The Lightning boys basketball team held their post season banquet Monday night, March 30th, and there were many accolades to go around.  Each player bought into a "team first" mentality, and as a team they tripled their win total from last year.  The team had big wins against eventual state champion Apple Valley, 3A runner-up St. Paul Johnson, and swept defending state champion Lakeville North.  It was a great season!

Congratulations to unanimous All-Conference players:  Keegan Dickson, Drew Guebert, and Sean Ryan. 

Congratulations also to the All-Conference Honorable Mention players:  Alex Bangh, Jameson Bryan, and Martin Mitchell.

In addition, a nice honor to Coach Goetz as he was selected the 3AAAA coach of the year!

The Roger Thompson trophy award winners were Drew Guebert for top rebounder and Martin Mitchell for best free throw percentage.  Martin also won the 170 Shooting Award (the best sum of field goal percentage, 3-point percentage and free throw percentage).

The Academic Award – given to the senior with the highest GPA – went to Drew Guebert. 

Finally, congratulations to the following player-voted awards:

Unsung Hero – Alex Bangh

Hustle Award – Mason Carpenter

Best Passer – Jameson Bryan & Connor Stevens (tie)

Best Defender – Ronnie  Norton

Most Improved – Keegan Dickson & Alex Bangh (tie)

Lightning Award – Keegan Dickson & Drew Guebert

Captains for 2015-16 year – Connor Stevens, Sean Ryan and Jameson Bryan

A big THANK YOU to the awesome managers, parents, cheerleaders and fan for all their support this season!  And a special shout out to Darren Misiak for creating a fantastic highlight video!  #RiseAsOne