Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday hosted student athletes from Hope Academy, as well as the Class 2A state champs Walter H. Dyett High School for the Arts.

The state championship was the trophy Chicago Hope Academy's well-known coach Ronny Fields never won when he was one of the best high school basketball players in state history in the mid-90s.

St. Louis, fresh off celebrating 314 Day, is sending several outstanding teams to the Missouri state basketball tournaments in Columbia. Three schools are returning to Mizzou Arena to defend state ...