By John Rittenhouse
Hills-Beaver Creek's first year as a member of the Red Rock Conference led to four players drawing post-season honors Thursday.
The annual All-Red Rock Conference Boys' Basketball team was announced that day.
H-BC was included in the mix as two Patriots made the all-league team, and two others drew honorable mention.
Senior post Matt Buck and senior forward David Top will go down as the first Patriot boys to make the All-RRC roster.
Senior guard Lyle DeBoer and senior forward Brad Haak drew honorable mention.
The list featured 19 All-SWC selections and 11 honorable mention picks.
Southwest Christian and Red Rock Central led all league teams by placing three boys each on the All-RRC roster.
Southwest seniors Jeff Schaap, Dan DeWitt and Ross Reitsma made the team, as did RRC seniors Corey Fishel, Colby Pack and Lee Schaffran.
Having two players make the All-RRC team are Mountain Lake-Butterfield-Odin, (senior Frank Mendoza and sophomore Mark DeYounge), Fulda, (senior Mike Braun and junior Danny Hup) and Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster, (seniors Kyle Knuth and Josh Ihrke).
Rounding out the team are Adrian senior Bryce Block, Edgerton junior Zach Hadler and Westbrook-Walnut Grove junior Kurt Faber.
Others to draw honorable mention from the league's coaches include ML-B-O senior Dusty Schroeder and junior Mitchell Schroeder, SWC junior Ethan Mesman, Fulda junior Andy Isder, MCC senior Paul Devereaux, SV-RL-B junior Robby Armstrong, Edgerton senior Wade Ulmer and Southwest Star Concept senior Jeremy Updike, and Adrian sophomore Kyle Knips.