Lynnville-Sully’s Vos, Harthoorn lead area girls on all-SICL squad

After posting its best season since 2016-17, the Lynnville-Sully girls’ basketball team was well represented on the South Iowa Cedar League all-conference squad.

Five Hawk players were recognized and Jerry Hulsing was named SICL Coach of the Year after guiding L-S to a 13-2 conference record and a share of the conference title.

Senior Majesta Vos and sophomore Kate Harthoorn were unanimous first-team all-conference selections, while senior Aubree Arthur earned second-team honors.

Senior Elise Alberts and sophomore Tatum Huyser were the Hawks’ honorable mention picks.

Colfax-Mingo sophomore Mallory Sipma and freshman Dakota Allen earned all-conference honorable mention for the Tigerhawks.

All-conference recognition is based on statistics inside conference play only.

Vos led the Hawks and ranked third in the SICL in scoring at 14.2 points per game. Her 9.9 rebounds per tilt ranked second in the conference and she also averaged 2.1 assists and 1.9 steals per game.

Vos shot 44.6 percent from the floor, which ranked sixth in the SICL. Her free-throw percentage was 60.7 and she started all 10 conference games she played in.

Harthoorn started all 15 conference games and ranked fourth in the league in scoring at 12.9 points per game while averaging 4.7 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.7 steals per contest.

Harthoorn ranked third in the SICL with 38 made 3-pointers and she ranked eighth in field goal percentage at 43.6.

She shot 42.7 percent from 3, which ranked second in the SICL, and her 76.5 percent effort from the foul line led the conference.

Arthur started all 15 conference games and averaged 6.6 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. She shot 45.1 percent from the floor, which ranked tied for fourth in the SICL.

Huyser averaged 4.8 points, 2.4 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.1 steals per game. Her .9 blocks per contest ranked tied for fourth in the conference and she started all 15 conference games.

Alberts, who started 11 of the 15 conference games, averaged 2.7 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game.

Dakota Allen led Colfax-Mingo with per-game averages of 4.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.0 steals.

Sipma averaged 1.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.2 steals per contest for the Tigerhawks.

Hulsing guided Lynnville-Sully to its best record since the Hawks finished 21-3 overall and 15-1 in the SICL back in 2016-17. L-S also was 18-4 and 12-2 in the conference in 2018-19.

South Iowa Cedar League

Final Standings

West Division

Team Conference Overall

Lynnville-Sully 13-2 19-4

Montezuma 13-2 20-5

North Mahaska 13-2 19-5

HLV 8-7 11-10

BGM 2-13 5-16

Colfax-Mingo 0-15 0-22

East Division

Team Conference Overall

Sigourney 10-4 19-5

English Valleys 8-6 14-9

Iowa Valley 7-7 11-12

Keota 4-10 6-14

Belle Plaine 2-12 3-18

Coach of the Year

Jerry Hulsing, Lynnville-Sully

Golden Award

Karagyn Minnaert, jr., BGM

All-Conference

First Team

*Majesta Vos, sr., Lynnville-Sully; *Kate Harthoorn, so., Lynnville-Sully; *Ellen Cook, jr., Montezuma; *Carly Goodwin, sr., Sigourney; *Shiressa Wetering, jr., Montezuma; *Kennedy Axmear, sr., English Valleys; *Breckyn Schilling, jr., North Mahaska; Ayla Hall, jr., HLV.

*denotes unanimous selection

Second Team

Aubree Arthur, sr., Lynnville-Sully; Jadyn Sharer, sr., Montezuma; Reagan Grewe, jr., North Mahaska; Josephine Moore, jr., Sigourney; Delaney Hall, sr., English Valleys; McKenzie Kempf, sr., HLV; Lydia Kriegel, jr., Iowa Valley; Laila Morrison, sr., BGM; Ava Fisch, jr., Sigourney.

Honorable Mention

Elise Alberts, sr., Lynnville-Sully; Tatum Huyser, so., Lynnville-Sully; Dakota Allen, fr., Colfax-Mingo; Mallory Sipma, so., Colfax-Mingo; Lola Frimml, sr., Iowa Valley; Grace Ryan, sr., Iowa Valley; Hailey Jack, sr., HLV; Addy Shaull, sr., HLV; Aly Steil, so., North Mahaska; Sydney Anderson, jr., North Mahaska; Kimberly Clarahan, jr., Keota; Ava Greiner, jr., Kenta; Ella Grieder, sr., Belle Plaine; Janessa Blomme, sr., Belle Plaine; Shaye Strong, so., BGM; Ryanne Van Dee, jr., BGM; Imigyn Stratton, sr., English Valleys; Addison Achenbach, fr., English Valleys; Amiya Smallwood, sr., Sigourney; Erin Dawson, sr., Sigourney; Claire Erselius, so., Montezuma; Vivian Cook, fr., Montezuma.