Girls St. Louis Suburban Blue basketball conference prognostications - 10/28/2021

 Here are my Girls St. Louis Suburban Blue basketball conference prognostications.  Hazelwood East, University City, and a surprisingly good and young STEAM Academy (McCluer South-Berkeley) team will all take a shot at the Suburban Blue conference title:




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