Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Lance Berends, Kooper Ebel among 10 seniors on first team
Senior Lance Berends earned first team all-conference recognition for the fourth time of his H-M-S career.
Senior Kooper Ebel was named to the All-WEC First Team for the second time.
The War Eagle Conference boys' basketball all-conference first team is dominated by seniors, and Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn's Lance Berends and Kooper Ebel are among them.
This is the fourth time that Berends has been named to the all-WEC first team. Ebel is on the first team for the second time, having received that recognition as a sophomore. He was on the second team last year and was honorable mention as a freshman.
Berends led H-M-S in scoring, rebounds and blocks during the 2022-23 season and Ebel was second in all three categories. He led the team in assists and steals.
The all-WEC selections are listed below.
BOYS' ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
First Team: Remsen St. Mary's – Jaxon Bunkers, 12; Collin Homan, 10. West Sioux – Mason Coppock, 12; Booker Walsh, 12; Brady Lynott, 12. Gehlen Catholic – Keaten Bonderson, 12. South O'Brien – Boston Riedemann, 12. Unity Christian – Tyce Van Beek, 12. Hinton – Carson Peirce, 12. H-M-S – Kooper Ebel, 12; Lance Berends, 12.
Second Team: Remsen St. Mary's – Ryan Willman, 12; Cael Ortmann, 12. Gehlen Catholic – Keaton Logan, 12. South O'Brien – Hudson Oolman, 12. Unity Christian – Braeden Bosma, 10; Dylan Bosma, 9. Hinton – Caden Winters, 12. Harris-Lake Park – Tyce Gunderson, 12. Akron-Westfield – Jackson Marnach, 11. MMCRU – Brayson Mulder, 9.
Honorable Mention: West Sioux – Jordan Rehder, 12. Gehlen Catholic – Drake DeRocher, 12. South O'Brien – Willie Conley, 11. Hinton – Beau DeRocher, 12. Harris-Lake Park – Caleb Hemphill, 11. Akron-Westfield – Tatum Wilken, 11. MMCRU – Kyler Bork, 11. Trinity Christian – Eli Klein, 12.
