Tigers get three, North Cedar, Durant with two each on RVC Lists

By Ryan Stonebraker
Sports Editor, Tipton Conservative

MONTICELLO — Tipton junior forward Logan Hoffman and two of his teammates were named to the River Valley Conference All-Conference team last week after the conference released their annual honors. Hoffman earned his second straight season of All-Conference honors having been named to the 2016 honorable mention team. Hoffman is joined by senior Daulton Mente and sophomore Andrew Stewart on the All-RVC teams. The trio hleped the Tigers to a 13-11 season and helped the Tigers reach the district final game for the first time in many seasons. The highlight of the year may have been the Tigers 78+66 win in the postseason at 18-3 West Burlington, winners of the Southeast Iowa Super Conference.
  Hoffman was named to the 10-member RVC Elite team. Hoffman led Tipton in scoring with a 22.8-point average. He shot 81.9-percent from the free throw line and made 13 three pointers. He was the Tigers leading rebounder with 189 and had 19 steals and 12 assists.
  Others on the Elite team were Dakota Soenksen and Dylan Hundley from Camanche, Cooper Kabela and Beau Cornwell from West Branch, Gannon O’Brien and Johnny Supple from Cascade, Cade Daugherty from Bellevue and Zach Parson and Luke Empen from NE Goose Lake.
  Sophomore guard Andrew Stewart burst onto the RVC scene this season and gave the Tigers another scorer. Stewart averaged 15.3 points a game and had a team high 48 made three pointers. He shot 74.3-percent from the free throw line. Stewart also had 62 rebounds, 22 steals, 19 assists
and 7 blocked shots in his first season as a varsity starter.
  Mente was selected to the honorable mention team. Mente averaged 6.0 points per game and made 20 three pointers. He was the third leading rebounder with 107 and had 24 steals and 22 assists.
Two Durant players were honored with all-conference honors. Seniors Luke Whitlock and Jake Conley were selected to the RVC Teams. Whitlock was a RVC South selection and Conley was an honorable mention selection. The senior duo helped lead the Wildcats to a 9-13 record.
  Whitlock led Durant in scoring with a 12.1-point per game average. He shot 79.2-percent from the free throw line and 42.8-percent from the field. He led Durant in rebounding with 144, tied for the team lead in steals with 32 and dished out 36 assists. He also led Durant in blocked shots with 22.
Conley averaged 6.2 points a game. He made 14 three pointers, shot 70-percent from the free throw line, had 43 rebounds, 28 steals and led the Wildcats in assists with 58.
  North Cedar had two players selected to the RVC teams for the 9-14 Knights this season. Senior Carter Johnson was named to the RVC North Divisional team. Johnson led North Cedar in scoring with a 12.9-point scoring average. He led North Cedar in made three pointers with 35, shot 68-percent from the free throw line, had 62 rebounds, 39 assists and 40 steals.
  Mason Minar also was selected to the All-Conference team as an honorable mention selection. Minar was the Knights second leading scorer with 231 points and a 10.0-point average. He shot 69.5-percent from the free throw line, had 63 rebounds, and team leads in assists with 44 and steals with 43. He also was second on the team with 14 blocked shots.
  Wilton had one player on the All-Conference team. Senior Kaleb Timmsen was on the honorable mention team. He averaged 3.7 points a game, shot 80.6-percent from the free throw line, was the team’s second leading rebounder with 73 and had 29 assists and 22 steals.
  The North and South coaches of the year were Tom Burger of West Branch for the RVC South, and Jacob Brindle of Cascade for the RVC North.
  Burger helped lead the Bears to a RVC South division title and a substate bearth where they lost to Camanche. The Bears finished the season 18-6 and led the RVC South in points per game with a 65.8-point per game average. The Bears were second as a team in the South in made free throws with 307 and made three pointers with 386. The 18 wins marked a 10-game improvement from their 2015-16 record of 8-14.
  Brindle took over for legendary Cougar coach Al Marshall and promptly led Cascade to another state tournament. The Cougars won 22 games for the second time in a row this year.

River Valley Conference Boy’s All-Conference Teams
Elite Team
Dakota Soenksen (Camanche) Sr., Dylan Hundley (Camanche) Sr., Cooper Kabela (West Branch) Sr., Beau Cornwell (West Branch) Soph., Logan Hoffman (Tipton) Jr., Gannon O’Brien (Cascade) Jr., Johnny Supple (Cascade) Jr., Cade Daugherty (Bellevue) Jr., Zach Parson (NE Goose Lake) Sr., Luke Empen (NE Goose Lake) Jr.
North Divisional Team:
Kyle Dell (NE Goose Lake) Sr., Axel DonDiego (NE Goose Lake) Sr., Haris Hoffmn (Cascade) Soph., Brock Simon (Cascade) Jr., Dilan Simon (Cascade) Sr., Dev Patel (Camanche) Jr., Cam Soenksen (Camanche) Fr., Jacob Manternach (Monticello) Jr., Alex Nealson (Monticello)
Jr., Cater Johnson (North Cedar) Sr.
Coach Of The Year — Jacob Brindle (Cascade)
South Divisional Team:
Noah Feldman (West Liberty) Sr., Andrew Stewart (Tipton) Soph., Caleb Statler (Mid-Prairie) Sr., Luke Whitlock (Durant) Sr., Jocoa Kershen (IC Regina) Jr., Even Brauns (IC Regina) Fr., Ben Thompson (West Branch) Jr., Jake Phillips (IC Regina) Jr., Derek Rich (Mid-Prairie) Sr., Seth Feldman (West Liberty) Soph.
Coach Of The Year — Tom Burger (West Branch)
Honorable Mention:
Mason Minar (North Cedar) Jr., Tyson Sullivan (NE Goose Lake) Sr., Derek Koppes (Cascade) Jr., Trey Daugherty (Bellevue) Soph., David Gonzalez (Camanche)
Sr., Kyle Sperfslage (Monticello) Jr., Ryne Schooley (IC Regina) Jr., Tanner Lukavsky (West Branch) Fr., Kaleb Timmsen (Wilton) Sr., Jake Conley (Durant) Sr., Carter Reinier (Mid-{Prairie) Sr., Daulton Mente (Tipton) Sr., Spencer Daufeldt (West Liberty) Soph.