Washburn Rural's Simon Rowley goes for the bucket.

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Hailey Schmidtlein, Hayden HIgh School, drives down court.

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City Girls Bowling Medalists - 2025.

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Topeka West's Kamoni Ford squares-up for his shot.

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Sophomore guard Jack Bachelor has helped Washburn University achieve a No. 2 national ranking this season.

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Deacon Pomeroy of Shawnee Heights with a double-double vs. DeSoto

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Seaman's Taylie Heston in-action at Class 5A West Regional.

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Topeka High's Jaxon Cowdin dives to his 3rd straight Centennial League title.

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By RICK PETERSON

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KAMERON BADURA, Rossville

A senior, Badura scored 21 points Saturday as Rossville downed Perry-Lecompton 49-41 to cap off its championship run in the Valley Falls Invitational. Badura averaged 17 points in the tournament as the Bulldawgs went 3-0 on the week to improve to 8-3 on the season.

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MASON BECKER, Hayden

Becker, a sophomore, scored 20 points with five 3-pointers on Saturday as the Wildcats won the tournament championship in the Baldwin Invitational with a 63-49 win over the host Bulldogs. Becker helped Hayden cap a 3-0 run in the tournament as the Wildcats improved to 7-5 on the season.

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KAILYN HANNI, Silver Lake

A junior guard, was named the Most Outstanding Player in last week's Burlington Invitational after helping lead Silver Lake to the tournament championship. Hanni scored 22 points in the Eagles' 70-60 win over Labette County in the championship game and scored 64 points in the tournament for the Eagles, No. 3-ranked in Class 3A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association. 

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JUDE KRENTZ, Hayden

Krentz, a junior, won the 175-pound championship in Saturday's Gerald Sadowski Wrestling Tournament at Holton, improving to a perfect 29-0 on the season. Krentz went 4-0 on the day, including a pin in 2 minutes, 30 seconds in the championship match after earlier pins in 1:12, 1:10 and 2:19.  

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JARET SANCHEZ, Shawnee Heights

Sanchez, a senior, scored 55 points in Shawnee Heights' three wins as the T-Birds claimed the tournament championship in last week's Shawnee Mission West Viking Classic. Heights, No. 4-ranked in Class 5A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, captured the title with a 68-41 win over Blue Valley North as Sanchez led the way with 21 points. 

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MIKEY WILLIAMS, Highland Park

Williams was named the Most Valuable Player in the Topeka Invitational Tournament Saturday after helping lead the undefeated and top-ranked (Class 5A) Scots to the tournament champioship, capped by a 44-41 win over city rival Topeka West in the championship game. Williams had 15 points against West and scored 55 points in the tournament.

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