After winning 18 games and reaching the second round of the playoffs before a loss to Waterloo Christian, the Meskwaki girls’ basketball team put two players on the All-Iowa Star South Division first team and added another on the second team.

Geanna Bear and Wakinyela Bear were first-team honorees for the Warriors, with Geanna making the step up after being an honorable mention in 2019-20 and second team in 2020-21. She averaged 10.9 points, 6 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.9 steals per game for the Warriors, playing as a strong No. 2 option on offense and helping spur on Meskwaki’s strong 1-2-1-1 press scheme on defense with turnovers and deflections.

Wakinyela Bear was the Warriors’ leading scorer after moving to Meskwaki from Denver, Colorado, and the senior made an immediate impact for Meskwaki on both ends of the floor. Averaging 17.9 points per game and hitting 43 percent of shots from the floor, Wakinyela added 5.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game on offense, along with 3.9 steals per contest on the defensive side of the ball.

Sophomore Sia Bear made an appearance on the second team after upping her averages to 7.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.9 steals per game. Sia was an all-energy player and showed improved ability driving on the offensive end as well.

Kalayna White earned honorable mention honors as a sophomore after a year where she averaged 4.9 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.2 steals per contest.

On the boys side, the Warrior’s landed one player on the all-conference second team, senior guard Larnell Bear.

Bear was a top-5 scorer in the Iowa Star South and led his team averaging 16.4 points per game, 4.5 assists per game and 3.5 steals per game.

Senior Dayvin Guevara was named an all-conference honorable mention as a key defender for the Warriors, averaging a team-high 7.1 rebounds per game along with five blocks.

Girls All-Conference Awards

Iowa Star Conference South Division

Final Standings

Team Conference Overall

Baxter 12-0 24-1

Meskwaki 9-3 18-5

Collins-Maxwell 9-3 16-6

North Tama 5-7 8-13

GMG 5-7 7-15

Colo-NESCO 2-10 6-17

Valley Lutheran 0-14 0-19

Player of the Year: Elie Tuhn, Baxter

Coach of the Year: Eric Padget, Baxter

All-Conference First Team

*Elie Tuhn, sr., Baxter

*Lilie Vansice, sr., Baxter

*Wakinyala Bear, sr., Meskwaki Settlement

Geanna Bear, sr., Meskwaki Settlement

*Erica Houge, so., Collins-Maxwell

*Alexis Houge, sr., Collins-Maxwell

*denotes unanimous selection

All-Conference Second Team

Emie Tuhn, fr., Baxter

Mandee Selover, jr., Baxter

Sia Bear, so., Meskwaki Settlement

Chloe Wierson, so., Collins-Maxwell

Adelyn Sienknecht, so., GMG

Aubree Monat, sr., North Tama

All-Conference Honorable Mention

Ally Padget, sr., Baxter

Kenzi Wierson, sr., Collins-Maxwell

Izabell Voelker, sr., Colo-NESCO

Jenna Yilek, sr., GMG

Kalyana White, so., Meskwaki Settlement

Ava Breakendridge, fr., North Tama

Sofia Van Nice, so., Valley Lutheran

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Boys All-Conference Awards

Iowa Star Conference South Division

Final Standings

Team Conference Overall

Baxter 12-0 18-5

Colo-NESCO 8-4 15-8

North Tama 8-4 14-9

Collins-Maxwell 6-6 9-11

GMG 5-8 7-14

Meskwaki 2-10 3-18

Valley Lutheran 1-11 2-20

Player of the Year: Carson Scroggins, Baxter

Coach of the Year: Zach Hasselbrink, Baxter

All-Conference First Team

Carson Scroggins, jr., Baxter

Cody Damman, jr., Baxter

Gabe Kopriva, sr., North Tama

Lucas Frohwein, so., Colo-NESCO

Mykel Ratliff, sr., GMG

Thomas Hulme, sr., North Tama

All-Conference Second Team

Treyton Travis, so., Baxter

Nate McMinamen, sr., Baxter

Jabari Woodbury, so., GMG

Andrew Tschantz, sr., Colo-NESCO

Weston Kahler, sr., Collins-Maxwell

Larnell Bear, sr., Meskwaki Settlement

All-Conference Honorable Mention

Rory Heer, sr., Baxter

Jace Huntrods, jr., Collins-Maxwell

Kenny Cutler, sr., Colo-NESCO

Abe Dieleman, sr., GMG

Dayvin Geuvara, sr., Meskwaki Settlement

Devin McKinley, sr., North Tama

Donovan Elmore, sr., Valley Lutheran