By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Nine city bowlers have received all-state recognition from the Kansas Bowling Coaches Association, including five first-team picks, while Washburn Rural's Jo Ricard has been selected as the Class 6A coach of the year.
Rural senior Hannah Casto earned a berth on the All-Class 6A girls first team while Junior Blues junior Kaitlyn Doyal was a second-team All-6A pick.
Washburn Rural senior Hannah Casto was a regional champion before finishing ninth in the 6A state meet and earning first-team All-6A honors. [File photo/TSN]
Seaman junior Makenzie Millard finished fourth in the 5A-1A state meet after winning a regional title. [File photo/TSN]
Seaman junior Makenzie Millard and Shawnee Heights senior Brylee Prockish were named to the All-5A girls first team while Seaman sophomore Ethan Burns was named to the boys first team.and Seaman junior Kaitlyn Evans and sophomore Katie Price were second-team girls selections.
Hayden senior Aaron Thomas was named to the All-4A-1A boys first team while Hayden senior Kayla Simons was a second-team girls pick.
Ricard was named the 6A coach of the year after Rural's girls finished third and the boys fourth in the 6A state tournament.
Millard posted a city-high fourth-place finish in the 5A-1A state meet with a 612 series, including games of 232 and 221. Millard moved up a spot individually after taking fifth at state as a junior. Millard was the individual regional champion with a 666 series and third in the Centennial League meet with a 590 series.
Casto capped her high school career with a ninth-place finish in the 6A state tournament with a 607 series after earning an individual championship in a 6A regional with a 629 series. Casto was the runner-up in the Centennial League meet with a 650 series.
Prockish capped her high school career with a medal-winning performance in the 5A-1A state tournament, taking 20th with a 540 series. Prockish placed second individually in 5A-1A regional competition with a 592 series and took fifth in the United Kansas Conference meet.
Ethan Burns, a Seaman sophomore, earned a first-team berth on the All-5A-1A bowling team. [File photo/TSN]
Burns finished off his sophomore season with a 13th-place finish in the 5A-1A state tournament, bowling a 643 series with games of 214, 213 and 216. Burns finished third individually in the Centennial League meet with a 660 series and was seventh at regionals with a 616 series.
Brylee Prockish
Aaron Thomas
Thomas as a 5A-1A state qualifier after placing third at regionals with a 647 series and he finished fourth in the Centennial League with a 657 series. Thomas placed 69th at state.
KANSAS BOWLING COACHES ASSOCIATION ALL-STATE TEAMS
CLASS 6A
BOYS
First team
Michael Anderson, Olathe West; Brandon Bonta, Wichita Northwest; Zac Dunitz, Olathe South; Silas Limes, Wichita Heights; V-Thoon Thanasouk, Campus; Kaden Whitehurst, Garden City.
Second team
Dylan Depperschmidt, Wichita Heights; Alex Hedden, Derby; Colby Hovermale, Shawnee Mission Northwest; Nathan Kleinschrodt, Campus; Jason Miller, Derby; Logan Rhodes, Olathe East.
GIRLS
First team
Holly Bridges, Garden City; Hannah Casto, Washburn Rural; Casey Feast, Campus; Dakota Lennen, Campus; Piper Reams, Campus; Skylar Valdez, Olathe North.
Second team
Victoria Cocannouer, Wichita East; Kaitlyn Doyal, Washburn Rural; Shaniah Moore, Wichita Heights; Kaylie Nelson, Wichita Northwest; Audrey Valdez, Olathe North; Kenzie Womack, Wichita Northwest.
CLASS 5A
BOYS
First team
Jack Barnes, Eisenhower; Ethan Burns, Seaman; Samuel Calderon, Kapaun Mt. Carmel; Chase Davis, Salina Central; Bryce Moore, Great Bend; Cole Munley, Kapaun Mt. Carmel.
Second team
Blake Albers, Bishop Carroll; Jared Cromly, Andover Central; Drew Merrell, Eisenhower; Griffin Peterson, Salina South; Kyler Stockstill, Eisenhower; Chase Swift, Emporia.
GIRLS
First team
Kaylee Back, Bishop Carroll; Nina Frees, Salina South; Makenzie Millard, Seaman; Kensley Morris, Eisenhower; Brylee Prockish, Shawnee Heights; Paige Wagner, Great Bend.
Second team
Kaitlin Evans, Seaman, Darby Guinn, Eisenhower; Hong Nguyen, Bishop Carroll; Aviana Ordonez, Salina South; Katie Price, Seaman; Bailey Wise, Bishop Carroll.
CLASS 4A-1A
BOYS
First team
Wesley Cunningham, Wichita Central Christian; Connor Eastman, Cheney; Brady Longnecker, Trinity Academy; Garrett McGaffin, Andale; Trent Sheridan, Buhler; Aaron Thomas, Hayden.
Second team
Kaden Bennett, Mulvane; Elijah Bryant, Wichita Central Christian; Dylan Krehbiel, McPherson; Jacob Napier, Mulvane; Layne Riggs, Cheney; Eric Scott, Augusta.
GIRLS
First team
Haylee Busch, McPherson; Kylee Busch, McPherson; Mallory Cross, Buhler; Adria Huiett, Buhler; Gabbie Human, Mulvane; Kassidy Miller, Augusta.
Second team
Sarai Alvarado, Augusta; Kinley Nielsen, El Dorado; Adrienne Pamatmat, Trinity Academy; CJ Reno, Bishop Miege; Kayla Simons, Hayden; Emily Webster, Augusta.
COACHES OF THE YEAR
Overall -- Ron Horsch, Bishop Carroll.
Class 6A -- Jo Ricard, Washburn Rural
Class 5A -- Ron Horsch, Bishop Carroll.
Class 4A-1A -- Dalen Rosiere, Trinity Academy.
