Three Prairie City-Monroe girls’ basketball players earned all-conference recognition in the Heart of Iowa Conference recently.
The teams were released last week after North Polk lost in the Class 3A championship game for the second straight season.
Senior Regan Freland earned first-team all-conference honors for the fourth straight season, while senior Kate McCarthy and junior Lilli Baird were both honorable mention picks.
Freland, who also earned all-state, all-district and all-region honors this past season, led the Mustangs in scoring, rebounding, assists and steals and was second in blocks.
She averaged 16.4 points 5.2 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 3.4 steals per game.
Freland made 40 3-pointers, shot 40 percent from the floor, 26 percent from 3-point range and 72 percent from the free-throw line. She also blocked 13 shots.
In conference play, Freland averaged 16.5 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 4.4 steals per game while making 21 treys.
She shot 44 percent from the floor, 25.5 percent from 3-point range and 70 percent from the foul line. She finished with nine blocks.
McCarthy led PCM with 15 blocked shots. She averaged 3.1 points, 4.7 rebounds and one assist per game. She also had 14 steals, shot 49 percent from the floor and 33 percent from the foul line.
In conference play, McCarthy averaged 3.6 points, 4.4 rebounds, one assist and one block per game. She had seven steals, shot 51.2 percent from the floor and 30.4 percent from the line.
Baird was PCM’s second-best shooter with 32 made 3-pointers. She averaged 7.9 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.4 assists and one steal per game while shooting 27 percent from the floor, 24 percent from 3-point range and 48 percent from the foul line.
In conference play, Baird averaged 8.7 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.4 assists and one steal per game.
Baird made 23 3-pointers, shot 30 percent from the floor, 27 percent from 3-point range and 50 percent from the line.
Heart of Iowa Conference
Final Girls Standings
Team Conference Overall
North Polk 13-1 21-6
Gilbert 12-2 19-4
Roland-Story 11-3 19-4
PCM 7-7 10-13
Nevada 7-7 10-13
South Hamilton 4-9 6-14
Greene County 2-12 3-20
Saydel 0-14 0-22
First Team
Regan Freland, senior, PCM
Juliann Clark, senior, Roland-Story
Reagan Barkema, sophomore, Roland-Story
Ava Hawthorne, sophomore, Gilbert
Emma Bulman, junior, Gilbert
Jaedon Murphy, senior, North Polk
Maggie Phipps, junior, North Polk
Kacie Rewerts, senior, Nevada
Second Team
Nessa Johnson, junior, Gilbert
Reece Johnson, sophomore, Roland-Story
Hannah Foster, junior, North Polk
Maddie Norton, junior, Roland-Story
Sydney Mosinski, junior, Nevada
Lucy Schaffer, sophomore, North Polk
Makayla Boatman, freshman, North Polk
Hailee Feaker, freshman, South Hamilton
Addi Vorm, junior, Nevada
Honorable Mention
Lilli Baird, junior, PCM
Kate McCarthy, senior, PCM
Abbi Zimmer, junior, North Polk
Liza Schaffer, freshman, North Polk
Amy Rathmacher, junior, Roland-Story
Kylie Tjernagel, senior, Roland-Story
Izzy Bravard, senior, Greene County
Bri Habben, sophomore, Greene County
Anessa Balderas, senior, South Hamilton
Caleigh Hewitt, sophomore, South Hamilton
Emily Lowe, junior, Saydel
Daleaney Shinn, junior, Saydel
Elie Tuhn, sophomore, Nevada
Shelbi Hazlitt, sophomore, Nevada
Thea Rotto, junior, Gilbert
Katie Currans, junior, Gilbert
