Door County is the home of the Packerland Conference best player in boys and girls' basketball.
In boys' basketball, Southern Door's Drew Daoust was named the player of the year after leading the conference with 32.1 points per game. He was joined by Oconto's Kadin Baxter, Kewaunee's Thomas Stangel, and NEW Lutheran's Tristian Lynch as unanimous first-team members. Conference champion Southern Door had the most All-Conference honorees with three while several others had two across the first team, second team, and honorable mention squads.
1ST TEAM
NAME SCHOOL YEAR
Kadin Baxter Oconto Senior Unanimous
Drew Daoust Southern Door Sophomore Unanimous
Kaine Fort Peshtigo Senior
Tristian Lynch NEW Lutheran-Providence Senior Unanimous
Elijah Meerstein NEW Lutheran-Providence Senior
Thomas Stangel Kewaunee Junior Unanimous
2ND TEAM
NAME SCHOOL YEAR
Isaak Aune Sturgeon Bay Senior
Mason Doberstein Peshtigo Senior
Jared Hawkey Southern Door Senior
Cal Ihlenfeldt Kewaunee Senior
Carter Koch Oconto Sophomore
Jake Schar Gibraltar Senior
Kaden Vardon Algoma Senior
HONORABLE MENTION
NAME SCHOOL YEAR
Will Friedenfels Gibraltar Senior
Payton Kohnle Kewaunee Senior
Will McMahon Peshtigo Junior
Nick Peterson Sevastopol Senior
Calvin Richard Sturgeon Bay Junior
Taylor Schaefer Southern Door Senior
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
NAME SCHOOL YEAR
Drew Daoust Southern Door Sophomore
For the girls' Sevastopol's Bailey Rikkola highlights the All-Packerland Team as its player of the year. She led the Pioneers to their first regional championship since 1985 while averaging 16.4 points and 3.3 assists per game. Rikkola and Oconto's Addisyn Viestenz were unanimous selections to the All-Packerland first team. Peshtigo led the way with four selections.
1ST TEAM
NAME SCHOOL YEAR
Allianna Dufek Southern Door Senior
Bailey Rikkola Sevastopol Senior Unanimous
Naomi Rikkola Sevastopol Sophomore
Akira Smalls Peshtigo Senior
Addisyn Viestenz Oconto Sophomore Unanimous
Ryley Zimmerman Algoma Junior
2ND TEAM
NAME SCHOOL YEAR
Ingrid Beaumont NEW Lutheran-Providence Sophomore
Ashlyn Delfosse Southern Door Sophomore
Emily Kirchman Algoma Senior
Jadelynn Kroll Kewaunee Freshman
Allison Peters Peshtigo Senior
Andie Schar Gibraltar Sophomore
HONORABLE MENTION
NAME SCHOOL YEAR
Libby Ash Sevastopol Junior
Brianna Demin Kewaunee Sophomore
Payton Gilbertson Southern Door Junior
Lexi Hanrahan Kewaunee Sophomore
Alexandria Meerstein NEW Lutheran-Providence Sophomore
Brooklyn Phillips Peshtigo Senior
Autumn Rass Sturgeon Bay Senior
Amelia Robinson Algoma Senior
Natalie Schlueter Oconto Freshman
Rylie Shallow Oconto Freshman
Sierra Slaby Algoma Sophomore
Hannah Thomson Oconto Sophomore
Jaci Tonn Peshtigo Senior
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
NAME SCHOOL YEAR
Bailey Rikkola Sevastopol Senior