By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Washburn Rural junior girls softball standout Justice McBurney and Highland Park junior track standout and field standout Rayshon Pollard 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 bulk of the 2025-2026 school year.
Here's a brief look at McBurney and Pollard's recent accomplishments.
Justice McBurney, Washburn Rural [Photo by Rex Wolf/Special to TSN]
JUSTICE McBURNEY, Washburn Rural
A junior third baseman, McBurney has helped lead Washburn Rural to an 8-0 overall record and a 6-0 Centennial League mark.
McBurney and the Junior Blues posted a 5-4, 12-1 home doubleheader league sweep over Hayden on Tuesday, with McBurney blasting a pair of home runs in the first-game win.
Washburn Rural posted a runnerup finish in the Class 6A state tournament last spring.
Rayshon Pollard, Highland Park [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
RAYSHON POLLARD, Highland Park
Pollard, a junior hurdler and long-jumper, won three individual events in Wednesday's Junior Blues Invitational at Washburn Rural.
Pollard swept the 110-meter hurdles and the 300 hurdles, clocking a time of 15.54 in the 110 highs and 42.82 in the 300s. Pollard also won the long jump with a jump of 21 feet, 2.25 inches.
Pollard has swept the hurdles titles in three meets for the Scots.
