Conference News

Uthoff, Oglesby, Paige are MVC MVPs

Jefferson's Jarrod Uthoff has been named Player of the Year in the Valley Division and Washington's Josh Oglesby and Linn-Mar's Marcus Paige share the same honor in the Mississippi Division on the Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball all-conference teams.

Uthoff, a senior headed for Wisconsin, leads the state in scoring with a 26.2 average and also averages 11.2 rebounds per game. He has the J-Hawks headed back to the state tournament for a second straight year.

Oglesby, a senior who will play for the Iowa Hawkeyes, is the Class 4A second-ranked scorer in the state with a 21.4 average.  He and senior teammate Wes Washpun, a first team Mississippi Division selection, have guided the Warriors back to the state tournament for a second straight season.

Paige, a junior who has committed to play for Coach Roy Williams and the North Carolina Tar Heels, is Linn-Mar's floor leader at point guard. He is a silky smooth shooter with a soft touch and a deft passer. He leads the top-ranked and undefeated Lions in scoring with a 17.7 average, and is shooting just over 50 percent from 3-point range. The Lions are making their eighth straight state tournament appearance and bidding for their third title in that span.

Metro athletes occupy seven of the 14 first team positions. Linn-Mar senior Matt Bohannon joins Paige, Oglesby, Washpun and Kennedy senior Kyle Lamaak are on the Mississippi Division first team.  Jefferson junior Taylor Olson joins Uthoff on the Valley Division first team.

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Semler, Albaugh all-Wamac 1st teamers

Marion seniors Kasey Semler and Dusty Albaugh have been named to the Wamac Conference West Division all-conference first team.

Semler was a unanimous selection. He was the top scorer in Class 3A for most of the season and is averaging 21.5 points per game. Albaugh averages 12.5 points per game. The pair guided the Indians to a West Division championship and a berth in next week's Class 3A state tournament.

Marion's Mike Manderscheid was named co-Coach of the Year with Williamsburg's Dave Schlabaugh.

The Indians did not have any second team selections. Dan Van Gorp and Dylan Cronk earned honorable mention.

Wamac All-Conference
2010-2011 Boys Basketball
(*-unanimous selections)

West Division
 
 First Team

*Mick Donohoe, jr., Williamsburg
*Zach Twedt, sr., Benton
*Kasey Semler, sr., Marion
*Logan Williams, sr., Vinton-Shellsburg
Dusty Albaugh, sr. Marion
Clay Miller, jr., Clear Creek-Amana
Kelly O’Rourke, sr., Williamsburg
Nathan Becker, sr., Center Point-Urbana

 Second Team

Mitch Lester, sr., Benton
Nile Eckermann, sr., Clear Creek-Amana
Hunter Stokes, sr., Clear Creek-Amana
Adam Flaucher, sr., Independence
Brody Beatty, sr., Vinton-Shellsburg
Jake Dyson, sr., Vinton-Shellsburg
Jackson Petz, jr., Williamsburg
Josh Jirak, soph, Center Point-Urbana

Honorable Mention

Marion -- Dan Van Gorp, Dylan Cronk

Coaches of the Year -- Mike Manderscheid, Marion; Dave Schlabaugh, Williamsburg

East Division
 
First Team

*Patrick Burmester, sr., Dewitt Central
*Todd Manternach, jr., Beckman
*Jacob Timm, jr., Mount Vernon
*Logan Pitz, jr., Western Dubuque
*Zach Velez-Westphal, sr., Solon
Zach Otting, sr., Western Dubuque
Nick Day, sr., Solon
Micah Russell, jr., Mount Vernon
  
Second Team

Chad McCarty, sr., West Delaware
Jack Kelleher, jr., Mount Vernon
Peyton River, jr., Maquoketa
Jesse Carson, sr., Solon
Travis Gudenkauf, soph, Beckman
Devin Daniels, sr., Dewitt Central
T.J. Lake, soph, Western Dubuque
Brandon Jasper, sr., Dewitt Central

Coach of the Year -- Brad Randall, Solon

Jeff's Healy male Valley bowler of year

Jefferson senior Dan Healy has been named the Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division male bowler of the year, the league announced Friday.

Healy also was named the Metro male bowler of the year earlier in the day.

Healy and Prairie junior Brogan Fiala were among four unanimous selections to the all Valley Division team. The others were Nathan Wright of Waterloo East and Kyle Wiest of Hempstead.

Jefferson junior Michael Kilts also was selected to the first team.

Linn-Mar had three bowlers on the Mississippi Division first team -- senior Corey Prokop and sophomores Justin Wyant and Dreyson Robe.

Dubuque Senior junior Nate Oertel was Mississippi Division male bowler of the year. Senior Coach Andy Hoefer was named division coach of the year.

MVC ALL-CONFERENCE BOYS BOWLING

(* -- unanimous selection)

Valley Division

First Team

*Dan Healy, sr., Jefferson; *Nathan Wright, sr., Waterloo East; *Kyle Wiest, sr., Hempstead; *Brogan Fiala, jr., Prairie; Michael Kilts, jr., Jefferson; Austin Massey, jr., Jefferson.

Second Team

Jeremy Cline, jr., Prairie; Jeff McCann, jr., Waterloo East; Cody Wilson, sr., Waterloo East; Jake Jones, sr., Hempstead; James Bruce, sr., Jefferson; Jonathan Vidhamali, sr., Iowa City West.

Honorable Mention

Prairie -- Sean Steichen, Nick Blood; Jefferson -- Tory Youker, Will James; Xavier -- Kyle Elliott, Alex Gibney.

All-Academic Team

Jefferson -- Youker, Kilts; Xavier -- Mitchell Huss, Logan Buschette; Prairie -- Steichen, Cline.

Valley Division Male Bowler of the Year -- Dan Healy, Jefferson

Valley Division Male Coach of the Year -- Nikita Rainey-Thomas, Waterloo East

Mississippi Division

First Team

* Nate Oertel, jr., Dubuque Sr.; Zach Taylor, jr., Dubuque Sr.; Spencer Oberfoell, soph., Dubuque Sr.; Corey Prokop, sr., Linn-Mar; Justin Wyant, soph., Linn-Mar; Dreyson Robe, soph., Linn-Mar.

Second Team

Tristan Stevens, jr.., Linn-Mar; Austin Kibler, jr., Iowa City High; Quincy Bruce, soph., Washington; Zach Christensen, soph., Washington; Michael Greve, soph., Waterloo West; Clayton Coles, jr., Dubuque Sr.

Honorable Mention

Kennedy -- Troy McKiernan, Kyle Custer; Linn-Mar -- Tyler Lemon, Matt Wheaton; Washington -- Mitch Beebe, Jay Niblick.

All-Academic Team

Washington -- Nick Seng

Mississippi Division Male Bowler of the Year -- Nick Oertel, Dubuque Senior

Mississippi Division Male Coach of the Year -- Andy Hoefer, Dubuque Senior.

Trcka Valley bowler of the year

Xavier sophomore Tara Trcka has been named the Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division bowler of the year, the league announced Friday.

Trcka was named the Metro bowler of the year earlier in the day. She won the Class 1A state championship Thursday.

Trcka, Jefferson junior Courtney Moore and Iowa City West senior Allie Volk were unanimous first team selections. Jefferson junior Whitnie Jones and senior Allie Trcka also were first team picks.

Jefferson's Virg Cerveny was named the Valley Division coach of the year.

Linn-Mar's Abbey Stenersen was a unanimous selection to the Mississippi Division first team. Washington freshman Keely Pernicka also was on the first team. 

Washington's Traci Mooney was named Mississippi Division co-coach of the year.

MVC ALL-CONFERENCE GIRLS BOWLING

(* -- unanimous selection)

Valley Division

First Team

*Courtney Moore, jr., Jefferson; *Tara Trcka, soph., Xavier; *Allie Volk, sr., Iowa City West; Whitnie Jones, jr., Jefferson; Allie Trcka, sr., Jefferson; Breanna Fecht, sr., Waterloo East.

Second Team

Nicole Petersen, soph., Jefferson; Jenn Alff, sr., Jefferson; Nicole Werling, sr., Jefferson; Katie Klein, sr., Hempstead; Katie Gruber, jr., Hempstead; Jami Kadolph, jr., Prairie.

Honorable Mention

Jefferson -- Jessie Alff, Anna Striegel; Prairie -- Kate Palmer, Niona Bruce; Xavier -- Aileen Conway, Ayssa Schuster.

All-Academic Team

Jefferson -- Werling, Striegel; Xavier -- Schuster, Conway; Prairie -- Kadolph.

Valley Division Female Bowler of the Year -- Tara Trcka, Xavier

Valley Division Coach of the Year - Virg Cerveny, Jefferson

Mississippi Division

First Team

*Kelsey Gregory, sr., Wahlert; *Molly O'Brien, sr., Dubuque Senior; *Abbey Stenersen, jr., Linn-Mar; Nicole Nelson, sr., Waterloo West; Kristina Hochrein, soph., Wahlert; Keely Pernicka, fr., Washington.

Second Team

Stacey Schwarzenstein, jr., Linn-Mar; Amanda Wiedemeier, soph., Kennedy; Paige Ermer, sr., Kennedy; Alicia Gerken, sr., Dubuque Senior; Taylor Leonard, sr., Iowa City High; Kayla Shirk, sr., Waterloo West.

Honorable Mention

Kennedy -- Alecia McEachran, Ashley Hoppe; Washington -- Rachel Spencer, Olivia LaGrange; Linn-Mar -- Valerie Loudenback, McKenzie Routhe.

All-Academic Team

Washington -- Spencer, LaGrange; Kennedy -- Ermer, McEachran; Linn-Mar -- Stenersen.

Mississippi Division Female Bowler of the Year -- Kelsey Gregory, Wahlert.

Mississippi Division Co-Coaches of the Year -- Traci Mooney, Washington; Tom Kramer, Wahlert.