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SportsApril 1, 2005

First team KELLY ESSNER, 5-8, SR., KELLY Essner led the Hawks to 24 wins and a district title in her senior season. A four-year starter, Essner averaged 20 points a game to lead Kelly in scoring. Lauren Lueders, 5-8, jr., Saxony Lutheran Playing for Saxony's boys basketball team, she is considered a Division I recruit. Lueders top performance was a 22-point outing in a first-round district tournament win against Marquand...

First team

KELLY ESSNER, 5-8, SR., KELLY

Essner led the Hawks to 24 wins and a district title in her senior season. A four-year starter, Essner averaged 20 points a game to lead Kelly in scoring.

Lauren Lueders, 5-8, jr., Saxony Lutheran

Playing for Saxony's boys basketball team, she is considered a Division I recruit. Lueders top performance was a 22-point outing in a first-round district tournament win against Marquand.

Krista Miesner, 5-7, jr., Perryville

Miesner averaged 15.8 points a game and shot 80 percent from the free throw line. The Pirates fell to Dexter in the Class 4 District 1 final after upsetting state-ranked Fredericktown in the district semifinal.

Amber Hacker, 5-2, jr., Perryville

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Hacker averaged 14.7 points and teamed with Miesner to make one of the top one-two punches in the area. Hacker averaged four assists and was a 3-point shooting threat.

Bobbie Jones, 5-10, jr., Jackson

Jones was the top player for a Jackson that which won 22 games, including three tournaments before Christmas. Jones provided steady scoring for a young team that started the season 11-0 and eventually fell to Farmington in the district tournament.

Second team

KRISTAIN BURGER, SO., NOTRE DAME

SHEA SMITH, SO., DELTA

BRITTNEY PEET, SO., SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL

SIERRA PAULUS, SR., ST. VINCENT

JANET PENROD, SR., SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL

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