3, sophomore, East Lansing

Kyan VanderWoude, 6-4, senior, Caledonia

Jordan Vanklompenberg, 6-0, senior, Wyoming-Tri-unity Christian

Jake Vermaas, 6-1, senior, Grand Rapids South Christian

BJ Walker, 6-3, junior, Zeeland East

Nate Washburn, 6-8, senior, Macomb Dakota

Luke Westerdale, 6-0, junior, Riverview Richard

Jaxson Whitaker, 6-4, senior, Muskegon Reeths-Puffer

MJ Yeager, 5-10, senior, Saginaw Nouvel

Mick McCabe is a former longtime columnist for the Detroit Free Press. Contact him at mick.mccabe11@gmail.com. Follow him @mickmccabe1. Order his book, “Mick McCabe’s Golden Yearbook: 50 Great Years of Michigan’s Best High School Players, Teams & Memories,” now at McCabe.PictorialBook.com.

This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Michigan high school boys basketball: Top 100 players this season