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By RICK PETERSON

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Eight Shawnee County standouts from Class 3A state champion Silver Lake, 4A runnerup Hayden and 2A participant Rossville have earned All-State Tournament recognition from the Kansas Volleyball Association.

KylieHanniSLVB2025State 1Kylie Hanni, Silver Lake [Photo by Scott Paske/KSHSAA Covered]

JaylieWhiteheadSLVB2025 4Jaylie Whitehead, Silver Lake [Photo by Jesse Bruner /Special to TSN]

JaidenWiseSLVB2025 4Jaiden Wise, Silver Lake [Photo by Jesse Bruner/Special to TSN]

Silver Lake, which completed a 46-1 season with the 10th state volleyball championship in school history Saturday at the Hutchinson Sports Arena, is represented on the All-3A state tourney team by 5-foot-3 junior setter Kylie Hanni, 5-5 junior libero Jaylie Whitehead and 5-8 senior outside hitter Jaiden Wise.

EllaFoster2025VBsubstate 1Ella Foster, Hayden [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]

HaileySchmidtlein2025VBstate 1Hailey Schmidtlein, Hayden [Photo by Scott Paske/KSHSAA Covered] 

MalloryTanking2025VB 1Mallory Tanking, Hayden [Photo by Scott Paske/KSHSAA Covered]

BlakelyWalter2025VBCentennial 4Blakely Walter, Hayden [File photo/TSN]

Hayden, 33-10 after a three-set loss to Andale in the championship match at Hutchinson, is represented on the All-4A state tournament team by 5-4 senior libero Ella Foster, 5-11 sophomore rightside hitter/middle blocker Hailey Schmidtlein, 6-0 junior outside/rightside hitter Mallory Tanking and 5-9 sophomore setter Blakely Walter.

Schmidtlein and Walter earned all-state tournament honors for the second straight season.

NoraBurdiek2025VBRoss 1Nora Burdiek, Rossville [Photo by Jesse Bruner/Special to TSN]]

Rossville 5-11 junior outside hitter Nora Burdiek was named to the 2A all-state tournament team after leading the Bulldawgs to a 1-2 record in pool play at Dodge City.

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