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Washburn Rural earned nine of 11 spots on the 2026 All-City boys swimming and diving team, led by Class 6A state champion Daniel Allen, after the Junior Blues capturned their seventh straight city team championship.

The 2026 All-City boys swimming first team -- Front, from left: Alexander Jeffries, Washburn Rural; Davin Potts, Washburn Rural; Braeden Montgomery, Washburn Rural; Benjamin Allen, Washburn Rural; Andres Morao-Jaspe, Washburn Rural. Back, from left: Kinser Barbosa, Seaman; Daniel Allen, Washburn Rural; Thomas Appuhn, Washburn Rural; Zain Chaudhry, Washburn Rural; Castle Wallace, Washburn Rural; Will Stewart, Topeka High. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

The 2026 All-City boys swimming and diving second team -- Front row, from left: Quenten Jessop, Washburn Rural; Henry Sterling, Cair Paravel/Hayden; William Toland, Topeka High; Wyatt Ratteree, Topeka High; Jackson Wills, Topeka High; Owen Gann, Shawnee Heights. Back row, from left: Patrick Luke, Hayden; Joseph Jensen, Washburn Rural; Miller Reid, Hayden; Camp LeDuc, Seaman; Theron Carlson, Seaman. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]  

Allen capped his junior season with the state title in the 100-yard butterfly while also placing third in the 100 backstroke and swimming on the Junior Blues' fourth-place 200 medley relay and seventh-place 200 free relay.

Sophomore Thomas Appuhn also earned four medals in the state meet, posting fourth-place finishes in the 200 individual medley and the 100 backstroke and swimming on Rural's fourth-place 200 medley relay and seventh-place 200 free relay.

Junior Andres Morao-Jaspe and sophomore Castle Wallace also earned 6A state medals as Washburn Rural placed sixth as team and are joined on the All-City team by Benjamin Allen, Zain Chaudhry, Alexander Jeffries, Braeden Montgomery and Davin Potts. 

Appuhn, Morao-Jaspe and Wallace are all first-team All-City repeat honorees while D. Allen made the team as a freshman before sitting out his sophomore high school season.

Seaman's Kinser Barbosa and Topeka High's Will Stewart are also repeat first-team All-City selections.

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Jack Donovan

JACK DONOVAN, Rossville

A senior boys basketball player, Donovan scored 47 points on Friday as Rossville opened postseason with a 90-28 Class 2A sub-state home quarterfinal victory over McLouth. A returning All-Shawnee County pick, Donovan hit 17 of 28 shots on the night with nine 3-pointers while also going 4 of 4 at the free throw line and topping the 40-point mark for the second time this season.

Brecken Garrett

BRECKEN GARRETT, Washburn Rural

Garrett, a junior boys bowler, shot a 739 three-game series last Wednesday in a Class 6A regional tournament at Royal Crest Lanes in Lawrence to capture the individual championship and lead the Junior Blues to the team title by a 3,614-3,341 margin over Mill Valley. Garrett bowled games of 216, 258 and 265. 

Cianna Graves 

CIANNA GRAVES, Shawnee Heights

A senior 155-pound girls wrestler, Graves captured her first Class 5A individual state championship Saturday in Park City, capping a 35-2 season with a second-period pin in the title match while helping lead the T-Birds to a third-place team finish for the second straight season. Graves finished her high school career as a four-time state medalist. 

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Hayden senior 190-pound wrestling star Jude Krentz capped his high school career with a runnerup Class 4A state finish Saturday at the Tony's Pizza Events Center in Salina.

A two-time state medalist, Hayden senior Jude Krentz posted a runnerup Class 4A state finish at 190 pounds Saturday in Salina. [Photo by Jesse Bruner/Special to TSN]

Krentz, fourth in the state tournament as a junior, advanced to his first state championship match before dropping a 9-1 major decision to Columbus junior Mason O'Banion to finish a 40-4 season. O'Banion improved to 44-2 on the year.

Hayden junior Caleb Menke posted a fourth-place Class 4A state finish at 175 pounds Saturday in Salina. [Photo by Jesse Bruner/Special to TSN]

Wildcat junior Caleb Menke also earned a state medal, finishing fourth at 175 pounds.

Menke (41-5) dropped a 6-2 decision to Labette County junior Aaron Wyrick (43-6) in the third-place match.

Krentz and Menke helped Hayden finish 13th in 4A with 40 points while Tonganoxie won the state team title with 152 points.

Rossville sophomore Nora Mitchell (left) finished second at 105 pounds in Saturday's Class 3A-1A state meet at Hays. [Photo by Rick Peterson Jr./KSHSAA Covered]

Rossville's Nora Mitchell second in 3A-1A

Rossville sophomore Nora Mitchell finished second in the Class 3A-1A 105-pound division Saturday at Hays, finishing off a 37-12 season.

Mitchell dropped an 8-3 decision to Wichita County senior Jentri Porter, who completed a perfect 34-0 season.

Bulldawg junior Madelyn Wonnell captured her second straight state medal, finishing third at 145 pounds.

Wonnell (38-6) pinned Osage City sophomore KayLynn Nicholson (32-7) at the 3:19 mark of the second period.

Silver Lake had four state medalists, with Eagle junior Kamiryn Clark (27-11) finishing fourth at 100 pounds, freshman Ally Burgos (29-16) fifth at 140 pounds, senior MaKayla Connor (33-8) fifth at 155 and junior Riley Mohler (27-11) sixth at 125 pounds.

Silver Lake finished fifth as a team with 67 points while Rossville placed 10th with 45.4 points.

Russell won the state team championship with 156 points.

Silver Lake senior Paxton Willett (top) finished second at 190 pounds in Saturday's Class 3A-1A state meet at Hays. [Photo by Rick Peterson Jr./KSHSAA Covered]

Eagles' Paxton Willett earns runnerup finish in 3A-1A    

Silver Lake senior Paxton Willett advanced to the Class 3A-1A boys state championship match at 190 pounds Saturday in Hays, posting a second-place finish.

Willett, who posted a 41-11 record on the season, dropped a heartbreaking 9-8 decision to Atchison County junior Elijah Webb (40-8) in the state final.

Silver Lake had three other wrestlers earn state medals, with senior 120-pounder Bryce Cormier (33-10) posting a third-place finish while junior 175-pounder Kayden Clelland (35-8) and sophomore 285-pounder Carter Spreer both placed fifth. 

Silver Lake finished ninth with 73.5 points.