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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Bobby Randall (Gove HS, KSU, & 5 yrs. in the MLB) is a 2025 inductee into the KS Sports Hall of Fame.

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Highland Park's boys and Seaman's girls continue to hold on to the No. 1 spot in the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association Class 5A state rankings, while the Topeka High and Silver Lake girls both made moves in the rankings.

SeamangirlsPiperSeaman's girls remain No. 1 in the KBCA Class 5A state rankings for the third straight week. [File photo/TSN]

BoAldridgedunkTITSenior Bo Aldridge and the Highland Park boys remain No. 1 in the KBCA 5A boys rankings for the fifth straight week. [File photo/TSN]

The undefeated Scots held the top spot in the 5A boys rankings for the fifth straight week while Seaman's girls are No. 1 for the third straight week.

Topeka High's girls climbed to No. 4 in 6A while Silver Lake's girls moved up three spots to No. 3 in 3A.

Washburn Rural's girls fell to No. 6 in 6A while Hayden's girls are No. 8 in 4A .

Washburn Rural's boys returned to the 6A rankings at No. 10 while Topeka West moved up a spot to No. 8 in the 5A boys rankings.

KANSAS BASKETBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION STATE RANKINGS

GIRLS

Class 6A

1. Shawnee Mission South; 2. Blue Valley North; 3. Derby; 4. Topeka High; 5. Wichita South; 6. Washburn Rural; 7. Blue Valley; 8. Lawrence; 9. Liberal; 10. Wichita Southeast.

Class 5A

1. Seaman; 2. Bishop Carroll; 3. Bonner Springs; 4. Andover; 5. St. Thomas Aquinas; 6. Emporia; 7. Andover Central; 8. Maize South; 9. Basehor-Linwood; 10. St. James Academy.

Class 4A

1. Wamego; 2. McPherson; 3. Wellington; 4. Bishop Miege; 5. Independence; 6. Andale; 7. Fort Scott; 8. Hayden; 9. Louisburg; 10. Rock Creek.

Class 3A

1. Goodland; 2. Phillipsburg; 3. Silver Lake; 4. Nemaha Central; 5. Atchison County; 6. Cheney; 7. Eureka; 8. Southeast-Saline; 9. Haven; 10. Cimarron.

Class 2A

1.St. Mary's Colgan; 2. Berean Academy; 3. Riverside; 4. Hillsboro; 5. Smith Center; 6. Mission Valley; 7. Hoxie; 8. Jackson Heights; 9. The Independent; 10. Bluestem.

Class 1A-Division I

1. Little River; 2. Osborne; 3. Pretty Prairie; 4. Central Plains; 5. Quinter; 6. Frankfort; 7. Clifton-Clyde; 8. Hodgeman County; 9. Madison-Hamilton; 10. Elyria Christian.

Class 1A-Division II

1. Hanover; 2. Lebo; 3. Bucklin; 4. Attica; 5. Beloit-St. John's; 6. Golden Plains; 7. South Haven; 8. Wallace County; 9. Central Christian; 10. Wilson.

BOYS

Class 6A

1. Wichita Heights; 2. Blue Valley North; 3. Olathe West; 4. Olathe North; 5. Garden City; 6. Blue Valley Northwest; 7. Lawrence; 8. Derby; 9. Mill Valley; 10. Washburn Rural.

Class 5A

1. Highland Park; 2. Hutchinson; 3. Kapaun Mt. Carmel; 4. Maize South; 5. Andover Central; 6. Andover; 7. De Soto; 8. Topeka West; 9. St. James Academy; 10. Piper.

Class 4A

1. Atchison; 2. Bishop Miege; 3. McPherson; 4. Eudora; 5. Circle; 6. Hugoton; 7. Baldwin; 8. Augusta; 9. Chanute; 10. Abilene.

Class 3A

1. Sabetha; 2. Haven; 3. Southeast-Saline; 4. Galena; 5. Hesston; 6. Wichita Collegiate; 7. KC-Bishop Ward; 8. Marysville; 9. (tie) Colby and Humboldt.

Class 2A

1. Wichita Independent; 2. TMP-Marian; 3. Ellinwood; 4. Lyndon; 5. Moundridge; 6. Bennington; 7. Inman; 8. Sterling; 9. Sedan; 10. Southeast-Cherokee.

Class 1A-Division I

1. Olpe; 2. Clifton-Clyde; 3. Macksville; 4. Wichita Classical; 5. Randolph-Blue Valley; 6. Burlingame; 7. Elyria Christian; 8. Osborne; 9. South Gray; 10. Troy.

Class 1A-Division II

1. Greeley County; 2. Northern Valley; 3. Axtell; 4. Hanover; 5. Pawnee Heights; 6. Lebo; 7. Stafford; 8. Cheylin; 9. South Central; 10. Cunningham.

 

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