WU senior Andrew Orr & teammates celebrate their NCAA D-II Central Region championship.

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Seaman coach Matt Tinsley name UKC girls' basketball Coach of the Year.

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Washburn Rural senior Amare Jones named Centennial League Boys' Player of the Year.

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Rossville junior Rylee Dick named to All-Big East First Team.

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WU Coach Brett Ballard’s jubilation as the Ichabod’s won the NCAA D-II Central Regional championship.

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Junior Kailyn Hanni, Silver Lake, named to All-Big East First Team.

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Rick Peterson, Top Sports News Writer
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By RICK PETERSON                                                                                                           

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Seaman girls basketball standout Anna Becker and Viking freshman basketball player KaeVon Bonner have been selected by the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency as the Rising Stars of the Week.

The Dan Key Agency will recognize top Shawnee County underclassmen throughout the 2022-2023 school year.

Here’s a brief look at the accomplishments of Becker and Bonner over the past week:

AnnaBeckerPiper1Seaman sophomore Anna Becker has been named the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency girls Rising Star of the Week after being named the Most Valuable Player in the Glaciers Edge Tournament and helping the top-ranked Vikings post a 4-0 record over the past week/ [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]

ANNA BECKER, Silver Lake

Becker, a 5-foot-10 sophomore, was named the Most Valuable player in last week's Glaciers Edge Tournament after helping the No. 1-ranked (Class 5A) Vikings win the championship.

Becker had 15 points, seven rebounds and six assists in a 60-52 first-round tournament win over Shawnee Mission West, had 10 points and three steals in a 45-39 semifinal win over Derby and had eight points and four steals in Seaman's 46-43 win championship-game win over Emporia.

The Viking standout followed that up with 14 points, seven rebounds and four assists in Tuesday's 56-43 United Kansas Conference win over Piper.

KaeVonBonnerPiper3Seaman freshman KaeVon Bonner has been named the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency boys Rising Star of the Week after scoring 42 points with eight 3-pointers over the past week. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN 

KAEVON BONNER, Seaman 

A 5-foot-10 freshman, Bonner scored 42 points in three games over the past week with eight 3-pointers.

Bonner scored 15 points with three 3-pointers in an 81-45 non-league home win over Kansas City-Washington last Wednesday, had a pair of 3-pointers in last Friday's 68-41 United Kansas Conference victory at Lansing and scored a game-high 21 points with three treys in Tuesday's 73-60 home UKC loss to Piper. 

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