Fox Valley Lutheran’s Loberger repeats as North Eastern Conference Boys Basketball Player of the Year
By Paul Lecker
AppletonSportsPage.com
Fox Valley Lutheran seniors Adam Loberger and Sam Ferge were among the seven first-team selections on the 2023-24 All-North Eastern Conference Boys Basketball Team, as voted on by the 10 conference coaches following the season.
Loberger was named the conference Player of the Year for the second season in a row as he scored 22.5 points and hauled down 8.3 rebounds per game, with a team-best 63 3-pointers for FVL, which won its third-straight NEC championship.
Ferge averaged 18.6 points, 5 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game for the Foxes.
Joining the FVL duo on the first team were Freedom junior Donavan Davis and senior Ashton Peterson, Waupaca senior Riley Bechard, Clintonville senior Jack Yaeger and Marinette senior Sam Sommerfeldt.
Loberger, Ferge and Peterson were repeat first-team performers.
Fox Valley Lutheran senior Liam Heiges as among the honorable mention selections. Heiges averaged 8.8 points and 4.3 rebounds per game for the Foxes.
2023-24 All-North Eastern Conference Boys Basketball
First team: Adam Loberger, sr., Fox Valley Lutheran; Sam Ferge, sr., Fox Valley Lutheran; Donavan Davis, fr., Freedom; Riley Bechard, sr., Waupaca; Jack Yaeger, sr., Clintonville; Ashton Peterson, sr., Freedom; Sam Sommerfeldt, sr., Marinette.
Second team: Sam Wegener, jr., Clintonville; Henry Mouw, sr., Waupaca; Drew Kortz, jr., Freedom; Grant Hermus, sr., Little Chute; Jack Dewar, jr., Denmark; Ethan Cyra, jr., Wrightstown.
Honorable mention: Kade Rosenow, sr., Clintonville; Aaron Wolff, jr., Waupaca; Aiden Humphreys, jr., Wrightstown; Alex Haines, sr., Oconto Falls; Cooper Effa, so., Little Chute; Drake Derricks, sr., Denmark; Jonathan Scherschel, sr., Clintonville; Grant Lamers, sr., Wrightstown; Jameson Beaman, so., Oconto Falls; Aiden Van Zeeland, sr., Wrightstown; Braeden Schley, sr., Luxemburg-Casco; Lance Cherovsky, sr., Luxemburg-Casco; Brady Bursa, so., Oconto Falls; Liam Heiges, sr., Fox Valley Lutheran.
Player of the Year: Adam Loberger, Fox Valley Lutheran.