Xavier’s McDermott an INA first-team all-state hoops player

This was the best team Cedar Rapids Xavier has had, and it was because of guys like Adam McDermott.

The 6-foot-3 senior guard has been honored by the Iowa Newspaper Association for his outstanding play this season by being named to the Class 3A first-team all-state boys' basketball team, it has been announced.

McDermott is a University of North Dakota signee who averaged 18 points a game and shot 45.2 percent from 3-point range for the Saints, who won a school-record 18 games and finished third at the state tournament. Xavier won twice last week in Des Moines, the first two times the school has done so.

McDermott was a three-year starter, a quiet young man who let his play do his talking. Multiple times, he was asked to evaluate his individual season but would only talk about his team.

'I don't like that question,” he said, respectfully, after Xavier beat Williamsburg last Saturday in the 3A consolation game.

The winner of the 2015 Iowa Mr. Basketball award is Sioux City North's Daniel Tillo. The 6-foot-5 wing player scored 30 points in his team's first-round Class 4A state tournament loss to Iowa City West, becoming just the second Iowa prep to record 2,000 career points in the process.

Mason City's Jeff Horner is the other. Tillo, who has not made a college commitment, is the first Sioux City prep to be named Mr. Basketball since Kirk Hinrich in 1999.

Other first-team selections from the area are Spencer Haldeman of Western Dubuque (4A), Drew Cook of Iowa City Regina (2A), Devin Green of Cascade (2A) and Ethan Steinbronn of West Central (1A).

Haldeman averaged 24.3 points for Western Dubuque, which finished 19-4. The 6-foot-2 Northern Iowa signee was a second-team pick in Class 3A last season.

Cook led Regina to a runner-up finish in Class 2A. The University of Iowa football recruit averaged 22.1 points for the Regals, who lost to Treynor in last Friday's 2A championship game.

The 6-foot-5 center shot 53 percent from the field and averaged 8.6 rebounds.

Regina beat Cascade in the 2A state tournament first round. Junior center Green led the Cougars in scoring (16.3) and rebounding (7.2), shooting 57 percent from the field.

The 6-foot-10 Steinbronn helped West Central to a 21-4 record and to the Class 1A substate finals. The Upper Iowa signee averaged 22.3 points, 13.2 rebounds and just shy of five blocked shots per game.

He is UIU's all-time leading scorer.

Second-team selections include Iowa City West's David DiLeo and Linn-Mar's Jordan Bohannon in 4A, Monticello's Jarrett Easton and Matt Manternach, Anamosa's Tyler Zumbach and Clayton Ridge's Colin Connelly in 2A, and Iowa Mennonite's Eli Gingerich in 1A.

Third-teamers include Iowa City West's Connor McCaffery and Cedar Rapids Kennedy's Brendon Manning in 4A, Williamsburg's Adam Klein in 3A, Regina's Nathan Stenger in 2A and North Tama's Paul Kaufmann and Belle Plaine's Justin Jacobi in 1A.

Mr. Basketball and all of the INA all-staters are selected by a panel of the state's sportswriters, including Jeff Johnson of the Cedar Rapids Gazette.

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CLASS 4A FIRST TEAM

Front Line – Daniel Tillo (Sioux City North), 6-5, senior; Michael Jacobson (Waukee), 6-8, senior; Luke McDonnell (Dubuque Senior), 6-10, senior. Back Court – Marlon Stewart (North Scott), 6-1, senior; Chris King (Des Moines Hoover), 6-0, senior; Spencer Haldeman (Western Dubuque), 6-1, senior. Utility – Cortez Seales (North Scott), 6-4, senior; Will Carius (Pleasant Valley), 6-6, junior.

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CLASS 4A SECOND TEAM

Front Line – Lincoln Condrey (Waterloo West), 6-6, senior; Tony Bonner (Council Bluffs Lincoln), 6-8, junior; Brady Ernst (Clinton), 6-8, senior. Back Court – David DiLeo (Iowa City West), 6-6, senior; Brady Egger (Urbandale), 6-1, senior; Robert Duax (Dubuque Hempstead). Utility – Anthony Nelson (Waukee), 6-7, senior; Jordan Bohannon (Linn-Mar), 6-1, junior.

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CLASS 4A THIRD TEAM

Front Line – Javan White (Ames), 6-8, senior; Joe Wieskamp (Muscatine), 6-4, freshman; Brendon Manning (Cedar Rapids Kennedy), 6-4, senior. Back Court – Turner Scott (West Des Moines Valley), 5-10, junior; Connor McCaffery (Iowa City West), 6-5, sophomore; Mitch Moran (Council Bluffs Lewis Central), 6-1, senior. Utility – Andre Harris (Sioux City East), 6-3, senior; Nick McMurray (West Des Moines Dowling), 6-0, senior.

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CLASS 3A FIRST TEAM

Front Line – Tyler Borchers (LeMars), 6-7, senior; Cordell Pemsl (Dubuque Wahlert), 6-8, junior; Austin Rix (Dallas Center-Grimes), 6-9, senior. Back Court – Adam McDermott (Cedar Rapids Xavier), 6-3, senior; Miles Wentzien (Fort Madison), 6-3, senior; Jake Velky (Waverly-Shell Rock), 6-1, senior. Utility – Jay Wolfe (Creston), 6-4, senior; Levi Jansen (MOC/Floyd Valley), 6-2, junior.

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CLASS 3A SECOND TEAM

Front Line – Isaac Naaktgeboren (Pella), 6-4, senior; Ryan Kriener (Spirit Lake), 6-9, junior; T.J. Hockenson (Chariton), 6-5, junior. Back Court – Shammond Ivory (Perry), 6-2, junior; Luke Terhark (Algona), 6-2, senior; Jonny Dahl (Keokuk), 6-3, senior. Utility – Kyle Juhl (Harlan), 6-5, senior; Josh Carter (Dubuque Wahlert), 6-6, senior.

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CLASS 3A THIRD TEAM

Front Line – Austin Phyfe (Waverly-Shell Rock), 6-9, sophomore; Spencer Pauley (Denison), 6-9, senior; Baylee Steele (Norwalk), 6-10, senior. Back Court – Tyler Paulson (LeMars), 6-2, senior; Adam Klein (Williamsburg), 6-0, senior; Jaxon Heinz (Humboldt), 6-1, senior. Utility – Ryan Hawkins (Atlantic), 6-6, junior; Deric Laing (Chariton), 6-2, senior.

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CLASS 2A FIRST TEAM

Front Line – Drew Cook (Iowa City Regina), 6-6, senior; Josh VanLingen (Western Christian), 6-7, junior; Devin Green (Cascade), 6-6, junior. Back Court – Jaylan White (Interstate 35), 5-10, junior; Zach Erdman (Forest City), 5-11, senior; Matt Baker (Albia), 5-8, senior. Utility – Ross Cooper (Aplington-Parkersburg), 6-3, senior; Granger Kingland (Lake Mills), 6-3, junior.

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CLASS 2A SECOND TEAM

Front Line – Jarrett Easton (Monticello), 6-3, senior; Tyler Zumbach (Anamosa), 6-5, junior; Trey Robinson (Treynor), 6-5, senior. Back Court – Colin Connelly (Clayton Ridge), 6-3, senior; Dontre English (Woodward Academy), 6-2, junior; Levi Jungling (Pella Christian), 5-9, sophomore. Utility – Jacob Flathers (Treynor), 6-6, senior; Matt Manternach (Monticello), 6-2, junior.

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CLASS 2A THIRD TEAM

Front Line – Keaton VanSoelen (Des Moines Christian), 6-5, junior; Sam Wegner (IKM-Manning), 6-1, senior; Blake Simons (Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn), 6-6, senior. Back Court – Nathan Stenger (Iowa City Regina), 6-3, junior; Nolan Chapman (Treynor), 6-2, junior; Peyton Pedersen (Central Decatur), 6-3, junior. Utility – Eric Mulder (South Hardin), 6-2, senior; Anthony Sweitzer (New Hampton), 6-0, senior.

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CLASS 1A FIRST TEAM

Front Court – Ethan Steinbronn (West Central), 6-9, senior; Korey Kuhlman (Maple Valley/A-O), 6-1, senior; Canyon Hopkins (Earlham), 6-4, junior. Back Court – Joe Smoldt (Gladbrook-Reinbeck), 6-0, sophomore; Camden Kickbush (Gladbrook-Reinbeck), 6-0, senior; Jackson Lamb (Nodaway Valley), 6-2, junior. Utility – Dallas Jalas (South O'Brien), 5-9, senior; Mason Speer (Danville), 5-11, senior.

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CLASS 1A SECOND TEAM

Front Line – Blake Hellweg (Fort Madison Holy Trinity), 6-3, senior; Connor Hoelzen (Danville), 6-3, senior; Bradley Fisher (Ankeny Christian), 6-6, junior. Back Court – Garrett Saunders (Van Buren), 6-0, senior; Connor Sonius (West Hancock), 6-1, junior; Derrik Kerns (Maple Valley/A-O), 6-1, senior. Utility – Zach Pierce (Gladbrook-Reinbeck), 6-5, senior; Eli Gingerich (Iowa Mennonite), 6-0, junior.

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CLASS 1A THIRD TEAM

Front Line – Justin Jacobi (Belle Plaine), 6-4, senior; Steven Horan (Heartland Christian), 6-1, senior; Nic Lutmer (Central Lyon), 6-4, senior. Back Court – Christian Reischauer (Colo-NESCO), 6-1, junior; Andy Geelan (Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire), 6-4, junior; Paul Kaufmann (North Tama), 6-4, senior. Utility – Jacob Taylor (Diagonal), 6-1, junior; Austin Stoelk (Ar-We-Va), 6-2, senior.

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