Ostrander Named Unanimous All-Conference

HAWKETTE, TWO HAWKS GET HONORABLE MENTION

Reed Ostrander, East Greene’s 6-3 junior center, was a unanimous first team All-Rolling Hills Conference basketball pick for the 2012 season.

Ostrander paced the Hawks to a spot in the district championship game and an upper division finish in the Rolling Hills. East Greene graduated eight players off last year’s conference runner-up team. No one predicted the Hawks would advance further in the post-season tournament than last year, as only one starter (Ostrander) and one key reserve (junior Tory Beger) returned.

The Hawks were the surprise team of the league and finished in fifth place (9-9) for a second consecutive upper-division finish. EG earned the No. 2 seed among 10 teams in District 6 and the Hawks lived up to the billing with a spot in the championship game, where they fell to perennially strong Guthrie Center, 65-36.

Ostrander led the league in scoring, 19.7 points per game; rebounding, 15.3 per game; and blocked shots, 5.1 per game.

East Greene juniors Tory Beger and Wyatt Beaman were named all-conference honorable mention.

Also named unanimously to the Rolling Hills first team were seniors Zach Himmelberg of league champion Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton, Ryan Aupperle of CAM (Anita), and Andrew Mueller of Iowa Christian Academy (West Des Moines).

Himmelberg, EEHK’s senior 6-6 center, was named to the Iowa Newspaper Association Class 1A All-State Second Team this week. The only other area players honored in Class 1A or 2A were Nick Clark, first team, and Neil Flattery, second team, both from St. Edmond (Fort Dodge), runner-up in the Class 2A state tournament, and Michael Carney, second team, from Des Moines Christian (Urbandale), the West Central Conference champion.

Clark, a 6-0 senior guard, was named to the Des Moines Register Class 2A All-State First Team and Carney, also a 6-0 senior guard, was named to the Register’s 2A All-State Third Team. No area players were named to the Register’s all-state teams in Class 1A.

Rolling Hills All-Conference Boys Basketball 2012

First Team

Reed Ostrander, Jr., East Greene*
Ryan Aupperle, Sr., CAM (Anita)*
Dan Holse, Sr., CAM (Anita)
Andrew Mueller, Sr., Iowa Christian Academy (West Des Moines)*
Zach Himmelberg, Sr., Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton*
Dayton Rasmussen, Sr., Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton
Ben Taylor, Jr., Ankeny Christian Academy
Lucas Blum, Sr., Walnut

Second Team

Spencer Smith, Sr., Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton
Jared Ploen, Sr., Walnut
Josh Johnson, Sr., Glidden-Ralston
T.J. Rude, Sr., Iowa Christian
Aaron Brown, Sr., Orient-Macksburg
Cole Palmer, Sr., Adair-Casey
Spencer Rocholz, Jr., Adair-Casey
Alec Tonemah, Sr., Ankeny Christian

Honorable Mention

Jake Carey, Fr., Paton-Churdan

Wyatt Beaman, Jr., East Greene
Tory Beger, Jr., East Greene
Jake Bruggeman, Soph., Glidden-Ralston
Nick Davis, Sr., Orient-Macksburg
Alex Umbaugh, Jr., Adair-Casey
Ian Hunt, Sr., CAM
Trevor McKee, Jr., CAM
Preston Waymire, Sr., Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton

HANNAH ONKEN GETS HONORALBE MENTION NOD

Freshman center Hannah Onken paced the Hawkettes’ inside game this season and earned all-Rolling Hills honorable mention. In 18 league games, she averaged 10.2 points and 12.2 rebounds a game. Her rebounding average was just behind Iowa Christian senior Karlie Schut, who had 12.3 rebounds a game. Schut, who led the league in scoring at 21.1 points per game, was named Class 1A First Team All-State by the Des Moines Register.

Maddy Peppers of conference champion Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton was named to the Register’ Class 1A all-state second team. Katie Dentlinger, Coon Rapids-Bayard, was a Class 1A third team pick.

Area teams with 2A picks to the Register’s teams were Tember Schechinger, IKM-Manning, first team, and Britny Halleland, Roland-Story, second team. Roland-Story is a member of the Heart of Iowa Conference along with Jefferson-Scranton.

Schechinger was also a first-team all-state pick in Class 2A by the Iowa Newspaper Association (INA). Also honored in 2A were two players from Kuemper (Carroll)—Lexi Albrecht, second team, and Madi Drees, third team. Olivia Godfrey, a Panorama sophomore, was a second-team pick. Panorama won the West Central Conference with an unblemished 18-0 record.

Dentlinger and teammate Mary Halverson were named to the INA’s Class 1A second team.

Rolling Hills All-Conference Girls Basketball 2012

First Team

Maddy Peppers, Sr., Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton

Chansea Nelson, Jr., Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton
Quinn Ruth, Jr., Adair-Casey
London Vais, Soph., Adair-Casey
Emily Beerman, Jr., CAM (Anita)
Tessa Mittag, Sr., Orient-Macksburg
Ashli Walker, Soph., Walnut
Karlie Schut, Sr., Iowa Christian (West Des Moines)

Second Team

Kristin Klocksiem, Sr., Glidden-Ralston
Morgan Anstey, Sr., CAM
Katie Clarke, Jr., Adair-Casey
Macy James, Sr., Adair-Casey
Rachel  Smith, Fr., Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton
Shelby Roberts, Sr., Orient-Macksburg
Jenna Anderson, Sr., Iowa Christian
Erica Groen, Sr., Iowa Christian

Honorable Mention

Hannah Onken, Fr., East Greene
Breanne Gerwulf, Jr., Paton-Churdan
Marissa Minnehan, Fr., Paton-Churdan
Madison Laib, Soph., Ankeny Christian
Gabby Snyder, Soph., Ankeny Christian
Josie Anzalone, Soph., Walnut
Elizabeth Mailander, Sr., CAM
Emily Huntington, Soph., Orient-Macksburg
Jasmine Ruckman, Jr., Orient-Macksburg
Taylor Petersen, Sr., Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton