The 2023-24 Southern Buckeye Athletic/Academic Conference American Division First Team of boys basketball all-stars pose with their awards. Front row, from the left, Jayceon Kibler (Wilmington), Mikey Brown (Wilmington), Jet Jamison (Western Brown) and Abe Crall (Western Brown); back row, Rylan Utter (New Richmond), Caden Zeinner (Goshen), Conner Moore (Goshen), Jerry Trout (Clinton-Massie), Jess Roller (Batavia), and Conner McElfresh (Batavia). Photo by Wade Linville

The 2023-24 Southern Buckeye Athletic/Academic Conference American Division First Team of boys basketball all-stars pose with their awards. Front row, from the left, Jayceon Kibler (Wilmington), Mikey Brown (Wilmington), Jet Jamison (Western Brown) and Abe Crall (Western Brown); back row, Rylan Utter (New Richmond), Caden Zeinner (Goshen), Conner Moore (Goshen), Jerry Trout (Clinton-Massie), Jess Roller (Batavia), and Conner McElfresh (Batavia). Photo by Wade Linville

<p>The 2023-24 Southern Buckeye Athletic/Academic Conference National Division First Team of boys basketball all-stars pose with their awards. Front row, from the left, JJ Miller (Williamsburg), Brody Fisher (Williamsburg), Alex Ervin (Williamsburg), Aiden Werner (Georgetown) and Austin Miles (Georgetown); back row, Xander Lake (East Clinton), Connor Yeager (Clermont Northeastern), Symon Mattes (Clermont Northeastern), Bryce Sipple (Blanchester), and Griffin Davis (Bethel-Tate). Photo by Wade Linville</p>

The 2023-24 Southern Buckeye Athletic/Academic Conference National Division First Team of boys basketball all-stars pose with their awards. Front row, from the left, JJ Miller (Williamsburg), Brody Fisher (Williamsburg), Alex Ervin (Williamsburg), Aiden Werner (Georgetown) and Austin Miles (Georgetown); back row, Xander Lake (East Clinton), Connor Yeager (Clermont Northeastern), Symon Mattes (Clermont Northeastern), Bryce Sipple (Blanchester), and Griffin Davis (Bethel-Tate). Photo by Wade Linville

A large crowd gathered at Hamersville School on March 12 as the Southern Buckeye Athletic/Academic Conference handed out awards to the 2023-24 boys basketball league champion teams, First Team all-stars, coaches of the year, and players of the year.

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