Seven area girls earn all-SICL basketball recognition

The South Iowa Cedar League featured two state tournament teams, three squads which were ranked in the top 12 all season and four programs which won at least 19 games.

And with only one senior combined on the Lynnville-Sully and Colfax-Mingo rosters, the two Jasper County programs could see a big jump next season.

A big jump for the Hawks could end in the state tournament as L-S was one win shy this season and all six of its losses came against state-ranked teams which qualified for the state tournament.

Junior Kate Harthoorn led the way for L-S with a unanimous first team all-conference selection. She was joined on the all-SICL girls basketball team by sophomore second-teamer Ava Brummel and senior Alaina Roberts and freshman Breah Lowry were the honorable mention picks.

Colfax-Mingo improved its win total by six games this winter. The Tigerhawks had no seniors and the three all-conference representatives were a trio of freshmen.

Headlining the all-SICL squad for the Tigerhawks was second-teamer Isabelle Foglesong. Lydia Hansen and Blain Houseman both were honorable mention picks.

All-conference recognition is based on statistics inside conference play only. The all-SICL girls basketball teams were released after both Montezuma and North Mahaska were defeated in the quarterfinals of the state tournament on Wednesday and Tuesday, respectively.

Harthoorn was a unanimous first-team selection after ranking third in the SICL West in scoring at 14 points per game. She also averaged 4.0 rebounds per contest and ranked ninth in assists per game at 2.1, 10th in steals per tilt at 2.3 and ninth in blocks per contest at .5.

She was one of the best shooters in the conference this past season, too. She ranked ninth in field goal percentage at 41 but was second in 3-point percentage at 41.8 and ranked fifth in free throw percentage at 75.8. Harthoorn’s 51 made 3-pointers ranked second in the SICL West.

Brummel ranked 11th in the SICL West in scoring at 8.8 points per game. She was second in rebounds per contest at 7.9 and averaged 1.4 assists and 1.1 steals per tilt. Her 39 percent shooting from the floor ranked 10th in the division.

Roberts, the Hawks’ only senior, averaged 4.3 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.3 steals per game. She shot 77 percent from the foul line, which ranked third in the division.

Lowry’s 8.1 points per game ranked 13th in the SICL West. She grabbed 4.3 rebounds per game and ranked tied for seventh in the division in assists per game at 2.8 and second in the league in steals per game at 4.2. Her .4 blocks per contest ranked tied for 10th.

Lowry shot 33.3 percent from 3 and 42 percent from the floor, which ranked sixth.

Foglesong led Colfax-Mingo in points per game at 10.7, which ranked tied for eighth in the division. She ranked 11th in assists per game at 1.8 and averaged 3.5 rebounds and 1.1 steals per contest.

Her 34 made 3s ranked fifth and she was third in the SICL West with a 3-point percentage of 41.5. Her 76.2 percent shooting from the foul line ranked fourth.

Hansen’s 8.2 points per game was 12th in the SICL West. She ranked third in the league in rebounds per game at 7.1, led the division in blocks per tilt at 2.7 and total blocks at 40 and averaged 1.1 steals per contest. Her 45 percent shooting from the floor ranked third.

Houseman averaged 6.1 points and 4.1 rebounds per contest and she ranked sixth in the SICL West in assists per game at 2.9 and 11th in steals per tilt at 2.2. Houseman’s 20 made treys was eighth in the division.

South Iowa Cedar League

Girls Basketball

Final Standings

West Division

Team Conference Overall

North Mahaska 14-1 22-3

Montezuma 14-1 19-6

Lynnville-Sully 11-4 18-6

HLV-Tri County 7-9 12-10

Colfax-Mingo 4-11 6-16

BGM 2-13 8-15

East Division

Team Conference Overall

Sigourney 11-3 19-6

English Valleys 8-6 13-10

Keota 6-8 11-11

Iowa Valley 4-11 7-17

Belle Plaine 0-14 2-20

Coach of the Year

Janell Burgess, Montezuma.

All-Conference

First Team

*Kate Harthoorn, jr., Lynnville-Sully; *Ellen Cook, sr., Montezuma; *Breckyn Schilling, sr., North Mahaska; *Regan Grewe, sr., North Mahaska; *Josephine Moore, sr., Sigourney; *Lydia Kriegel, sr., Iowa Valley; Shiressa Watering, sr., Montezuma; Brynn Clarahan, fr., Sigourney; Ayla Hall, sr., HLV-TC.

*Denotes unanimous selection

Second Team

Ava Brummel, so., Lynnville-Sully; Isabelle Foglesong, fr., Colfax-Mingo; Vivian Cook, so., Montezuma; Clare Erselius, jr., Montezuma; Sydney Andersen, sr., North Mahaska; Ava Gehrking, so., English Valleys; Emery Hall, so., HLV-TC; Karagyn Minnaert, sr., BGM.

Honorable Mention

Alaina Roberts, sr., Lynnville-Sully; Breah Lowry, so., Lynnville-Sully; Lydia Hansen, fr., Colfax-Mingo; Blain Houseman, fr., Colfax-Mingo; Ryanne Van Dee, sr., BGM; Shaye Strong, jr., BGM; Layne McLeod, sr., Belle Plaine; Kyla Shaull, sr., Belle Plaine; Audrey Achenbach, so., English Valleys; Addison Achenbach, so., English Valleys; Lily Randall, sr., HLV; Ema Roberts, sr., HLV; Izzy Kriegel, sr., Iowa Valley; Alannah McKibben, sr., Iowa Valley; Cameron Haifley, fr., Keota; Emily Conger, so., Keota; Sydnee Burgess, so., Montezuma; Kayla Readshaw, sr., North Mahaska; Aly Steil, jr., North Mahaska; Ava Fisch, sr., Sigourney; McKinley Chittick, sr., Sigourney.