QND’s Schreacke, Southeastern’s Stephens named to News-Gazette all-state hoops teams

QUINCY — Abbey Schreacke and Danny Stephens each received one final prep basketball honor to add to each of their illustrious careers.

The Champaign News-Gazette tabbed them both as first-team all-staters.

Quincy Notre Dame’s Schreacke and Southeastern’s Stephens — both are bound for Mizzou — were named respectively to the News-Gazette’s 46th all-state girls basketball team and 91st all-state boys basketball team.

Schreacke, the 6-foot senior guard, is a two-time News-Gazette first-team all-stater who averaged 21.5 points. 10.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists while shooting 56.3 percent from the field, 53.2 percent from 3-point range and 80.9 percent from the free-throw line.

Brown County’s Katey Flynn was part of the News-Gazette’s Special Mention 50 after leading the Hornets to a school-record 31 victories. She averaged 18.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 3.4 steals, and will graduate as the second all-time scorer in school history.

Unity’s Ashlynn Arnsman, QND’s Blair Eftink and Central-Southeastern’s Lauren Miller were named to the Honorable Mention 100.

Stephens, the 6-foot-7 senior forward, averaged 29.0 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 2.1 steals and 1.1 blocks despite suffering an injury against Steelville in the KHQA/American Family Insurance Superfan Shootout on Feb. 4 that cost him the final five games of his career.

Quincy University signee Jake Hamilton, a Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin product, was named to the Special Mention 50, while Camp Point Central’s Isaac Genenbacher was named to the Honorable Mention 100.