Ballplayers honored

By Brenda Erdahl

Sports Editor

The Maple Lake High School boys basketball team celebrated its season with an awards ceremony recently. Five players received individual awards. Bowen Walton, a sophomore, was named Offensive Player of the Year and he won the IRISH Award. Senior foreign exchange student Pablo Manzanedo was voted Defensive Player of the Year; Senior Nick Lind was named Practice Player of the Year; Senior Gus Riviere was named Most Improved and Sophomore Ethan Paumen won the Hardest Worker Award. Manzanedo also earned All-Conference 2nd Team and was the Central Minnesota Conference Player of the Week. Lind, Paumen and Walton were All-Conference Academic CMC.