Athletics aren't the only thing Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High students take seriously.

Seven juniors and seniors were honored on March 21 during the War Eagle Conference Academic Banquet. This distinction is reserved for the Top 5 percent of students in the junior and senior classes.

Also acknowledged for academic excellence at the event were H-M-S sophomores Gracie Knobloch and Eliza Tewes and freshmen Natalie Daggett and Payton Diehm. The banquet was held in Hull at Trinity Christian High School. Included below are each H-M-S student's profiles.

Senior Kooper Ebel, of Hartley, is the son of Ko...