Hillsdale County hoops athletes earn more than 50 all-league honors

HILLSDALE COUNTY — Winter sports awards brought a new batch of awarded student-athletes across the five athletic conferences that Hillsdale County (ISD) schools compete in. More: Vote for the top returning 2026 Hillsdale County softball athlete In total, there were 56 athletes who earned all-conference honors as varsity basketball players during the 2025-26 season. In addition, several athletes earned conference dream team honors, including junior point guard Caleb Blonde, who was named the Cascades Conference boys basketball Co-Player of the Year.

Amongst other honorees, Jack Huffman of Hillsdale Academy was named the SCAA-East all-league captain and a member of the conference dream team with teammate Dawson Scharer and Seth Williams of Waldron. Junior Lucy Cote of Hillsdale Academy was named to the SCAA conference dream team along with Litchfield senior Abby Bills. Hillsdale Academy coaches Jenn Clark and Dustin Scharer both earned SCAA East Coach of the Year honors.

Check out the list of reported conference honorees below and make sure to check out the online voting poll for Hillsdale Daily News basketball MVP honors this weekend at hillsdale. net. Big 8 Conference Reading Boys Brayden Wright - Honorable Mention Reading Girls Bria Wiler - First Team Cascades Conference Jonesville Boys Caleb Blonde - Conference Dream Team (Conference Co-Player of the Year) Reece Rundquist - Second Team Kaleb Males - Honorable Mention Jonesville Girls Megan Lee - Second Team Bryn Rusk - Honorable Mention Brynleigh Griffiths - Honorable Mention Kira VanKampen - Honorable Mention Crossroads Athletic Conference Will Carleton Academy Boys Harrison Sands - First Team David Maier - Second Team Jeremiah Gadelkarim - Honorable Mention Will Carleton Academy Girls Madison Recob - First Team Josie Moore - First Team Grace Williams - First Team (CAC Tourney MVP) LCAA Hillsdale Boys Brookes Beckman - First Team Hillsdale Girls Sydney Hartzler - Honorable Mention SCAA-East Boys First Team Jack Huffman (Captain) - Hillsdale Academy (Conference Dream Team) Seth Williams - Waldron (Conference Dream Team) Dawson Scharer - Hillsdale Academy (Conference Dream Team) Connor Hill - Hillsdale Academy Troy Shamplo - Waldron Braxton Gary - Camden-Frontier Coach of the Year - Dustin Scharer (Hillsdale Academy) Second Team Caleb Bills - Litchfield Jake Drawe - Pittsford Gavin Gutting - Litchfield Gabe Stiver - Waldron Logan Knirk - Hillsdale Academy Luis Castro-Thilo - Camden-Frontier Honorable Mention Matthew Draheim - Camden-Frontier Dominic Kurtz - Camden-Frontier Lincoln Knirk - Hillsdale Academy Will Bissot - Hillsdale Academy Connor Kerr - Litchfield Hunter Peiffer - Pittsford Mondale Knepfler - Pittsford Jayden Justice - Waldron Silas Williams - Waldron SCAA-East Girls First Team Lucy Cote - Hillsdale Academy (Conference Dream Team) Abby Bills - Litchfield (Conference Dream Team) Darby Horsfall - Hillsdale Academy Zoe Plemmons - Hillsdale Academy Coach of the Year - Jenn Clark (Hillsdale Academy) Second Team Alexis Bryner - Pittsford Anna Bissot - Hillsdale Academy Liz Creger - Hillsdale Academy Lydia Little - North Adams-Jerome Zailey Conroy - Camden-Frontier Honorable Mention Avery Robinson - Camden-Frontier Riley Clark - Camden-Frontier Anne Gray - Hillsdale Academy Bri Campbell - Litchfield Flore LeNechet - Litchfield Laura LeMar - Pittsford Tania Williams - Pittsford Avery Miller - North Adams-Jerome Maddie Horn - North Adams-Jerome This article originally appeared on Hillsdale Daily News: Hillsdale County coaches and athletes earn all-league awards