Four area players earned all-Western Iowa Conference honors, including a multi-year starter for AHSTW who took a spot on the first team.
Luke Sternberg, a senior for the Vikings, took a spot on the first team after leading the team to an 11-11 record, an improvement from 2023-2024 when they won just five games. He led in several key statistical categories: Points per game (18.0), steals (74), assists (76) and rebounds (154, including 108 on defense).
Second-team selections were Audubon’s Brody Schultes, AHSTW’s Collin Harder and Riverside’s Peyton Amdor.
Schultes, a junior for the Wheelers, came off the bench and averaged a team-best 11.3 ppg, and his 44 steals was a team-best. Harder, a junior, averaged 14.4 ppg and dished out 65 assists. Amdor put in 14.0 ppg during his sophomore year, and finished with 42 steals and 96 rebounds.
Honorable mention selections were Audubon’s Oliver Deist and Aiden Kjergaard, AHSTW’s Camden Soukup and Riverside’s Cole Jeppesen.
Player of the year was Alec Lovely of Treynor, who led the Cardinals to the Iowa Class 2A state tournament. He, along with IKM-Manning’s Ben Ramsey and Logan-Magnolia’s Wes Vana, were unanimous first-team honorees.
All-Western Iowa
Conference boys’ basketball
First team
AHSTW: Luke Sternberg. IKM-Manning: Ben Ramsey. Logan-Magnolia: Wes Vana. Treynor: Alec Lovely. Tri-Center: Tyler Baatz, AJ Harder. Underwood: Garrett Luett.
Second team
AHSTW: Collin Harder. Audubon: Brody Schultes Missouri Valley: Layton Maasen. Riverside: Peyton Amdor. Treynor: Ethan Hill, Corbin Thien. Underwood: Nolan Baker.
Honorable mention
AHSTW: Camden Soukup. Audubon: Oliver Deist, Aiden Kiergaard. IKM-Manning: Wyatt Danner. Logan-Magnolia: Brodie Davis. Missouri Valley: Ryder O’Dowd. Riverside: Cole Jeppesen. Treynor: Peter Young. Tri-Center: Lincoln Thomas.
