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The 2023 Iowa all-state girls’ basketball teams
West Liberty’s Kelsey Joens (23) reaches out to shoot the ball in a Class 3A ladies’ basketball regional last in opposition to Benton Group on Feb. 18. Joens is a 3A first-team all-stater. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
DES MOINES — It was the whole lot Kelsey Joens hoped it could be.
“It was a brand new expertise,” Joens stated, referring to her switch to West Liberty and taking part in for her sister, head coach Courtney Joens. “I’m comfortable that it occurred.
“It had its ups and downs, as a result of Courtney and I are a lot alike. We perceive one another, and I may bounce some concepts off of her. We butted heads a little bit bit like sisters do, but it surely was actually good.”
A senior who completed with 1,647 profession factors, Joens is one in all six Gazette-area ladies’ basketball gamers who earned first-team all-state honors by the Iowa Print Sports activities Writers Affiliation.
Sportwriters and coaches congregated Sunday for voting.
Audi Crooks of Algona Garrigan was named Miss Iowa Basketball 2023. A 6-foot-3 submit sure for Iowa State, Crooks led Garrigan to back-to-back Class 1A state championships after runner-up finishes in 2020 and 2021.
Crooks punctuated her profession with a 49-point effort in Garrigan’s title-game victory over Newell-Fonda on Saturday. She averaged 32.9 factors and 14.2 rebounds per recreation this season, and her profession totals in factors (2,734) and rebounds (1,339) each rank No. 3 all-time in Iowa.
Like Crooks, Joens will likely be at Iowa State subsequent 12 months.
“I’m actually enthusiastic about it,” she stated. “There’s solely three months till we begin exercises. I watch the workforce, and I can see myself on the market.
“The protection at that stage is extra bodily. I’ve received to have the ability to deal with the ball with extra strain.”
Joens performed her first three seasons at Iowa Metropolis Excessive; she was a first-team Class 5A decide as a junior. She averaged 24.6 factors, 11.9 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 4.0 steals this season because the Comets (17-7) reached the Class 3A regional finals.
Among the many different space first-teamers:
Benton Group senior Jenna Twedt is a four-time all-stater, however that is the primary time she has earned first-team standing. She led the Bobcats (23-4) to the 3A championship recreation, averaging 20.1 factors and three.5 assists per recreation. The Kirkwood Group School recruit has a school-record 1,815 profession factors.
Benton Group’s Jenna Twedt (21), a Class 3A first-team all-state choice. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)
North Linn junior Kamryn Kurt turns into a three-time first-team choice — in 1A the final two seasons, in 2A in 2021. Kurt averaged 16.8 factors, 4.4 assists and three.8 steals per recreation because the Lynx (23-2) made it to the 1A semifinals. She has 1,206 factors with one season remaining.
North Linn’s Kamryn Kurt (35), a three-time first-team all-stater. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)
Solon junior Callie Levin is a three-time all-stater, a two-time first-teamer. This 12 months, she averaged 18.2 factors, 5.7 rebounds, 4.2 assists and three.7 steals per recreation to guide the Spartans (23-3) to the 3A semifinals. The College of Iowa commit has 1,391 factors with one season remaining.
Solon’s Callie Levin (23), Class 3A first-team all-state. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)
Sophomore Libby Fandel has been a 4A first-team decide in each of her seasons at Cedar Rapids Xavier (16-8). The Saints had been 4A champions final 12 months, quarterfinalists this season. She averaged 16.2 factors and 6.9 boards per recreation this winter and has 725 factors with two seasons remaining.
Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Libby Fandel (13), a two-time first-team all-stater in Class 4A. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)
Senior Bryar Duwe led Decorah (21-3) to its first state look since 2007. The Truman State College recruit averaged 17.9 factors, 5.4 rebounds and three.5 assists per recreation. She was a 4A third-team choice final 12 months and finishes her profession with 1,420 factors.
Decorah’s Bryar Duwe (25), Class 4A first-team all-state. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)
2023 IPSWA ladies’ basketball all-state groups
Class 5A
FIRST TEAM
Savanah Gage, soph., Ankeny
Grace Knutson, jr., Cedar Falls
Halli Poock, sr., Waterloo West
Aaliyah Riley, jr., Johnston
Aili Tanke, jr., Johnston
Halle Vice, sr., Nice Valley
Sahara Williams, sr., Waterloo West
Ava Zediker, soph., West Des Moines Dowling
SECOND TEAM
Jasmine Barney, sr., Iowa Metropolis Liberty
Brooklin Dailey, sr., Southeast Polk
Journey Houston, soph., Davenport North
Arianna Jackson, sr., Des Moines Roosevelt
Elise Jaeger, jr., West Des Moines Valley
Amani Jenkins, soph., Des Moines North
Jaeden Pratt, soph., Ankeny Centennial
Kaliyah Sain, sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy
THIRD TEAM
Divine Bourage, soph., Davenport North
Jessie Clemons, jr., Nice Valley
Alex Flattery, jr., Sioux Metropolis East
Zoe Kennedy, sr., Linn-Mar
Jenica Lewis, fr., Johnston
Ellie Muller, fr., West Des Moines Dowling
Lillie Peterson, sr., Bettendorf
Meena Tate, sr., Iowa Metropolis West
Class 4A
FIRST TEAM
MaKayla Boatman, sr., North Polk
Bryar Duwe, sr., Decorah
Libby Fandel, soph., Cedar Rapids Xavier
Payton Hardy, sr., Sergeant Bluff-Luton
Jenna Hopp, sr., Glenwood
Emma Miner, sr., Dallas Middle-Grimes
Brooklyn Stanley, jr., Sioux Metropolis Heelan
Aaliyah Thompson, jr., Ballard
SECOND TEAM
Vanessa Bickford, jr., Dallas Middle-Grimes
Ava Locklear, sr., Clear Creek Amana
Kyla Mason, sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier
Jada Newberg, sr., Sioux Metropolis Heelan
Abby Tuttle, soph., North Polk
Lauren Walker, soph., DeWitt Central
Yazmeen Whitsitt, jr., Decorah
Jena Younger, sr., Winterset
THIRD TEAM
Ella Bockenstedt, sr., Marion
Katelyn Eggena, jr., Waverly-Shell Rock
Lauren Golinghorst, sr., North Scott
Andrea Lopreato, sr., Mount Nice
Doryn Paup, sr., Creston
Jada Piercy, sr., Spencer
Lucy Scott, jr., Lewis Central
Reggi Spotts, jr., Mason Metropolis
Class 3A
FIRST TEAM
Kelsey Joens, sr., West Liberty
Callie Levin, jr., Solon
Carlee Rochford, sr., New Hampton
Katy Reyerson, sr., West Marshall
Gracie Schoonhoven, sr., Unity Christian
Haylee Stokes, soph., Estherville ELC
Emily Ter Wee, sr., West Lyon
Jenna Twedt, sr., Benton Group
SECOND TEAM
Willow Bleeker, sr., Sioux Middle
Emma Donovan, sr., Dubuque Wahlert
Alyssa Griffith, sr., Vinton-Shellsburg
Payton Harter, soph., Atlantic
Jayden Kuper, soph., Monticello
Xada Johnson, jr,. Clear Lake
Kaitlyn Mumm, sr., Des Moines Christian
Aubrey Schwieso, soph., Harlan
THIRD TEAM
Finley Corridor, sr., West Liberty
Chloe Meester, soph., Mount Vernon
Hailey Miller, jr., Solon
Ava Schubert, sr., Davenport Assumption
Lilly See, sr., Mount Vernon
Jordyn Stokes, sr., Estherville ELC
Bailey Strovers, sr., Grinnell
Emma Townsley, jr., Benton Group
Class 2A
FIRST TEAM
Madison Brouwer, sr., Sibley-Ocheyedan
Lindsey Davis, jr., Nodaway Valley
Akaysa Duitscher, sr., Pocahontas Space
Desta Hoogendoorn, jr., Central Lyon
Addison Klosterbeur, sr., Central Lyon
Jadyn Petersen, jr., Dike-New Hartford
Payton Petersen, jr., Dike-New Hartford
Clara Teigland, sr., Treynor
SECOND TEAM
Riley Batta, sr., South Central Calhoun
Morgan Christian, sr., Sioux Central
Grace Hennessy, sr., Denver
Carly Janssen, sr., Pocahontas Space
Whitney Klyn, sr., Eddyville EBF
Ellary Knock, sr., Dike-New Hartford
Morgan Miller, soph., Iowa Metropolis Regina
Laney Pilcher, sr., Jesup
THIRD TEAM
Kora Alesch, sr., Marcus MMCRU
Bailey Boeve, fr., Hinton
Payton Bush, sr., Mediapolis
Izzy Eisbach, fr., Nodaway Valley
Brooklyn Love, jr., Hudson
Alyssa Lux, sr., Cascade
Morgan Neuroth, jr., East Marshall
Jaidyn Sellers, jr., Panorama
Class 1A
FIRST TEAM
Bradie Buffington, sr., Winfield-Mount Union
Audi Crooks, sr., Algona Garrigan (Miss Iowa Basketball 2023)
Quinn Grubbs, sr., Exira-EHK
Whitney Jensen, jr., Remsen St. Mary’s
Molly Joyce, sr., Algona Garrigan
Kamryn Kurt, jr., North Linn
Mallory Leerar, jr., West Hancock
Mary Walker, sr., Newell-Fonda
SECOND TEAM
Pleasure Beran, sr., Riceville
Macy Boge, jr., North Linn
Mia Boulton, sr., Montezuma
Sarah Burton, jr., Highland
Audrie Helmrichs, jr., Edgewood-Colesburg
Kierra Jungers, jr., Newell-Fonda
Ellah Kissell, sr., WACO
Emma Martinek, sr., West Fork
THIRD TEAM
Molly Boge, soph., North Linn
Mya Bunkers, jr., Remsen St. Mary’s
Abbe Capesius, jr., Algona Garrigan
Sadie Cox, soph., Lenox
Ashlyn Davis, soph., Westwood
Brynnly German, jr., Martensdale-St. Marys
Madison Hillman, sr., Saint Ansgar
Nakia Ollivierre, fr., Ackley AGWSR
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