Looking ahead: SEISC girls basketball

The Southeast Iowa Super Conference girls basketball season is set to tipoff in a few short weeks. The six Union area sides in the North division and a pair of SEISC South programs are chasing glory in 2025-26.

Columbus topped the SEISC North in 2024-25 with a 14-2 conference record. Four of the Wildcats top five scorers from last season graduated, including leading scorer and SEISC North Player of the Year Lily Coil.

Highland was the next best Union side in the SEISC North with a third place finish at 11-5 in the division. WACO also hit double digit wins in conference play last year with 10.

Hillcrest Academy and Pekin finished behind the Huskies and Warriors in fifth and sixth place. The Ravens went .500 in SEISC North play, while Pekin won five conference games. Winfield-Mt. Union is coming off a three-win season in conference play.

Four of the division’s top five scorers are eligible to return, including Highland’s Kamryn Fink (16 ppg), Hillcrest’s Claire Withrow (14.9 ppg) and WACO’s Brenna Graber (14.4 ppg). Coil (15.3 ppg) is the lone graduated senior on the list.

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In the south, Van Buren County will look to build off of a fifth place finish in the division, while New London eyes a rebound after it failed to win a conference game in 2024-25. Mediapolis topped the SEISC South with a perfect 14-0 mark in conference play.

Here are last season’s SEISC standings and each division’s scoring, rebounding and assists leaders.

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2024-25 SEISC North girls basketball standings

1. Columbus - 18-5 (14-2 SEISC North)

2. Lone Tree - 20-4 (13-3)

3. Highland - 17-8 (11-5)

4. WACO - 15-9 (10-6)

5. Hillcrest - 11-12 (8-8)

6. Pekin - 8-16 (5-11)

7. Louisa-Muscatine 7-15 (5-11)

8. Wapello 6-16 (3-13)

9. Winfield-Mt Union 6-17 (3-13)

SEISC North scoring leaders 2024-25

1. Finley Jacque, Lone Tree, JR - 16.1 ppg

2. Kamryn Fink, Highland, FR - 16 ppg

3. Lily Coil, Columbus, SR - 15.4 ppg

4. Claire Withrow, Hillcrest, JR - 14.9 ppg

5. Brenna Graber, WACO, SO - 14.4 ppg

SEISC North rebounding leaders 2024-25

1. Kamryn Fink, Highland, FR - 14.5 rpg

2. Kynlee Buffington, W-MU, FR - 12 rpg

3. Abby Guise, Pekin, JR - 10.5 rpg

4. Delaney Shaw, Hillcrest, SR - 8.8 rpg

5. Lily Coil, Columbus, SR - 8.6 rpg

SEISC North assist leaders 2024-25

1. Finley Jacque, Lone Tree, JR - 3.8 apg

2. Katie Herrig, Highland, SR - 3.6 apg

3. Ariana Vergara, Columbus, SR - 3.5 apg

4. Malia Yoder, Hillcrest, SR - 3.4 apg

5. Vivian Zaruba, Lone Tree, SR - 3.3 apg

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2024-25 SEISC South girls basketball standings

1. Mediapolis - 21-2 (14-0)

2. Danville - 15-9 (11-3)

3. Holy Trinity Catholic - 15-8 (9-5)

4. Central Lee - 11-12 (9-5)

5. Van Buren County - 10-12 (5-9)

6. West Burlington - 8-15 (4-10)

7. Burlington Notre Dame - 5-17 (4-10)

8. New London - 1-22 (0-14)

SEISC South scoring leaders 2024-25

T-1. Amelia Grier, Mediapolis, JR - 14 ppg

T-1. Ellah Wagenbach, Mediapolis, JR - 14 ppg

3. Alaina Gourley, Danville, JR - 13.6 ppg

4. Josie Hutcheson, Mediapolis, JR - 13.2 ppg

T-5. Lizzy Mason, Central Lee, SO - 11.9 ppg

T-5. Teagan Snaadt, Holy Trinity, SR - 11.9 ppg

SEISC South rebounding leaders 2024-25

1. Adalyn Kruse, Holy Trinity Catholic, SO - 9.4 rpg

2. Kenna Sandoval, Central Lee, JR - 8.3 rpg

3. Lyndsey Kelley, West Burlington, SR - 7.7 rpg

4. Mylee Miller, New London, SR - 7.6 rpg

5. Alaina Gourley, Danville, JR - 7.1 rpg

SEISC South assist leaders 2024-25

1. Bryn Wright, Mediapolis, JR - 7.0 apg

2. Josie Hutcheson, Mediapolis, JR - 5.6 apg

3. Alaina Gourley, Danville, JR - 3.5 apg

T-4. Anna Bendlage, Holy Trinity Catholic, SR - 3.4 apg

T-4. Morgan Jones, New London, SR - 3.4 apg

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