Porter, Hagans, Weaton named to all-state

It was a fantastic basketball season for Union area teams and players.

For two Union area guards and one forward it was an exceptionally stellar year as the trio of New London senior Blaise Porter, Mt. Pleasant junior Payton Hagans and Fairfield senior Max Weaton have all been named to this season all-state basketball list by the Iowa Print Sport Writers Association.

Porter was named to first-team in Class 1A, Hagans second-team in Class 3A and Weaton third-team in Class 3A as well.

The all-state teams were selected by sportswriters and coaches present at a meeting over the weekend in Des Moines.

Porter, who helped New London to just its second all-time state basketball appearance in the 2022-23 season put together a wonderful senior campaign, which included being named the Southeast Iowa Super Conference Player of the Year.

As the Tiger’s lead guard Porter averaged 25 points a night, which led New London. He also finished the year with a team-leading 4.6 assists per game, as well as tallying 8.4 rebounds per game, two steals per game and one block per contest.

He ends his career as New London’s all time leader in points.

As for Hagans, he had a standout junior season that was cut short right before postseason play by an injury.

Despite the injury, Hagans was one of the top guards in the area, helping the Panthers to an 8-2 Southeast Conference record.

A Southeast Conference first-team selection, Hagans averaged 20.7 points per game, the second-most in the SEC. Hagans was third in the league with 8.2 rebounds per game and 3.5 assists per game, and second with 2.4 steals per game.

Weaton once again was an integral factor for Fairfield this season. He was yet again a SEC first-team selection.

The senior forward led the Trojans with 19.5 points a contest, which was third best in the SEC and led the conference with 13.6 rebounds per game and 1.3 blocks per game.

Below are the full all-state teams.

Class 4A First Team

Pryce Sandfort (Waukee Northwest), senior

Omaha Billiew (Waukee), senior

Redek Born (Norwalk), junior

Kade Kelderman (Waukee Northwest), senior

Colby Dolphin (Cedar Rapids Kennedy), senior

Kenzie Reed (Cedar Rapids Kennedy), senior

Luke Winkel (Ankeny Centennial), junior

Drew Kingery (Indianola), senior

Class 4A Second Team

Dallas Bear (Cedar Falls), senior

Vance Peiffer (Waukee), senior

Preston Dobbs (Sioux City East), senior

Curtis Stinson (West Des Moines Valley), sophomore

Carson Johnson (Ankeny), junior

Traijan Sain (Cedar Rapids Washington), senior

Keishaun Pendleton (Waterloo West), senior

Caden Wilkins (Bettendorf), junior

Class 4A Third Team

Conor Borbeck (Pleasant Valley), senior

Kewone Jones (Waterloo East), senior

Jacob Williams (Dubuque Senior), junior

Merquiche Lewis Jr. (Burlington), senior

Sam Tornabane (Johnston), senior

Brayden Drea (Indianola), senior

Lucas Lueth (Ames), senior

Davis Kern (Linn-Mar), sophomore

Class 3A First Team

Colby Collison (Bondurant-Farrar), senior

Brayson Laube (Marion), senior

Chase Henderson (Des Moines Hoover), senior

Derek Weisskopf (Williamsburg), junior

Matt Knoll (Sioux City Heelan), junior

Aidan Yamilkoski (Cedar Rapids Xavier), senior

Joe Bean (Cedar Rapids Xavier), junior

Jaxson Fried (Bondurant-Farrar), senior

Class 3A Second Team

Cole Plowman (Newton), senior

Ben Bockman (Decorah), junior

Jesse Van Kalsbeek (MOC/Floyd Valley), junior

Payton Hagans (Mount Pleasant), junior

Travaughn Luyobya (Clear Lake), senior

Elijah Vos (Des Moines Hoover), senior

Reggie Postal (Clear Lake), junior

Jake Benzing (Solon), junior

Class 3A Third Team

Ben Helmers (Algona), sophomore

Carson Seuntjens (Denison-Schleswig), senior

Carter Kuehl (Sioux City Heelan), senior

Alex Mota (Marion), senior

Max Wheaton (Fairfield), senior

Cole Marsh (Waverly-Shell Rock), junior

Brady Bauer (Newton), senior

Reed Pfaltzgraff (Bondurant-Farrar), junior

Class 2A First Team

Padraig Gallagher (Dyersville Beckman), senior

Caden Kirkman (Wilton), senior

Zach Lutmer (Central Lyon), senior

Owen Larson (Estherville-Lincoln Central), junior

Jacob Hargans (Sioux Central), senior

Preston Ries (Monticello), junior

Jonoven Wilkinson (Roland-Story), junior

Garrett Hempen (Aplington-Parkersburg), senior

Class 2A Second Team

Holden Arnaman (West Branch), junior

Tate Petersen (Monticello), senior

Kaden Van Regenmorter (Western Christian), sophomore

Andrew Austin (Central Lyon), senior

Drew Chance (Albia), senior

Gavin Thomas (Aplington-Parkersburg), senior

Zacn Driscoll (MFL/MarMac), sophomore

Reece Vander Zee (Central Lyon), junior

Class 2A Third Team

Camden Davis (Hudson), junior

Devan Van Whye (West Lyon), senior

Jack Miller (Jesup), junior

Carter Boettcher (Sioux Central), senior

Zane Witt (Camanche), senior

Landon Craven (Des Moines Christian), junior

Brooks Moore (Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont), junior

Kyle Sternberg (AHSTW), senior

Class 1A First Team

Josh Sanderson (Grand View Christian), senior

Blaise Porter (New London), senior

Preston Gillespie (Dunkerton), senior

William Kiburis (Gladbrook-Reinbeck), senior

Carter Sievers (Newell-Fonda), senior

Tate Haughenbury (North Linn), senior

Casey Gardner (Dunkerton), senior

Sage Evans (West Harrison), senior

Class 1A Second Team

Doug Taylor (Mason City Newman), senior

Keaton Bonderson (Le Mars Gehlen), senior

Jaxson Bunkers (Remsen St. Mary’s), senior

Mason Harter (Wapsie Valley), senior

Ty Pflughaupt (North Linn), junior

Toryn Severson (Madrid), sophomore

Jaixen Frost (Mount Ayr), senior

Koleson Evans (West Harrison), senior

Class 1A Third Team

Lance Behrends (Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn), senior

Collin Homan (Remsen St. Mary’s), sophomore

Avery Holtz (Maquoketa Valley), senior

Carson Scroggis (Baxter), senior

Masin Shearer (Montezuma), senior

Jensen Wedeking (Bellevue), senior

Nash Smith (North Mahaska), senior

Mason King (West Harrison), senior