ARMSTRONG, GRAETTINGER - After finishing third and fifth respectively in the Cornbelt Conference following the 2009-10 basketball season, the Armstrong-Ringsted Mustangs and Graettinger/Terril Knights have garnered plenty of attention for their achievments.
The Mustangs sport four All-Conference performers in First Team selection Spencer Clausen, Second Team selections Travis Hantelman and Craig Tigges, as well as Honorable Mention Tyler Tonderum. Also earning postseason recognition is Mustang Head Coach Kurt Fothergill, who was named the Cornbelt Coach of the Year after finishing the season with a 8-2 record in the conference.
Clausen, a junior, was arguably the best all-around threat in the Cornbelt after finshing eighth in scoring at 12.4 points per game, fifth in free throw percentage at 67.8 percent, seventh in rebounding with 7 per game, ninth in assists with 3.14 per game, eighth in blocks per game wth .9 and sixth in steals per game with 2.24.
Hantelman, also a junior, was a force in the paint for the Mustangs, finishing sixth in scoring with 13.3 points per game, sixth in field goal percentage at 52.6 percent, seventh in free throw percentage at 67.4 percent, 27th in rebounds with 4.3 per game and 13th in blocks with .73 per game.
Tigges, a senior, played the majority of the season with an injured wrist incurred during football and still provided a physical presence for A-R, averaging 9.7 points per game and finished eighth with 6.9 rebounds per game, 15th with 2.52 assists per game and 14th in blocks with .71 per game.
Tonderum, also a senior, manned the point guard position for the Mustangs and averaged 7.1 points, 1.93 steals and finished eighth in the conference with 3.36 assists per game.
Graettinger/Terril
Cody Dyhrkopp and Beau Craig were a two-man wrecking crew for the Graettinger/Terril Knights basketball team in 2009-10 and each was named First Team All-Conference for their efforts.
Dyhrkopp was the team's lone senior this year and his leadership was invaluable.
It also didn't hurt that he finished 16th in scoring with 10.3 points per game, third in free throw percentage at 69.7 percent, third in assists per game with 3.47 and led the league in steals with 3.16 per game.
Craig, a junior, was phenominal inside and outside for the Knights, finishing third in the conference with 16.4 points per game, third in free throw percentage at 69.7 percent, sixth in three-point perentage at 36.1 percent, 10th in blocks with .78 per game, 15th in field goal percentage at 44.9 percent and 24th in rebounds with 4.6 per game.
