All-Upper Iowa Conference boys’ basketball teams released

CEDAR RAPIDS — Lansing Kee won the Upper Iowa Conference this season for the first time in boys’ basketball. It won a Class 1A district championship earlier this week for the first time.

It plays Saturday night for a trip to the state tournament for the first time. Gladbrook-Reinbeck is the opponent.

It’s been a great winter for the Hawks, and the UIC’s all-conference team is a reflection of that. Kee juniors Jordan Cota and Dalton Mudderman were unanimous first-team picks by league coaches, it has been announced.

Cota, a 6-foot-5 guard-forward, is averaging 19.5 points and 8.2 rebounds per game. A 6-2 guard, Mudderman is averaging 17.0 points and 5.7 assists.

Teammate Kaleb Drape was a second-team selection.

The two other unanimous first-teamers are North Fayette Valley junior forward Cael Reichter and Postville senior forward Koby Bohr. Reichter has helped NFV to a 2A substate final game Saturday night against Hudson by averaging 22.5 points, 13.6 rebounds and 3.1 blocked shots per game.

Bohr also had a stellar season for a Postville team that won 13 games after winning just seven combined the previous three seasons. He averaged 18.8 points, 13.1 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game.

The other first-team selections are Carver Blietz-Bentien and Parker Kuehl of MFL MarMac and Matson Winings of South Winneshiek.

Here is the entire All-Upper Iowa Conference team. An asterisk (*) indicates unanimous selection

Upper Iowa Conference first team

*-Jordan Cota (Lansing Kee), junior

*-Dalton Mudderman (Lansing Kee), junior

*-Cael Reichter (North Fayette Valley), junior

*-Koby Bohr (Postville), senior

Carver Blietz-Bentien (MFL MarMac), senior

Parker Kuehl (MFL MarMac), junior

Matson Winings (South Winneshiek), sophomore

Upper Iowa Conference first team

Andres Fuentes (North Fayette Valley), senior

Josiah Minikwu (Postville), junior

Oliver Schmitt (Turkey Valley), senior

Kole Hageman (South Winneshiek), senior

Wyatt Powell (MFL MarMac), senior

Kaleb Drape (Lansing Kee), senior

Decklyn Heins (North Fayette Valley), junior

Upper Iowa Conference honorable mention

Isaac Loan (Elkader Central), sophomore; Jake Hertrampf (Elkader Central), sophomore; Seth Kregel (Clayton Ridge), sophomore; Colton Hoeger (Clayton Ridge), sophomore; Karsen Strong (Lansing Kee), junior; Andrew Kolsrud (Lansing Kee), senior; Carter Lightfoot (MFL MarMac), sophomore; Bryce Diehl (MFL MarMac), senior.

Peyton Loftgard (North Fayette Valley), senior; Kyler White (North Fayette Valley), junior; Yovani Loera (Postville), junior; Xander Martinez (Postville), sophomore; Braiden Todd (South Winneshiek), sophomore; Nolan Sabelka (South Winneshiek), junior; Logan Busta (Turkey Valley), sophomore; Caleb Kurtenbach (Turkey Valley), senior; Daryon Allwood (West Central), senior; Nolan Cushion (West Central), senior.

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