Austin, Blooming Prairie and Hayfield girls’ basketball players earn all-conference honors

Although the Minnesota State High School League winter sports season came to a sudden and saddening end due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was some good news for girls basketball players from Austin, Blooming Prairie and Hayfield.

Austin Packers senior forward, Kyra Walters, senior guard Colie Justice and sophomore guard Hope Dudycha were all named to the Big 9’s All-Conference Team, while Megan Oswald, a junior forward for the Blooming Prairie Awesome Blossoms was named  All Gopher Conference First Team.

Named to the Gopher Conferences’  Second Team was Blossom sophomore guard Bobbi Bruns, as was Rachel Pack, a senior forward with the Hayfield Vikings.  Named to the third team was Awesome Blossom senior forward Julia Worke, and Vikings senior guard Cela Carney, and named to the All Gopher Conference fourth team were Blooming Priarie junior guard Maren Forystek and Hayfield senior center Lila Gronseth.