Eagles land 5 boys on All-SICL

Keota and Montezuma led the South Iowa Cedar League in All-Conference selections for boys basketball with two apiece on the first team and one on second team. Both teams had five players named as did North Mahaska, but only one to the first team, whereas Montezuma and Keota had two first team selections. Each school had two honorable mentions.

The Eagles were the champions of the East Division and Montezuma won the West.

Luke Hammen and Carson Sprouse were the Keota players who made first team while Brady Duwa was second team and Bryce Greiner and Sam Sieren were honorable mention.

Hammen and Sprouse were a lethal combination for the Eagles with 17 and 16 points per game averages, which was fourth (Hammen) and fifth in the SICL East Division. Hammen led the East in 3-point percentage at 46.2 and was fifth in overall field goal percentage at 49.7. Sprouse was third in steals. Duwa was fourth in blocks, fifth in assists and second in field goal percentages at 52.3.

The Golden Award recognizes someone injured for the season and possibly could have been an all-conference player.

2021 SICL All-Conference

Boys Basketball

FIRST TEAM

Trey Shearer, senior, Montezuma

Cole Watts, senior, Montezuma

Luke Hammen, senior, Keota

Nash Smith, sophomore, North Mahaska

Brody Ward, junior, Iowa Valley

Ben DeMeulenaere, junior, Belle Plaine

Kaden Hall, junior, English Valleys

Carson Sprouse, senior, Keota

SECOND TEAM

Preston Rodibaugh, sophomore, Lynnville-Sully

Eddie Burgess, junior, Montezuma

Braden Steel, sophomore, North Mahaska

Addy Bollman, senior, North Mahaska

Grant Hall, senior, HLV

Jake Nichols, senior, Colfax Mingo

Jake Moel, junior, BGM

Josh Mohr, senior, Sigourney

Brady Duwa, senior, Keota

HONORABLE MENTION

Belle Plaine - Jackson Tegeler, senior; Eli Ehlen, junior

BGM - Trase Kriegel, senior; Joe Kasal, senior

Colfax-Mingo - Zach Steenhoek, senior; Curtis Horras, freshman

English Valleys - Beau Flander, junior; Hayden Irmen, senior

HLV - Beau York, junior; Landon Hall (Soph)

Iowa Valley - Peyton Loffer, junior; Eli Slaymaker, senior

Keota - Sam Sieren, senior; Bryce Greiner, senior

Lynnville-Sully - Corder Noun Harder, freshman; Conner Maston, sophomore

Montezuma - Cameron Johnson, senior, Masin Shearer, sophomore

North Mahaska - Blake Readshaw, senior; Dylan Klinker, senior

Sigourney - Levi Crawford, junior; Ethan Shifflett, junior

Tri-County - Dayton Pace, senior; Dylan Icenbice, senior

COACH OF THE YEAR

Derrick Dengler, Montezuma

GOLDEN AWARD

Luke DeMeulenaere, senior, Belle Plaine

2020-21 SOUTH IOWA CEDAR LEAGUE FINAL STANDINGS

EAST DIVISION

SICL record overall

Keota 15-1 20-3

Iowa Valley 9-7 12-8

Belle Plaine 9-7 13-10

English Valleys 7-8 12-10

Sigourney 6-10 9-13

Tri-County 0-17 0-21

WEST DIVISION

Montezuma 15-1 22-2

North Mahaska 14-2 16-5

Lynnville-Sully 11-5 13-9

HLV 4-11 7-14

BGM 3-12 4-18

Colfax-Mingo 2-15 3-18