Bender, Evans on RVC 1st team

The River Valley Conference released its All-RVC girls’ basketball team for the 2025-26 season, and three Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks are on the list.

After a second-place finish in the RVC South and a run all the way to the Substate final game, Mid-Prairie put two girls on the first team, and one on the second.

Junior Morgyn Bender and senior Jovi Evans were both named to the RVC South’s first team, giving Mid-Prairie one-fourth of the eight-player list.

Bender led the Golden Hawks with 13.3 points per game this season, and also finished second on the team with 4.7 rebounds per game and 3.0 steals per game. Bender hit 47 3-pointers this winter, which led the team, and also paced the squad with 32 blocked shots.

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Evans scored 11.2 points per game, and also led the squad with 5.5 rebounds per game, and finished second with 2.6 assists.

Making the RVC South’s second team was junior Brooklyn Schneider. Schneider was third on the team in scoring, with 9.7 points per game, and knocked down 42 shots from 3-point land.

Listed below are the full teams for both the River Valley North and South divisions.

RIVER VALLEY NORTH 1ST TEAM

Cora Widel (12), Maquoketa

Addison Frake (12), Cascade

Karlie McCombie (11), Bellevue

Aubrey Kroymann (12), Maquoketa

Maelyn Kluever (12), Maquoketa

Kennedy Harmsen (12), Monticello

Kenzington Scheckle (10), Bellevue

Sophie Sander (12), Anamosa

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Cora Widel (12), Maquoketa

COACH OF THE YEAR: Chad Specht, Maquoketa

RIVER VALLEY NORTH 2ND TEAM

Justice Armbruster (12), Maquoketa

Kendall Kuhlman (12), Maquoketa

Harper Sconsa (11), Cascade

Leona Manternach (10), Cascade

Payton Kettman (10), Bellevue

Mallory McElmeel (10), Monticello

Callie Waltz (12), Camanche

Paige Fangmann (11), Dyersville, Beckman

RIVER VALLEY SOUTH 1ST TEAM

Addie McLaughlin (10), Iowa City Regina

Morgyn Bender (11), Mid-Prairie

Kylee Daufeldt (10), West Liberty

Jordyn Schmidt (11), Tipton

Kylie Cushman (10), Alburnett

Miranda Neighbor (12), Alburnett

Adalee Klein (11), Iowa City Regina

Jovi Evans (12), Mid-Prairie

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Addie McLaughlin (10), Iowa City Regina

COACH OF THE YEAR: Matt Bolger, Tipton

RIVER VALLEY SOUTH 2ND TEAM

Jada Wiltz (9), Iowa City Regina

Brooklyn Schneider (11), Mid-Prairie

Kennedy Simpson (12), West Branch

Sullivan Hall (11), West Liberty

Paityn Daedlow (11), Tipton

Averie Bolger (11), Tipton

Ella Hein (11), Tipton

Paige Happ (12), Durant