Randolph athletes receive postseason recognition

RANDOLPH - The Randolph Cardinal and Lady Cardinal basketball teams placed four athletes on the Lewis & Clark All-Conference and All-Conference honorable mention lists as voted on by the league coaches.

Logan Lienemann was named to the L&C All-Conference second team with teammates, Luke Harder and Adrian Samano tabbed on the honorable mention list.

Lady CardinalnAbbey Backer was named honorable mention on the girls’ team.

Lienemann was the leading scorer for the Cards and averaged more than 15 points per game for Coach Cory Simpson and the Cardinals.

He also grabbed about four rebounds, three assists, and 1.5 steals each time he took the court.

Harder was the leading rebounder on the team including a season-high 12 in a game against Walthill. He also scored 10 points in that contest to record a double-double.

Samano did a lot of the dirty work inside and managed a couple of double-doubles over the course of the year.

He had 10 points and 10 rebounds against Homer and 16 points and 10 rebounds against Walthill.

Backer was just a freshman and showed a lot of potential for the young Lady Cards.

She averaged about five points per game and nearly two steals per contest.

2024-25 Lewis & Clark All-Conference Boys Basketball Teams First Team: Kellen Medina (12) Winnebago; Matthew Schindler (10) Wausa; Taylor Nilson (12) Creighton; Kotner Koch (11) Wynot; Beau Eisenhauer (11) Bloomfield.

Second Team: Ivan Lyons (11) Walthill; Andrew Haberman (12) Wynot; Logan Lienemann (11) Randolph; Ben Jorgensen (12) Tri County Northeast; Mac Carlson (10) Wausa.

Third Team: Preston Schlote (11) Wausa; Rahkim Free-Bass (10) Winnebago; Devin Brummer (11) Wynot; Ethan Kuhl (11) Creighton; Ben Dodge (12) Bloomfield.

Honorable Mention: Homer - Junius Snowball, Ben Roost; Winnebago - Lavelle Smith, Adrain LaPointe; Randolph - Luke Harder, Adrian Samano; Winside - Caleb Offner; Tri County Northeast - Thatcher Lamp; Wynot - Killian Steinhaus, Justin Heimes; Walthill - Koda Tyndall, Katen Robinson, Markale Harlan; Wausa - Brady Bloomquist.

2024-25 Lewis & Clark All-Conference Girls Teams First Team: Alexandra Albrecht (12) Homer; Madyson Mlady (09) Bloomfield; Kenna Oligmueller (11) Wynot; Lily Harris (11) Homer; Taylor Dawson (11) Wausa.

Second Team: Jolon Blackbird (10) Winnebago; Sophia Gansebom (12) Osmond; Rylie Harris (12) Homer; Briley Anderson (10) Tri County Northeast; Daynee Harlan (12) Winnebago.

Third Team: Tori Walker (12) Homer; Jaylin Geisen (11) Wynot; Tangela Randol (12) Walthill; Khirstin Wolfe (10) Walthill; Olivia Barta (12) Wausa.

Honorable Mention: Homer - Janessa Overgaard; Wausa - Reagan Gillian, Kenley Anderson; Tri County Northeast - Joslyn Mackling; Bloomfield - Haley Eisenhauer, Kora Poppe; Osmond - Korrine Moes, Keli Aschoff; Wynot - Haley Wieseler, Addison Sharpe; Randolph - Abbey Backer; Winside - Hadleigh Schutt, Bridget Marotz, Elli Topp, Sam Gubbels; Creighton - Brooke Fanta, Jordyn Ebel, Claire Meyer, Alyana Jueden.