Deb (Pihl) Torneden, KSU Alumna, 4x All-American, 8x Big 8 Champion, and 2025 inductee into the KS Sports Hall of Fame.

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Tim Jankovich, Manhattan HS & KSU Alumnus, to be inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame.

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Larry Brown (Dodge City Community College, KSU Alumnus, & NFL 4x Pro-Bowler) is a '25 KS Sports Hall of Fame Inductee.

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Cliff Wiley, 1980 Olympic Team Member, KU/13x NCAA All American & USA National Champion enters KS Sports Hall of Fame on 8/2nd.

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Darting Basketball Academy's international program continues for year #2.

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By RICK PETERSON

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It's been a good week for recent Topeka High graduate Jalen Smith.

Smith, who was named to TopSports.news' second-team All-Shawnee County boys basketball team as a senior, made an oral commitment Wednesday to play next season at Cloud County Community College and he has also been selected to play in a Kansas City-area all-star game on Saturday.

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Smith is scheduled to take part in the Cascade Sports Wave Of The Future Kansas City Metro Black Lives Matter Classic at 10 a.m. Saturday at Lee's Summit North High School in Lee's Summit, Mo.

Smith averaged 15.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.6 steals as a senior.

Smith will play in the Class of 2021 game while all-star contests are also on tap for the class of '25 (11 a.m.), class of '24 (12 p.m.), class of '23 (1 p.m.) and class of '22 (2 p.m.).  

Former Topeka High coach Eric King, who coached Smith as a junior and senior, will serve as a coach in the Classic.

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