The Lincoln Journal Star released its all state basketball selections Sunday for the 2023/2024 season. Dayle Haake of Sandhills/Thedford was a first team Class D2 girls all state selection by the publication. The 5′ 10″ senior had a fabulous season averaging a double double with 17 points and 11.1 rebounds per game. Haake helped lead Sandhills/Thedford to a district championship and a state tournament appearance this season. Broken Bow’s MaKinley Tobey was a Class C1 girls second team all state selection. Tobey led Broken Bow in scoring this season averaging 18 points per game. Tobey helped lead the Lady Indians to a district title and their third state tournament appearance in the last four years. Luke Bailey of Ansley/Litchfield was a Class D1 boys second team all state selection. Bailey helped lead the Spartans to a district championship this season and a state tournament appearance. Bailey averaged 18.3 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. Jace Rosentreader of SEM was a Class D2 boys second team all state selection. Rosentreader averaged 16.4 points and 4.7 rebounds per game leading SEM to a district title and a state tournament appearance.
Receiving honorable mention from the KCNI/KBBN coverage area were
GIRLS
Broken Bow: Halle McCaslin, Gaby Staples, Janae Marten, Izabelle Tibbs
Gothenburg: Aubrey O’Hare
Arcadia-Loup City: Eva Jaixen
South Loup: Bryn Schwarz
Burwell: Kaitlyn Simpson
S-E-M: Mikah O’Neill, Taryn Arbuthnot, Jaycelyn Hoos
Twin Loup: Madison Glidden
Anselmo-Merna: Makenna Miller, Rhianen Myers, Riley Marsh, Shayleigh Coleman
Mullen: Hayley Donohoe
Sandhills-Thedford: Jaylen Dimmit, Laney Dahlberg
BOYS
Broken Bow: Braxtton Johnson, Dominic Nowak, Gavin Carrizales
Cozad: Noah Shoemaker, Monty Brooks-Follmer, Olliver Davis
Gothenburg: Kooper Koehn, Trey Stevens
Ansley-Litchfield: Ryan Bailey, Zach Loy
Burwell: Wryder Svoboda
Sandhills Valley: Leyton Connell, Kyle Kramer
South Loup: Trey Connell, Cache Gracey
Anselmo-Merna: Quinten Myers, Colin Cooksley
Mullen: Kyle Finney
Sandhills/Thedford: Kyle Cox, Brady Dahlberg
S-E-M: Cohen Rohde
