West Central basketball voted Argus Leader boys Team of the Year

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The West Central basketball team was voted by readers as the Argus Leader’s 2025-26 boys team of the year.

The Trojans received 77.57% of the vote. Sioux Falls Lincoln’s soccer team finished second, Sioux Falls Lincoln’s track and field team came in third, Brandon Valley’s baseball team came in fourth and Brandon Valley’s football team finished fifth.

West Central is a program that’s been on the rise recently, and turned that into a perfect 25-0 season culminating with a Class A state championship in 2025-26. West Central beat defending champion Sioux Falls Christian twice, once in the regular season and again in the state title game.

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Dave Hollenbeck, a longtime head coach at St. Thomas More, moved across the state and led the Trojans to their first state championship in 25 years in his first season.

West Central leaned on a three-headed monster of senior Will Kuhl and juniors Conor Mebius and Hayden Heier. The 6-foot-10 Kuhl averaged 15.8 points and 6.9 rebounds, Mebius went for 18.4 points and 5.0 assists per game and Heier scored 10.0 points per night.

This article originally appeared on Sioux Falls Argus Leader: West Central basketball voted Argus Leader boys Team of the Year