High-scoring Dee leads Baxter boys with Iowa Star Conference South Player of the Year honor

Baxter junior Eli Dee led the conference in scoring and senior Perrin Sulzle averaged a double-double in conference games this past season.

The Bolts duo headlined a runner-up finish this season and both earned first team all-conference recognition for their efforts.

Senior Cainan Travis ranked near the top 10 in rebounds per game to land on the second team and Stadan Vansice averaged more than four assists per contest as the honorable mention selection.

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

The ISC all-conference teams were released to the public after Don Bosco lost in a Class 1A substate championship game on March 1.

Dee scored the ISC South Division Player of the Year honor after leading the division in scoring at 33.8 points per game. He scored 406 total points in conference games.

He also tied for third in the conference in steals per game at 2.3 and averaged 5.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists per contest. He ranked second in the league in 3-point percentage at 45.7 and led the conference in field goal percentage at 55.6 percent and free-throw percentage at 89.

Sulzle led the league in rebounds per game at 11.1 and ranked seventh in points per game at 14.8. He also ranked third in blocks per contest at 1.3 and sixth in steals per tilt at 2.2 and averaged 2.2 assists per game.

His 53.8 percent shooting from the floor ranked fourth and Sulzle led the league with 133 rebounds and ranked seventh with 178 points.

Travis averaged 8.5 points per game and ranked 11th in the league in rebounds per game at 5.9 and sixth in blocks per contest at .8. He also averaged 1.5 steals and 2.3 assists per tilt while ranking 10th in total rebounds with 71.

Vansice ranked second in the conference in assists per game at 4.2 and tied for ninth in steals per game at 1.8. He also averaged 3.1 points and 2.0 rebounds per contest.

Vansice shot 43.8 percent from 3 and 46.4 percent from the floor, while ranking second in the conference with 51 assists.

Iowa Star Conference

South Division

Boys Basketball

Final Standings

Team Conference Overall

Collins-Maxwell 11-1 18-4

Baxter 10-2 14-9

North Tama 8-4 12-10

Colo-NESCO 7-5 16-8

GMG 4-8 9-14

BCLUW 2-10 3-20

Meskwaki Settlement School 0-12 2-17

Player of the Year

Eli Dee, jr., Baxter

Coach of the Year

Curtis Fisher, Collins-Maxwell

First Team

Eli Dee, jr., Baxter; Perrin Sulzle, sr., Baxter; Paden Myers, jr., Collins-Maxwell; Josef Dvorak, sr., Collins-Maxwell; Josh Dostal, sr., North Tama; Gannon Short, sr., Colo-NESCO; Rider Kupka, jr., GMG.

Second Team

Cainan Travis, sr., Baxter; Cooper Wierson, jr., Collins-Maxwell; Kayler Morris, jr., North Tama; Marc Bower, sr., Colo-NESCO; Grady Dieleman, sr., GMG; Wyatt Gould, jr., BCLUW.

Honorable Mention

Stadan Vansice, jr., Baxter; Aiden Frank, jr., BCLUW; Ian Beattie, sr., Collins-Maxwell; Breckin Clatt, sr., Colo-NESCO; Colin Teske, sr., GMG; Sevastian Scabbyrobe, so., Meskwaki Settlement; Brayton Cibula, so., North Tama.