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2026 Boys Class Awards: Spirit of Su, Spirit of Six & All-Tournament Team players

2026 Boys Class Awards: Spirit of Su, Spirit of Six & All-Tournament Team players

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Here are all the awards given out this past weekend at all the Boys State Basketball Tournaments including Spirit of Su, Spirit of Six and the All-Tournament team for the 2026 Girls Class AA, A & B State Tournaments.

Class AA

Spirit of Su: Lincoln’s Sam DeGroot

Spirit of Six: Harrisburg 

All-Tournament Team

Huron: Myles Ellwein, Blake Ellwein

Lincoln: Brody Schafer, Sam DeGroot

O’Gorman: Mason Clark

Tea Area: Gavin Shawd

Brandon Valley: Austin Dowd

Watertown: Carter Buisker, Jackson McClemans

Harrisburg: Stellen Larson

Roosevelt: Memphis Bylander, Deondre Painter

 

Class A

Spirit of Su: Hamlin’s Jackson Wadsworth

Spirit of Six: Hamlin

All-Tournament Team

West Central: Will Kuhl, Connor Mebius

Sioux Falls Christian: Brant Wassenaar, Canyon Prins

Stanley County: Paxton Deal

Groton: Karson Zak

Cheyenne-Eagle Butte: Damien Clown

St. Thomas More: Wyatt Gylten

Hamlin: Jackson Wadsworth, Boden Stevenson

Clark/Willow Lake: Chris Bevers, Sullivan Felberg

 

Class B

Spirit of Su: Sully Buttes’ Wesley Wittler 

Spirit of Six: Freeman 

All-Tournament Team 

Freeman: David Walter, Tate Sorensen, Luke Peters

Castlewood: Kamden Keszler, Will Aderhold

Sully Buttes: Wesley Wittler

Viborg-Hurley: Jake Austin

Aberdeen Christian: Luke Kaiser

De Smet: Grant Wilkinson

Lyman: MJ Diehm

Wall: Teelan Kjerstad, Emmet Dinger

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