Ohio high school boys basketball: Meet the state’s best forwards for the 2023-24 season
With fall sports in the rearview mirror, the high school basketball season is finally here.
SBLive Sports is highlighting some of the best players in Ohio heading into the winter season.
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be taking a position-by-position look at some of the best of the best in high school boys basketball. We started with point guards, combo guards and wings and are now moving on to the forwards.
Here are 20 of the best forwards in Ohio entering the 2023-24 high school boys basketball season.
There are hundreds of standout boys basketball players in Ohio, and these lists are not intended to be comprehensive! You can discuss the other forwards worthy of fans’ attention in 2023-24 by connecting with us on Twitter @SBLiveOH or emailing ryan@scorebooklive.com.
(Note: All stats/information was gathered prior to the season starting)
T.J. Crumble, Richmond Heights, sophomore
Gavin Dalen, Milford, senior
Brayden Gross, Louisville, junior
Wendell Henry, Lakewood St. Edward, senior
Sam Johnson, Worthington Christian, senior
Julius Kimbrough, Canton South, senior
Ian Ioppolo, Mentor, senior
Kingston Land, Archbishop Moeller, junior
Tyler McKinley, Winton Woods, senior
Jason Moore, Marysville, senior
Austin Niekamp, Marion Local, junior
Jaden Payne, Youngstown Ursuline, senior
Eli Roberts, South Webster, junior
Reece Robinson, St. Ignatius, senior
Brady Rollyson, Uniontown Green, senior
Alex Smith, Upper Arlington, sophomore
Jayquan Stubbs, Cleveland Heights, junior
Landon Vanderwarker, Delaware Hayes, junior
Jacob Wassler, St. Xavier, junior
Jeremy Wilson, Richmond Heights, senior
(Feature photo of Richmond Heights' Jeremy Wilson by Ben Jackson, SBLive Sports)