Ryan Murken

Your Prep Sports

In its first season in Class 5A Liberty High did more than just show it could compete, posting a 17-9 record and pushing eventual state champion Cedar Rapids Kennedy to the brink in an 11-inning regional final loss.

The Lightning also show it had two of the top players in the state’s biggest class during its first year in 5A.

Senior outfielder Brylee Klosterman and junior pitcher Kara Maiers each earned first team all-state honors when the Iowa Girls Coaches Association released its postseason honors last week.

In all, 10 Your Prep Sports area players earn all-state honors across four classes with six players earning first-team recognition.

An Iowa recruit, Klosterman earned all-state honors for the fifth straight season and third time in Class 5A.

Klosterman led the Lightning with a .459 batting average, 17 extra-base hits including six triples and five home runs.

A three-time first-team all-state selection, Klosterman scored a team-high 26 runs and drove in 18 more in her final prep season.

Maiers earned all-state honors for the first time following a breakthrough season in which she emerged as one of the most dominant pitchers in the state.

The junior posted a 10-3 record and a .76 ERA while allowing just 40 hits and striking out 155 in 92 1/3 innings.

City High had three players earn all-state honors in Class 5A as juniors Carey Koenig and Ayana Lindsey were first-team picks for the second year in a row.

Lindsey and Koenig tied for the state lead with 12 home runs while leading City High to an 18-5 record and a 5A regional final berth.

Lindsey hit .500 with 31 RBI and 39 runs scored and also went 8-5 with a 2.25 ERA and 75 strikeouts in 74 2/3 innings.

Koenig batted .484 with 12 home runs and 37 RBI and also walked 14 times and scored 29 runs.

Junior Ella Cook was a second-team pick for City High after hitting .333 with seven home runs and 23 RBI while going 8-0 with a 4.10 ERA and 53 strikeouts in 56 1/3 innings.

West High senior shortstop Kiahna Hill was a second-team pick for the second year in a row.

Hill hit .423 with 10 doubles, a home run and 20 RBI and also stole 17 bases and scored 18 runs.

Clear Creek Amana senior Ainsley Schrock and West Branch junior Nicki Henson were the other area players to earn be named to the all-state first team.

Schrock was a first-team pick in Class 4A after earning third-team honors last season.

The senior catcher hit .419 with a team-high six home runs and 37 RBI to go with seven doubles and 12 walks.

A four-time all-state pick, Henson earned first-team honors for the first time this season as a junior.

Henson led the Bears with a .500 batting average, 15 runs and 13 stolen bases.

Solon freshman Hilary Wilson and Regina junior Annie Gahan each earned all-state honors for the first time.

Wilson was a second-team selection in Class 3A after hitting .513 with 14 extra-base hits and 39 RBI.

The freshman shortstop had five home runs and scored a team-high 37 runs helping the Spartans to a 20-14 record.

Gahan was a second-team selection in Class 2A following a stellar junior season in which the junior shortstop led Regina in batting average (.378), runs (21), hits (28), doubles (5), home runs (4), RBI (15) walks (9), slugging percentage (.635) and on-base percentage (.440).

Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union

Class 5A

First team – Jasmine Rumley, Sr., Ankeny; Frannie Burnett, Sr., Ankeny Centennial; Sophia Delvecchio, Jr., Bettendorf; Kaylin Kinney, Sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Jayme Scheck, Jr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Teagan Loew, Sr., Des Moines Roosevelt; Loghen Schnetzer, Sr., Fort Dodge; Jalen Adams, Soph., Fort Dodge; Tristin Doster, Jr., Fort Dodge; Destiny Lewis, Jr., Indianola; Carey Koenig, Jr., City High; Ayana Lindsey, Jr., City High; Brylee Klosterman, Sr., Liberty High; Kara Maiers, Jr., Liberty High; Chloe Fehn, Sr., Johnston; Rylie Moss, Jr., Muscatine; Kacy Nickerson, Sr., Ottumwa; Peggy Klingler, Sr., Pleasant Valley; Alex Honnold, Sr., West Des Moines Valley; Heide Wheeler, Jr., Waukee

Coach of the Year – Maddison LeClere, Cedar Rapids Kennedy

Second team – Marina Carter, Jr., Ankeny; Ella Schulz, Jr., Ankeny Centennial; Maggie Erpelding, Sr., Bettendorf; Alexis Mulvehill, Sr., Bettendorf; Cyrah Rasmussen, Soph., Cedar Falls; Aliyah Walker, Jr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Abby Spore, Sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Mya Dodge, Jr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Yanna Roberts, Jr., Davenport North; Malarie Huseman, Sr., Dubuque Hempstead; Katie Kralik, Jr., Indianola; Ella Cook, Jr., City High; Kiahna Hill, Sr., West High; Kennedy Rentschler, Sr., Linn-Mar; Ava Smithson, Soph., Johnston; Kaylynn Salyers, Jr., Muscatine; Abbi Cataldo, Jr., Southeast Polk; Gianna Lara, Soph., West Des Moines Valley; Abigail White, Jr., West Des Moines Valley; Regan Bartholemew, Soph., Waukee

Third team – Ellie Lynch, Fr., Ames; Karlie Hill, Sr., Ames; Madeline Murphy, Jr., Ankeny; Taylor Runchey, Sr., Ankeny Centennial; Emily Rigdon, Fr., Bettendorf; Skylar Phelps, Jr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Taylor Robinson, Fr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Addyson Albers, Fr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Amya Snyder, Jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Yalayzah Lovan, Fr., West Des Moines Dowling; Tory Bennett, Soph., Fort Dodge; Emma Roethler, Jr., Johnston; Olivia Harmon, Jr., Muscatine; Kaylee Bix, Sr., Ottumwa; Emily Wood, Jr., Pleasant Valley; Carly Lundry, Sr., Pleasant Valley; Kaysee Dale, Sr., Southeast Polk; Haley Etzell, Sr., West Des Moines Valley; Natalie Wellet, Sr., West Des Moines Valley; Elly Bates, Jr., Waukee

Class 4A

First team – Abbie Hlas, Sr., ADM; Skylar Rigby, Sr., Ballard; Emma Dighton, Jr., Boone; Delaney Schnathorst, Sr., Carlisle; Molly Hoekstra, Sr., Carlisle; Kennedy Preston, Sr., Carlisle; Chloe Gallegos, Jr., Carroll; Lisabeth Fiser, Sr., Charles City; Ainsley Schrock, Sr., Clear Creek Amana; Molly Cooney, Sr., Dallas Center-Grimes; Allison Rebling, Sr., Fairfield; Healey Bach, Jr., Council Bluffs Lewis Central; Brooke Kilburg, Sr., North Scott; Haley Downe, Jr., Norwalk; Kenzie Foley, Sr., Sergeant Bluff-Luton; Anna Chapman, Jr., Dubuque Wahlert; Macey Kleitsch, Sr., West Delaware; Heather Heims, Jr., West Delaware; Jena Young, Fr., Winterset; Thea Banning, Soph., Winterset

Coach of the year – Steve Corkrean, Winterset

Second team – Aliya Yanga, Fr., ADM; Riley Gilroy, Jr., Bondurant-Farrar; Katelyn Lappe, Soph., Bondurant-Farrar; Bryanna Mehaffy, Sr., Burlington; Meredith Hoffman, Sr., Carlisle; Reagan Schutt, Sr., Center Point-Urbana; Ava Morris, Soph., Central DeWitt; Kamryn O’Brien, Sr., Dallas Center-Grimes; Coty Engle, Fr., Fairfield; Hannah Simpson, Soph., Fairfield; Bella Nelson, Soph., Gilbert; Kaitlyn Kriegel, Jr., Grinnell; Brooke Haage, Sr., LeMars; Sam Lee, Sr., North Scott; Jayden Lammers, Jr., Norwalk; Emma Christensen, Sr., Sergeant Bluff-Luton; Skylar Cole, Sr., Storm Lake; Kellie Dallmeyer, Jr., Washington; Josie Stocks, Sr., Waterloo East; Kya Loffswold, Jr., Cedar Rapids Xavier

Third team – Emily Ades, Jr., Boone; Kennady Prenosil, Sr., Carlisle; Ashlyn Hoeft, Soph., Charles City; Kylie Merical, Jr., Dallas Center-Grimes; Elle Nelsen, Soph., Dallas Center-Grimes; Lexi Whaley, 8^th, Fort Madison; Nessa Johnson, Jr., Gilbert; Emily Brouse, Jr., Harlan; Megan Kessens, Jr., Marion; Peyton Johnson, Fr., Marion; Sami Miller, Sr., Mason City; Emily Ellis, Sr., Norwalk; Faith DeRonde, Soph., Oskaloosa; Chloe Black, Sr., Sergeant Bluff-Luton; Kelley Stoakes, Soph., Webster City; Eve Wedewer, Jr., West Delaware; Sydney Kennedy, Jr., Western Dubuque; Sara Horsfield, Jr., Western Dubuque; Bridget Stover, Soph., Winterset; Lauren Carter, Soph., Winterset

Class 3A

First team – Jena Lawrence, Sr., Albia; Alex Beard, Sr., Albia; Kameryn Etherington, Sr., Algona; Ellie Tallman, Sr., Anamosa; Anna Wohlers, Jr., Davenport Assumption; Olivia Engler, Jr., Atlantic; Alyse Harvey, Jr., Benton Community; Brooke Zylstra, Sr., Boyden Hull-Rock Valley; Tarah Wehde, Sr., Camanche; Claire Mathews, Jr., Centerville; Sara Keeler, Sr., Creston; Laken Lienhard, Sr., Crestwood; Ellie Jacobson, Sr., Humboldt; Kendal Clark, Jr., Humboldt; Carlie Thompson, Sr., Humboldt; Jenna Sprague, Soph., Mount Vernon; Hannah Foster, Jr., North Polk; Lauren Summers, Fr., West Burlington; Haylee Lehman, Sr., West Liberty; Austyn Crees, Sr., West Liberty; Peyton Driscoll, Fr., Williamsburg; Jill Holub, Sr., Williamsburg

Coach of the year – Adam Berte, Williamsburg

Second team – Grace Lubben, Jr., Anamosa; Lauren Loken, Soph., Davenport Assumption; Olivia Wardlow, Jr., Davenport Assumption; Madison Botos, Jr., Atlantic; Kiana Fjeldheim, Sr., Sioux City Heelan; Lizzy Blum, Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley; Emma Bolton, Jr., Clarke; Sara Faber, Sr., Clear Lake; Gracie Hagle, Soph., Creston; Tatum Dunlavy, 8^th, Estherville Lincoln Central; Mady Lange, Sr., Humboldt; Carlin Smith, Soph., MOC-Floyd Valley; Nicole Sullivan, Sr., Mount Vernon; Nadia Telecky, Soph., Mount Vernon; Sydney Anderson, Jr., North Polk; Ellie Owen, Sr., North Polk; Riley Johannes, Fr., PCM-Monroe; Chloe Johnson, Sr., Red Oak; Reagan Faber, Fr., Roland-Story; Hilary Wilson, Fr., Solon; Logan Kelley, 8^th, West Burlington; Aubray Walters, Sr., Williamsburg

Third team – Danica Workman, Jr., Albia; Lillian Etherington, Fr., Algona; Emily Watters, Fr., Anamosa; Kalli Minger, Sr., Anamosa; Emma Townsley, 8^th, Benton Community; Angle Shaw, Fr., Sioux City Heelan; Ysaballa Berja, Jr., Centerville; Kaliegh Friend, Fr., Des Moines Christian; Madysen Wade, Sr., Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont; Emalee Davis, Jr., Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont; Allie Jo Zieser, Sr., Independence; Kenzie Fischels, Sr., Independence; Delanie Niemyer, Sr., MOC-Floyd Valley; Maia Bentley, Soph., Mount Vernon; Addi Vorm, Jr., Nevada; Nichole Gilbert, Sr., Shenandoah; Dana Den Herder, Sr., Sioux Center; Karli Olsen, Sr., Spirit Lake; Sophia Kreutner, Fr., Vinton-Shellsburg; Annika Headington, Jr., Waukon; Reagan Engberg, Soph., West Burlington; Renae Schaper, Sr., West Marshall

Class 2A

First team – Madisyn Kelley, Soph., Central Springs; Kaylea Fessler, Soph., Central Springs; Kylie Doty, Soph., Colfax-Mingo; Alli Boyle, Jr., Earlham; Kodie Hoskey, Sr., East Marshall; Jenna Jensen, Sr., Jesup; Hailey Sanders, Sr., Louisa-Muscatine; Kylee Sanders, Jr., Louisa-Muscatine; Sam Stewart, Sr, Mount Ayr; Alexis Ehlers, Jr., Northeast; Abby Flanagan, Sr., North Linn; Grace Flanagan, Sr., North Linn; Hannah Bridgewater, Sr., North Linn; Hope Steinberger, Sr,. North Union; Denali Loecker, Sr., Ogden; Meredith Adreon, Sr., Ogden; Chloe Morgan; Sr., Pella Christian; Josie Sowers, Jr., Pleasantville; Chelsey Huff, Jr., Van Buren; Nicki Henson, Jr., West Branch; Lexi Landers, Sr., West Monona; Chloe Wells, Jr., Wilton

Coach of the year – Mike Moses, Ogden

Second team – Sydney Cook, Jr., Alburnett; Keeley Schmitt, Jr., Dyersville Beckman; Caylee Cunningham, Fr., Colfax-Mingo; Allie Poston, Sr., Durant; Molly Schany, Sr., Emmetsburg; Kristan Sadler, Sr., Jesup; Alexis Larson, Soph., Jesup; McKenna Hohenadel, Soph., Louisa-Muscatine; Bree Mangelsen, Sr., Northeast; Sam Nielsen, Soph., North Union; Jenna Palmer, Sr., Ogden; Emri Agre, Fr., Pella Christian; Annie Gahan, Jr., Regina; Taryn Hintz, Sr., South O’Brien; Alyssa Kellar, Jr., Treynor; Ella Pierce, Jr., Underwood; Lexi Jirak, Sr., Van Buren; Macy Blomgren, Fr., Van Meter; Tori Wynja, Sr., Western Christian; Kennedy Kramer, Jr., West Lyon; Megan Nichols, Sr., West Monona; Erika McKenney, Sr., West Sioux.

Third team – Alivia Schultz, Jr., Waterloo Columbus; Taylor Kvale, Soph., Dike-New Hartford; Grace Porter, Soph., Earlham; Madeline Janssen, Jr., Earlham; Mary Bontrager, Sr., East Sac County; Alyssa Fischer, Jr., Hinton; Haley Williams, Sr., Lawton-Bronson; Bella Johnson, Jr., Lawton-Bronson; Alexa Anderson, Sr., Mount Ayr; Madison Kluever, 8^th, Northeast; Neveah Hildebrandt, Jr., Northeast; Kaitlyn Sommerfelt, Jr., North Linn; Hannah Dutcher, Sr., Ogden; Leah Grimm, Fr., Osage; Cheyanne Collins, Sr., Pella Christian; Amber McKinney, Jr., Pleasantville; Emma Cohs, Soph., Ridge View; Hailey Rosonke, 8^th, South Hardin; Molly Blomgren, Jr., Van Meter; Hayley Knoblock, Jr., West Lyon; Mallory McCall, Jr,. West Monona; Payton Schwiesow, Sr., West Sioux

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