Ryan Murken

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The prep basketball careers of Holden Arnaman and Jake Benzing share several similarities.

Both players posted breakthrough junior seasons a year ago before emerging as one of the top players in their respective classes this season.

Now Benzing and Arnaman are both all-staters.

Arnaman and Benzing each earned all-state honors for the first time on Tuesday landing on the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association when the organization released its postseason honors.

Benzing earned second-team honors in Class 3A after helping Solon to a 18-6 record and a spot in the district title game.

The 6-foot-3 Benzing averaged a career-high 17.7 points and 5.7 rebounds per game while shooting 52 percent from the floor and 84 percent from the free throw line.

Arnaman continued to emerge as one of the best players in Class 2A this season and earned second-team all-state honors after leading West Branch to a 12-11 record.

The 6-foot-2 point guard led the Bears in scoring at 22.5 points per game, shooting 48 percent from the field including 43 percent from 3-point range.

Arnaman also averaged 5.7 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game.

Waukee Northwest senior Pryce Sandfort was named 2023 Mr. Iowa Basketball after averaging 25.2 points and 11 rebounds per game while helping Waukee Northwest to the 4A state title game.

Iowa Print Sports Writers Association All-State Boys Basketball

Class 4A

First team – Pryce Sandford, Sr., Waukee Northwest; Omaha Billiew, Sr., Waukee; Redek Born, Jr., Norwalk; Cade Kelderman, Sr., Waukee Northwest; Colby Dolphin, Sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Kenzie Reed, Sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Luke Winkel, Jr., Ankeny Centennial; Drew Kingery, Sr., Indianola

Second team – Dallas Bear, Sr., Cedar Falls; Vance Peiffer, Sr., Waukee; Preston Dobbs, Sr., Sioux City East; Curtis Stinson, Soph., West Des Moines Valley; Carson Johnson, Jr., Ankeny; Keishaun Pendleton, Sr., Waterloo West; Caden Wilkins, Jr., Bettendorf; Traijan Sain, Sr., Cedar Rapids Washington

Third team – Conor Borbeck, Sr., Pleasant Valley; Kewone Jones, Sr., Waterloo East; Jacob Williams, Jr., Dubuque Senior; Merquiche Lewis Jr., Sr., Burlington; Sam Tornabane, Sr., Johnston; Brayden Drea, Sr., Indianola; Lucas Lueth, Sr., Ames; Davis Kern, Soph., Linn-Mar

Class 3A

First team – Colby Collison, Sr., Bondurant-Farrar; Brayson Laube, Sr., Marion; Chase Henderson, Sr., Des Moines Hoover; Derek Weisskopf, Jr., Williamsburg; Matt Noll, Jr., Sioux City Heelan; Aidan Yamilkoski, Sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Joe Bean, Jr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Jaxson Fried, Sr., Bondurant-Farrar

Second team – Cole Plowman, Sr., Newton; Benjamin Beckman, Jr., Decorah; Jesse Van Kalsbeek, Jr., MOC-Floyd Valley; Payton Hagans, Jr., Mount Pleasant; Travaughn Luyobya, Sr., Clear Lake; Elijah Vos, Sr., Des Moines Hoover; Reggie Postal, Jr., North Polk; Jake Benzing, Jr., Solon

Third team – Ben Helmers, Soph., Algona; Carson Seuntjens, Sr., Denison-Schleswig; Carter Kuehl, Sr., Sioux City Heelan; Alex Mota, Sr., Marion; Max Weaton, Sr., Fairfield; Cole Marsh, Jr., Waverly-Shell Rock; Brady Bauer, Sr., Newton; Reed Pfaltzgraff, Jr., Bondurant-Farrar

Class 2A

First team – Padraig Gallagher, Sr., Dyersville Beckman; Caden Kirkman, Sr., Wilton; Zach Lutmer, Sr., Central Lyon; Owen Larson, Jr., Estherville-Lincoln Central; Jacob Hargans, Sr., Sioux Central; Preston Ries, Jr., Monticello; Jonoven Wilkinson, Jr., Roland-Story; Garrett Hempen, Sr., Aplington-Parkersburg

Second team – Holden Arnaman, Jr., West Branch; Tate Petersen, Sr., Monticello; Kaden Van Regenmorter, Soph., Western Christian; Andrew Austin, Sr., Central Lyon; Drew Chance, Sr., Albia; Gavin Thomas, Sr., Aplington-Parkersburg; Zach Driscoll, Soph., MFL Mar Mac; Reece Vander Zee, Jr., Central Lyon

Third team – Camden Davis, Jr., Hudson; Devan Van Whye, Sr., West Lyon; Jack Miller, Jr., Jesup; Carter Boettcher, Sr., Sioux Central; Zane Witt, Sr., Camanche; Landon Craven, Jr., Des Moines Christian; Brooks Moore, Jr., Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont; Kyle Sternberg, Sr., AHSTW

Class 1A

First team – Josh Sanderson, Sr., Grand View Christian; Blaise Porter, Sr., New London; Preston Gillespie, Sr., Dunkerton; William Kiburis, Sr., Gladbrook-Reinbeck; Carter Sievers, Sr., Newell-Fonda; Tate Haughenbury, Sr., North Linn; Casey Gardner, Sr., Dunkerton; Sage Evans, Sr., West Harrison

Second team – Doug Taylor, Sr., Mason City Newman; Keaton Bonderson, Sr., LeMars Gehlen; Jaxson Bunkers, Sr., Remsen St. Mary’s; Mason Harter, Sr., Wapsie Valley; Ty Pflughaupt, Sr., North Linn; Toryn Severson, Soph., Madrid; Jaixen Frost, Sr., Mount Ayr; Koleson Evans, Sr., West Harrison

Third team – Lance Behrends, Sr., H-M-S; Collin Homan, Soph., Remsen St. Mary’s; Avery Holtz, Sr., Maquoketa Valley; Carson Scroggins, Sr., Baxter; Masin Shearer, Sr., Montezuma; Jensen Wedeking, Sr., Bellevue; Nash Smith, Sr., North Mahaska; Mason King, Sr., West Harrison

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