Conference News

Paige is MVC Player of the Year

Linn-Mar senior Marcus Paige has been chosen Mississippi Division Athlete of the Year by Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball coaches.

Paige, who will play his college ball at North Carolina, leads the state in scoring with a 28.4 average.

Paige and Dubuque Wahlert's Jake May were unanimous picks on the Mississippi Division team. Cody Bell of Kennedy also was a first team pick.

Taylor Olson of Jefferson and Matt MacDougall of Prairie were unanimous first team selections on the Valley team. Iowa City West, which takes an undefeated record into next week's state tournament, had three first team choices: Dondre Alexander, Jeremy Morgan and Wyatt Lohaus.

Harrington, who has signed to run track at Alabama, was the Athlete of the Year in the Valley Division.

Linn-Mar's Chris Robertson was Coach of the Year in the Mississippi Division. Iowa City West's Steve Bergman was tabbed in the Valley Division.

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY CONFERENCE
ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS
(* -- Unanimous selections)

MISSISSIPPI DIVISION

FIRST TEAM: *Marcus Paige (LM), *Jake May (DW), Cody Bell (CRK), Josh Weeber (DS), Riley McCarron (DW), Jerel Moore (ICH), Dale Jones (WW)

SECOND TEAM: Trevor Heitland (CRK), Josiah Coleman (CRK), Connor Grant (DS), Kyle Haber (DS), Nate Burks (DW), Jimmy Roth (LM), Andy Henry (LM)

HONORABLE MENTION: Elliott Christians (CRK), Darius Fuller (CRK), Sean Bredl (CRW), David Tann (CRW), Domen Zevnik (DS), Seth Bonifas (DS), Brady Williams (DW), Ronald Thompson (ICH), Cortez Barfield (ICH), Derik Gogg (LM), Matt Meier (LM), DaQuan Moore (WW), DiMarco Mallett (WW)

ALL-ACADEMIC: Cody Bell (CRK), Josh Jahlas (CRK), Sean Bredl (CRW), Zach Williams (CRW), Connor Grant (DS), Jon Powers (DS), Sam Koenig (DW), Riley McCarron (DW), Mohamed Rouabhi (ICH), Andrew Hein (ICH), Marcus Paige (LM), Jacob Hutchins (LM), Tre Johnson (WW)

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Marcus Paige (LM)

COACH OF THE YEAR: Chris Robertson (LM)

VALLEY DIVISION

FIRST TEAM: *Dondre Alexander (ICW), *James Harrington (CF), *Jeremy Morgan (ICW), *Matt MacDougall (CRP), *Taylor Olson (CRJ), Wyatt Lohaus (ICW), Caleb Konieczny (CF)

SECOND TEAM: Ky Kramer (CRJ), Isaac Boettger (CF), Tony Johnson (CF), Jace Hanna (CRP), Ben McDermott (CRX), Alex Smith (DH), Jacob Gylten (ICW)

HONORABLE MENTION: Kalund Brown (CF), Kalehl Brown (CF), Tyler Hemphill (CRJ), Alec Saunders (CRJ), Jacob Aune (CRP), Tom Eilers (CRP), Mack Mattke (CRX), Kevin Hosch (CRX), Jake Weber (DH), Ben Goerdt (DH), Myzeah Batie-Gaddy (ICW), Austin Swank (ICW), Corshaundus Love (WE), Daeton Hoskins (WE)

ALL-ACADEMIC: Jackson Nichols (CF), Grant Grainger (CF), Austin Goodell (CRJ), Taylor Mueller (CRJ), Matt MacDougall (CRP), Brooks Kehoe (CRP), Kevin Hosch (CRX), Mack Mattke (CRX), Alex Smith (DH), Shawn Breitbach (DH), Jacob Gylten (ICW), Jason Stewart (ICW)

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: James Harrington (CF)

COACH OF THE YEAR: Steve Bergman (ICW)

Bruce named top boys bowler in MVC & Metro

Cedar Rapids Washington junior Quincy Bruce nabbed a couple of top honors Friday.

Bruce was named the Athlete of the Year in the Mississippi Valley Conference (Mississippi Division) and on the all-Metro team in a vote by coaches.

Prairie's Brogan Fiala also reaped a top honor. He was named the Athlete of the Year in the MVC Valley Division.

Bruce averaged 219.3 pins per game and led the Warriors to a Class 2A state tournament berth. Fiala had a 219.4 average and helped the Hawks to a 2A berth.

Justin Wyant of Linn-Mar, Zach Trcka of Jefferson, and Brandon Wagner of Prairie joined Bruce and Fiala on both the MVC and all-Metro first teams.

Dreyson Robe of Linn-Mar was first team all-MVC. Jeremy Cline of Prairie was first team all-Metro.

Washington's Monica Reeves was named Coach of the Year in the MVC Mississippi Division. Prairie's Don Wilfong and Kevin Cline earned the honor in the MVC Valley Division. Cline and Xavier's Russ Camacho were the Metro Coaches of the Year.

ALL-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY CONFERENCE

MISSISSIPPI DIVISION

FIRST TEAM: Quincy Bruce* (CRW), Austin Kibler* (ICH), Clayton Cole (DS), Dreyson Robe (LM), Justin Wyant (LM), Michael Greve (WW).

SECOND TEAM: Danny Behning (DS), Nate Oertel (DS), Seth Tegtmeier (LM), Michael Bracken (WW), AJ Gregory (DW), Alex Timmerman (DW).

HONORABLE MENTION: Troy McKiernan (CRK), Kyle Custer (CRK), Kyle Kaness (CRW), Mac Kaune (CRW), Zach Blum (DS), Austin Riedl (DS), Jack Hoy (DW), Joel Schmidt (DW), Kolby Melsha (ICH), Eric Kenney (ICH), Tristan Stevens (LM), Matt Wheaton (LM), Cameron Walker (WW), Josh Sorenson (WW).

ALL-ACADEMIC: Jared Poole (CRK), Gabe Miller (CRW), Ian Wedemeier (CRW), Matt Parker (DS), Danny Behning (DS), Jack Hoy (DW), Joel Schmidt (DW), Sam Dennis (ICH), Eric Kenney (ICH), Austin Swanson (LM), Matt Wheaton (LM), Nicholas Payton (WW), Michael Bracken (WW).

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Quincy Bruce (CRW)

COACH OF THE YEAR: Monica Reeves (CRW)

VALLEY DIVISION

FIRST TEAM: Phil Breitbach* (DH), Brogan Fiala (CRP), Brandon Wagner (CRP), Austin Massey (DH), Jeff McCann (WE), Zach Trcka (CRJ).

SECOND TEAM: Brandon Kohl (DH), Andrew Gonner (DH), Jeremy Cline (CRP), Justin Weber (WE), Kyle Elliott (CRX), Michael Kilts (CRJ).

HONORABLE MENTION: Shane Sears (CF), Tyler Pyle (CF), Will James (CRJ), Christian Hindt (CRJ), Chase Bicket (CRP), Josh Kacena (CRP), Logan Buschette (CRX), Zach Klemish (CRX), Alex Kenniker (DH), Kevin Scheffert (DH), Eric Vidhamali (ICW), Joe Eckrich (ICW), Collin Weber (WE), Elliott Thompson (WE).

ALL-ACADEMIC: Alex Hill (CF), Tyler Pyle (CF), Michael Kilts (CRJ), Dillon Maxson (CRJ), Jeremy Cline (CRP), Mitchell Huss (CRX), Logan Buschette (CRX), Kyle Vanderlee (DH), Austin Massey (DH), Nathan Peterson (ICW), Trent Kreiss (ICW), Justin Galloway (WE), Dakota Fontes (WE).

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Brogan Fiala (CRP)

COACHES OF THE YEAR: Don Wilfong and Kevin Cline (CRP)

ALL-METRO

FIRST TEAM: Quincy Bruce (CRW), Brandon Wagner (CRP), Brogan Fiala (CRP), Jeremy Cline (CRP), Justin Wyant (LM), Zach Trcka (CRJ).

SECOND TEAM: Chase Bicket (CRP), Josh Kacena (CRP), Kyle Elliott (CRX), Dreyson Robe (LM), Michael Kilts (CRJ), Will James (CRJ).

HONORABLE MENTION: Seth Tegtmeier (LM), Tristan Stevens (LM), Austin Kluth (CRJ), Christian Hindt (CRJ), Troy McKiernan (CRK), Kyle Custer (CRK), Colin Elkin (CRW), Jay Niblick (CRW), Zach Bolton (CRP), Nick Blood (CRP), Jason Beer (CRX), Kirby Guge (CRX), Peter Rethwisch (Marion), Russell Clayton (Marion).

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Quincy Bruce (CRW)

COACHES OF THE YEAR: Kevin Cline (CRP) and Russ Camacho (CRX)

* -- Unanimous selection

Trcka named top bowler in Metro & MVC

Cedar Rapids Xavier junior Tara Trcka collected a couple of big honors Friday.

Trcka was named the Athlete of the Year for girls bowling in the Mississippi Valley Conference (Valley Division) and in the Metro area in voting by coaches.

Trcka was the defending Class 1A state champion, but finished eighth in Thursday's state meet at Des Moines. She had a 217-pin average during the season.

Nicole Petersen of Jefferson, Stacey Schwarzenstein and McKenzie Routhe of Linn-Mar, and Keely Pernicka of Washington joined Trcka as first-team selections on the all-MVC and all-Metro teams.

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Lions, Cougars top MVC all-sports standings

The Linn-Mar Lions have opened a commanding lead in the Mississippi Valley Conference boys all-sports standings in the Mississippi Division.

The Lions have won MVC titles in basketball, wrestling, football and cross country and lead the Mississippi Division with 42.5 points with only four sports left in the school year.

Dubuque Senior (31.5), Washington (31), Kennedy (29) and Iowa City High (29) are in a tight battle for the No. 2 spot in the Mississippi Division.

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