By John RittenhouseA Hills-Beaver Creek High School senior drew a prestigious honor from a statewide basketball publication last week.Kale Wiertzema, H-BC’s second all-time leading scorer with 1,638 career points, made the Minnesota Basketball News’ Class A All-State First Team.Wiertzema, who recently signed a Letter of Intent to play basketball at Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa, is one of three area players named to the Class A squad.Russell-Tyler-Ruthton’s Brett Newton and Red Rock Central’s Mark Engen also made the First Team.Park Christian’s Grant Gunhus, the Class A Player of the Year, and Tower-Sudan’s Steve Jamnick round out the selections to the First Team.R-T-R’s Kyle Minett made the Class A Second Team, and Mountain Lake-Butterfield-Odin’s Grant Wahl drew honorable mention.Five girls from Southwest Minnesota drew honors from MBN.Worthington’s Maria Boever made the Class 3A First Team and is tabbed as the 3A Player of the Year.Windom’s Erica Hormig and Pipestone’s Nargis Kabiri drew honorable mention in Class 2A.Southwest Star Concept’s Kristen DeWall and Fulda’s Abby Oakland made the Class 1A Second Team.
