The 52 Peoria-area basketball players named IBCA all-state, including 8 first-teamers

Here are the Peoria-area boys and girls basketball players named to the 2023 Illinois Basketball Coaches Association all-state teams.

Class 3A boys

• First team: Ethan Kizer (Metamora, senior); Cooper Koch (Peoria Notre Dame, junior)

• Second team: Tyson Swanson (Metamora, senior)

• Third team: Tyler Mason (Metamora, junior); Drew Tucker (Metamora, senior)

• Special mention: Louis Bailey (Manual, senior); Eoin Dillon (PND, junior); Marquel Newsome (Richwoods, senior); Tavie Smith (Richwoods, junior); Mikequese Taylor (Peoria High, senior); Gerron Trapps (Manual, senior)

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Class 3A girls

• First team: Aaliyah Guyton (Peoria High, junior); Mya Wardle (PND, junior); Claire McDougall (Washington, senior)

• Second team: Kiarra Kilgore (Galesburg, junior); Denali Craig-Edwards (Peoria High, senior)

• Third team: Sophia Remmel (Dunlap, senior)

• Special mention: Julia Sollberger (Dunlap, junior); Brooklyn Ficek (LaSalle-Peru, senior); Katy Ramage (Metamora, senior); Tatym Lamprecht (Morton, senior); Alexis Baer (Richwoods, freshman); Kamryn Heider (Richwoods, junior)

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Class 2A boys

• Second team: Grady Thompson (Princeton, senior)

• Special mention: Nolan Dietrich (Illini west, senior); Tyler Heffren (Eureka, junior); Teegan Davis (Princeton, senior); Micah Meiss (El Paso-Gridley, sophomore); Connor Watson (Macomb, senior)

Class 2A girls

• First team: Ellie Cahill (Eureka, senior); Ashlyn May (Fieldcrest, senior)

• Second team: Dalia Dejesus (Deer Creek-Mackinaw, freshman)

• Third team: Reagan Reed (Illini West, sophomore); Cora DeSutter (Midwest Central/Delavan, senior)

• Special mention: Addison Swadinsky (Dee-Mack, senior); Kaitlin White (Fieldcrest); Rylee Reed (Illini West, senior); Camryn Huston (Monmouth-Roseville, junior); Whitney Rumbold (Tremont, senior)

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Class 1A boys

• Second team: Hank Alvey (Illini Bluffs, junior)

• Third team: Jackson McDonald (Putnam County, senior)

• Honorable mention: Abel Wilson (Monmouth United, senior); Cole Beekman (Lewistown, senior); Graham Wright (ROWVA/Williamsfield, senior); Malachi Persinger (Peoria Christian, sophomore); Oliver Heinz (Brimfield, senior); Landon Sauer (Wethersfield, junior)

Class 1A girls

• First team: Taryn Wickman (Havana, senior)

• Third team: Brook Pieper (Abingdon-Avon, senior); Ava Heinz (Brimfield, sophomore); Olivia Meyers (Elmwood, senior); Lily Luczkowiak (Illini Bluffs, junior)

• Special mention: Elly Doe (Brimfield, senior); Josie Hughes (Havana, sophomore); Landry Smith (Lewistown, junior); Destinee Harwood (Princeville, senior)

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