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There was no shortage of postseason awards handed out to the Wapello boys’ basketball team, as they recently had six players receive All-Conference honors by the Southeast Iowa Super Conference.

Maddox Griffin had a monstrous junior campaign and cashed in with a Co-Player of the Year selection in the North Division along with Pekin’s Brady Millikin. Griffin led many statistical categories in the league including points per game with 17.6, 163 total assists, 84 steals, and 71 made free throws. The 6’3’’ guard made 56% of his field goals, was a 72% foul shooter, and brought in 7.1 rebounds a night. Caden Thomas was also selected to the first team. No one in the division was more efficient, as the 6’5’’ senior made 65% of his shots to rank first and his 18 blocks was fifth. Thomas recorded 11.5 points and 6.4 boards a contest.

Trenton Murray and Rhett Smith were named to the second team. Murray tallied 13.7 points per game and managed 39 total steals. Smith led the team in rebounding with 7.3 a night and added 6.1 points while shooting at a 50% clip. Tade Parsons and Hector Zepeda were named honorable mention. Parsons managed 52 assists and 43 steals while Zepeda dished out 10 assists.

Additionally, head coach Ken Spielbauer was named Co-Coach of the Year in the league along with Pekin’s John Swanson.

The Indians finished the season tied a top of the division with a 12-1 league mark and 16-4 overall.

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