SHS well represented on all-WC hoops teams

Sidney High School’s basketball teams were well-represented on the 2012-13 All-Western Conference postseason teams, with all five Lady Raiders either making first team, or honorable mention, and four Raiders earning honors.

SEGELKE HEADS SHS

GIRLS’ SELECTIONS

Senior Karissa Segelke, who’s headed to Concordia University on a dual basketball-track and field scholarship, was one of three Lady Raiders named to the first team, joining senior Kylee Price and junior Sarah Mahr.

Segelke, whose presence forced teams into numerous gimmick defenses, averaged 11.2 points and 6.1 rebounds for Tyler Shaw’s 16-7 club. She added 2.1 assists, and was tops in field goals (87) and free throws (74) made, as well as steals (46).

Price, one of the team’s top defenders, grabbed 2.3 steals to go with 2.3 assists per game. Price second on the team in steals (45).

Mahr, whose scrappiness beneath the basket despite her small frame, averaged 9.7 points and 4 rebounds. Mahr was SHS’s most accurate shooter, hitting 62.8 percent of her foul shots and 37.1 of her 3-point attempts. Mahr added 2.1 assists per game and grabbed a 50 offensive rebounds, second to Segelke (51).

Lady Raiders tabbed as honorable mention were seniors Jeni Heeren and Morgan Linneman.

Heeren averaged 5.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and

2.1 steals, with Linneman picking up 3.4 points and 4.5 rebounds an outing.

Others named to the girls’ first team were Chadron’s Ashlea Kerr, Peyton Hinn and Briley Hannard; Megan Upp and Santanna Mitchell of Gering; Alliance’s Shae Brennan and Olivia Vogel; Alexus Pinedo of Sidney and Mitchell’s Chalsey Grentz.

Honorable mentions were Bailea Kerr and Ashlyn Eitemiller of Chadron; Gering’s Alexa Anderson and Dakota Gellner; Alliance’s Morgan Anthony and Danielle Brennan; Scottsbluff’s Kiley Guerue and Toni Rosado; and Havanna Newens and Kady Lower of Mitchell.

MABEY, EHLER

TABBED AS BOYS’

FIRST TEAMERS

SHS’s Casey Mabey and Paxton Ehler, who both averaged double figures for Erik Kohl’s 15-8 Raiders, were recognized as first-team WC choices.

Mabey, a senior forward whose frame barely reaches six feet tall, put up 11.3 points per game, mixing 3-point shots with aggressive moves to the basket. The author of several double-doubles, Mabey grabbed 7.4 rebounds per game and also picked up 2.1 steals per contest.

Ehler, the Raiders’ top 3-point threat, led SHS with 11.6 points a game, and also snagged 3.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists.

Sidney sophomore point guard Lane Harvey and junior forward Logan Lewis earned honorable mention recognition.

Harvey, who ran Sidney’s offense, just missed a double-digit average (9.3 points) to go with 3.6 assists and 1.5 steals a game. Like Mabey, Lewis was steady on the interior each game despite giving away height. Lewis averaged 4.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.8 assists.

League champion and District B-6 champion Scottsbluff (Michael Hadden, Eric Moreno and Matt Klein) and Gering (Zac Bibb, Austin Ferguson and Grant Olson) both had three first-team selections.

Also selected to the first team were Alliance’s Isaac Burnham and Trevor Kamerzell, Chadron’s Spencer Eliason and Bo McVay of Mitchell.

Boys’ honorable mention choices included Taylor Winkler and Jackson Hinze of Scottsbluff, Gering’s Christian Groskopf and Joses Palomo; Jordan Mills and Josh Matulka of Alliance, Mitchell’s Jamie Fegler and Adam Schlotthauer; and Chadron’s Bo Westlake and Vonsihn Sayloune.