Published: March 10, 2008 09:52 am            

Five River Kings earn MAC honors

CLINTON — Five Clinton River Kings were honored as the Mississippi Athletic Conference announced its all-conference selections for the 2007-08 season.

Junior center Matt Murphy was named to the third team, while seniors Kyle Matheny, Jace Dehner and Michael Voss and sophomore David Johnson received honorable mention.

Murphy was tabbed for the third team after receiving honorable mention honors a year ago.

Davenport Central’s E.J. Hicks repeated as the MAC player of the year after leading the Blue Devils to the conference title and a state tournament runner-up finish.

Joining Hicks on the elite squad were his teammates LA Pomlee and Hal Bateman as well as Bettendorf’s Troy Rorer, Pleasant Valley’s John Lindstrom and Davenport West’s Lavione West.

Central’s Craig Wurdinger was named coach of the year.

MISSISSIPPI ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

All-Conference Boys Basketball Selections

First Team

E.J. Hicks, Davenport Central, Sr.; Lavione West, Davenport West, Sr.; LA Pomlee, Davenport Central, Sr.; John Lindstrom, Jr., Pleasant Valley; Hal Bateman, Davenport Central, Jr.; Troy Rorer, Bettendorf, Sr.

Second Team

Ryan Humlick, North Scott, Sr.; Jacob Wagg, Muscatine, Sr.; Peter Wessels, Bettendorf, Sr.; Michael Thompson, Bettendorf, Sr.; Michael Sampson, Bettendorf, Sr.; Seth Van Deest, Bettendorf, Jr.

Third Team

Brance Rivera, Muscatine, Sr.; Asa Klein, Davenport Assumption, Sr.; Matt Murphy, Clinton, Jr.; Ben Dittmer, North Scott, Sr.; Romaro Houston, Davenport Central, Sr.; Nick Kohlof, Burlington, Sr.

Honorable Mention

Davenport Assumption—Ben Bush, Joe Daniel, Sean Finn, Tom Pettis.

Bettendorf—George Dexter, Mike Tonneson.

Clinton—Michael Voss, Kyle Matheny, Jace Dehner, David Johnson.

Davenport Central—Alex Gowey, Marqel Morgan.

Davenport North—Martez Wilson, Brian Frick.

Davenport West—Ryan Duyck, Josh Whipple.

Muscatine—Robert Turner.

North Scott—Adam Netwal, Ben Resch, Ryan Boll.

Pleasant Valley—Brett Bueker, Ben Stecker, Matt Kraciun, Danny VanDyke.

        

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