The Stanley County Buffaloes will have two members represent them on the Class A All-State teams as junior Eddie Duffy is named to the third team with senior Paxton Deal being named as an honorable mention.
The Buffaloes finished the year at 20-2 heading into the state tournament, making the Class A state tournament for the first time since 1997 and while all members were major contributors to the team’s success, both Duffy and Deal helped lead the team to an incredible season. Duffy had the team leading 20.2 points per game while averaging 6.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game. Deal averaged 16.3 points per game while grabbing 3.8 points per game and 2.9 assists. Both players hit the 1000 career point mark during the 2025-26 season. Joey Fischer, head coach of the Stanley County Buffaloes starts with Duffy saying he’s one of the most special kids he’s been able to coach…
For Deal to get honorable mention, Fischer says he put together a great senior year…
Fischer says these two guys absolutely deserve to be on this list…
For the rest of the Class A All-State team, Brant Wassenaar of Sioux Falls Christian would win the player of the year while Marvin Richard III who broke the state record for points in a game joins him on the first team out of Pine Ridge. Connor Mebius of West Central, Trey Hansen of Vermillion, Jackson Wadsworth of Hamlin and Sully Felberg of Clark/Willow Lake round out the first team All-State. Isaak Hunter of Miller and Damien Clown of Cheyenne-Eagle Butte also were named to the honorable mention for a total of four players from Region 6A to garner All-State accolades.
You can see a full list of the All-State teams below.
Class A
First Team
Brant Wassenaar, Sioux Falls Christian, 6-4, jr., G (22.8 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 5.5 apg)
Marvin Richard III, Pine Ridge, 6-1, sr., G (30.3 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 5.5 apg, 92 steals)
Connor Mebius, West Central, 5-10, jr., G (17.6 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 5.6 apg)
Trey Hansen, Vermillion, 6-4, sr., G (25.9 ppg, 8 rpg, 6.1 apg, 68 steals)
Jackson Wadsworth, Hamlin, 6-3, sr., G (21.2 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 4.4 apg)
Sully Felberg, Clark/Willow Lake, 6-8, so., F (15.6 ppg, 7 rpg, 2.3 apg)
Second Team
Will Kuhl, West Central, 6-10, sr., F-C (15.7 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 1.6 apg)
Wyatt Gylten, St. Thomas More, 6-4, sr., G-F (19.2 ppg, 7 rpg, 4.2 apg)
Ryder Johnson, Groton Area, 6-5, sr., G (16.4 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 2.9 apg)
Riley Casey, Little Wound, 6-1, sr., G (26.8 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 5.8 apg, 75 steals)
Boden Stevenson, Hamlin, 6-5, jr., F (17.2 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 5.1 apg)
Tatum Sorensen, Dakota Valley, 6-2, sr., G (22.5 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 3.6 apg, 60 steals)
Third Team
Eddie Duffy, Stanley County, 6-2, jr., G-F (20.2 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 3.7 apg)
Tate Gerdes, Lennox, 6-3, sr., G (15.5 ppg, 6 rpg, 4 apg)
Aiden Hanssen, Lennox, 6-0, jr., G (17.8 ppg, 6 rpg, 3 apg)
Chris Bevers, Clark-Willow Lake, 6-3, jr., G (14.3 ppg, 6 rpg, 3 apg)
Zane Messick, Hill City, 6-0, sr., G (19 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 3.1 apg, 59 steals)
Cooper Goodbary, Sioux Falls Christian, 6-4, sr., F (12.5 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 2.9 apg)
Honorable Mention
Luke Sheppard, Flandreau, 6-5, sr., F (16.3 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 5.2 apg)
Damien Clown, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte, 6-0, sr., G (15 ppg, 3 rpg, 2 apg)
Carter Craven, Winner, 6-6, jr., F (23.4 ppg, 10.7 rpg, 2.2 apg)
Brady Hiltunen, Sioux Valley, 6-2, jr., G (17 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 3.4 apg)
Levi Elk Nation, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte, 5-11, sr., G (13 ppg, 6 rpg, 5 apg)
Isaak Hunter, Miller, 6-4, sr., F (18.4 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 3 apg)
Paxton Deal, Stanley County, 6-0, sr., G (16.3 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 2.9 apg, 47 steals)
• Player of the Year — Wassenaar.
• Repeat Selections — 2025 (Richard and Wassenaar, first team; Hansen, Gerdes and Mebius, second team; Craven, Johnson, Hunter and Felberg, third team; Goodbary and Kuhl, honorable mention); 2024 (Richard, first team; Hansen, honorable mention).
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