Baxter’s Tuhn earns first team all-conference recognition

Baxter junior Emie Tuhn was the only Bolts player to start a varsity girls basketball game before this season. And only a handful of others had even played in a game.

It was a learning season mostly for the Bolts and despite a tough year on the hardwood by the team, Tuhn persevered to a first-team all-conference selection.

The Iowa Star Conference South Division released its all-conference squad recently and Tuhn earned a spot on the top team for the second time in her career.

All-conference recognition is based on statistics inside conference play only. Tuhn was the only Bolts player recognized.

Tuhn ranked third in the South Division in scoring at 15 points per game. She also ranked fourth in assists and fifth in steals at 3.8 and 3.2 per game, respectively, and averaged 4.8 rebounds per contest.

Tuhn, who started all 12 conference games, led the division with 32 made 3-pointers. She shot 37.6 percent from the floor and ranked second in the division in free throw percentage at 63.2.

Iowa Star Conference

South Division

Team Conference Overall

Collins-Maxwell 11-1 18-6

BCLUW 10-2 14-9

Meskwaki Settlement School 7-5 10-9

GMG 6-6 11-12

North Tama 5-7 10-11

Baxter 2-10 3-16

Colo-NESCO 1-11 4-18

Player of the Year

Erica Houge, sr., Collins-Maxwell

Coach of the Year

Aaron Hill, Collins-Maxwell

All-Conference

First Team

Emie Tuhn, jr., Baxter; Erica Houge, sr., Collins-Maxwell; Chloe Wierson, sr., Collins-Maxwell; Grace Farnsworth, so., BCLUW; Sia Bear, sr., Meskwaki Settlement; Jocee Mason, sr., GMG.

Second Team

Sydney Anderson, sr., BCLUW; Klayre Gallentine, jr., BCLUW; Dorothy Bear, fr., Meskwaki Settlement; Reese Dieleman, sr., GMG; Ava Breakenridge, jr., North Tama; Gemma Bower, sr., Colo-NESCO.

Honorable Mention

Callie Swanson, sr., BCLUW; Vivian Kahler, sr., Collins-Maxwell; Jadyn Neimeyer, jr., Colo-NESCO; Maecyn Lewis, sr., GMG; Sade Kapayou, fr., Meskwaki Settlement; Rylee Ridout, so., North Tama.