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City softball players earned seven of the 11 spots on the 2025 All-Centennial League team while sweeping the individual awards.
Olivia Koch, Washburn Rural
Washburn Rural sophomore Olivia Koch was named the Centennial League player of the year after helping lead the Junior Blues to a runnerup finish in the Class 6A state tournament while Topeka High freshman London Backman and Hayden freshman Blakely Walter were named the league's co-newcomers of the year and Hayden coach Cody Reynolds was selected by league coaches as the coach of the year.
London Backman, Topeka High
Blakely Walter, Hayden
Topeka High, which advanced to the 6A state tournament, put a league-high three players on the all-league first team -- Backman, senior Jo'Mhara Benning and sophomore Campbell Dawson.
Washburn Rural is represented on the first team by Koch and junior Reagan Chapman while Hayden put senior Keira Carswell and Walter on the first team.
Manhattan put junior Kat Ball and senior Isabelle Peabody on the all-league first team while Junction City is represented by senior Cassidy Miller and Emporia by junior Alivia Barrett.
Washburn Rural put senior Layla Collins, junior Henley Rapp, sophomore Justice McBurney and freshman Addalyn Boleski on the second team while Topeka High is represented by sophomore Madilyn Poole and Hayden by junior Emily Peterson and freshman Carley McAllister.
Nine city players earned all-league honorable mention.
ALL-CENTENNIAL LEAGUE SOFTBALL
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Hayden senior Cooper Grace and Shawnee Heights senior Deacon Pomeroy headline the TopSports.news 2025 All-Shawnee County baseball team.
Cooper Grace, Hayden
Deacon Pomeroy, Shawnee Heights
Grace has been named the co-county player of the year for the second straight season while Pomeroy is a four-time all-county first-team pick.
Grace, a pitcher and third baseman, helped lead Hayden to a county-best 23-1 record and the Centennial League championship this spring while Pomeroy, a pitcher and catcher, helped lead Shawnee Heights to the United Kansas Conference title and a Class 5A state tournament berth.
Grace was earlier named the player of the year in the Centennial League and the co-player of the year in 4A by the Kansas Association of Baseball Coaches while Pomeroy was named the UKC player of the year and a KABC All-5A first-team selection.
Hayden sophomore Caleb Menke, a first-team All-Centennial League pick at designated hitter, was named the Shawnee County newcomer of the year while Shawnee Heights' Jason Brown was named the county coach of the year after leading the T-Birds to a 21-8 record and a 5A state tournament berth in his first season as Heights' head coach.
Grace and Silver Lake senior infielder Dysen Schooler are both three-time all-county first-team selections while Seaman senior catcher David Dobbs is a first-team repeater.
Dysen Schooler, Silver Lake
David Dobbs, Seaman
Axton Brewer, Seaman
Kade Mitchell, Hayden
Dobbs is joined on the all-county first team by sophomore pitcher/designated hitter Axton Brewer and Grace and Menke are joined on the first team by Wildcat senior infielder/pitcher Liam Annand and Hayden junior outfielder Kade Mitchell.
Logan Cathcart, Silver Lake
Silver Lake senior catcher Cooper Campidilli and senior pitcher Logan Cathcart join Schooler on the all-county first team after the Eagles advanced to the 3A state tournament.
Camdren Floberg, Shawnee Heights
Shawnee Heights junior Cambren Floberg, named the UKC pitcher of the year, was a first-team selection along with teammate Pomeroy while 6A state tournament qualifier Washburn Rural is represented on the first team by junior pitcher Isaac Ansley and junior infielders Austin Ditch and Nate Selm.
Isaac Ansley, Washburn Rural
Austin Ditch, Washburn Rural
Nate Selm, Washburn Rural
Rossville, a 2A-1A state tournament qualifier, is represented on the first team by junior pitcher Cameron Miller and junior infielder Canann Mitchell.
Cameron Miller, Rossville
2025 ALL-SHAWNEE COUNTY BASEBALL
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Cooper Grace
COOPER GRACE, HAYDEN
Grace, a senior pitcher and third baseman, was named the Class 4A co-player of the year by the Kansas Association of Baseball Coaches for the 2025 season while also being named the Centennial League player of the year after helping Hayden post a perfect record in the league while the Wildcats went 23-1 overall.
Kate Hinck
KATE HINCK, Washburn Rural
Hinck, a senior forward, finished her outstanding high school soccer career with 82 goals, setting the Junior Blues' career scoring record. Also a volleyball and basketball standout for Washburn Rural, Hinck scored 28 goals as a senior as the Junior Blues capped a 19-2-0 season with the school's first Class 6A state title, taking a 1-0 (4-1 penalty kicks) decision over Mill Valley in the state final.
Ryin Miller
RYIN MILLER, Seaman
Miller, a junior track star, swept her three individual events in the Class 5A state track and field championships at Wichita, giving her five individual state titles for her career. Miller won the 3,200 meters in 10:19.53, the 1,600 in 4:57.33 and the 800 in 2:11.14. Miller also teamed with seniors Taylie Heston, Jaida Stallbaumer and Ally Steiner to finish fourth in the 4x400 relay in 4:03.44.
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It doesn't happen much these days, but Cooper Woestendick welcomes any opportunity he gets to return to his family roots in Topeka ... particularly if that visit involves tennis.
Cooper Woestendick returns a shot Saturday en route to his second Jayhawk Open singles championship at Kossover Tennis Center. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
The 18-year-old tennis star is the grandson of the late Delvy Lewis, a former Washburn Rural and Kansas Jayhawk basketball star, and the son of Kristi (Lewis) Woestendick, who played basketball at Rural and Washburn University.
"I have deeper roots here than anywhere else in the world,'' said Woestendick, whose family lives in Olathe. "This is where I was born and it's nice to come and play here. It's nice to come home and play a tournament.''
Woestendick, who recently helped Texas Christian University post a runnerup team finish in the NCAA Division I tennis championships, put on a show in his return to Topeka for the 85th Jayhawk Open at the Kossover Tennis Center, claiming the men's open singles championship on Saturday after winning the doubles title on Friday.
Woestendick topped TCU teammate Duncan Chan 6-1, 6-3 in Saturday's singles final after teaming with Chan to take a 6-0, 6-2 win over Micah Ward and Declan Galligan in Friday night's doubles championship match.
Woestendick's singles win gave him his second Jayhawk Open singles title, following a championship in 2022 when he was just 15 years old.
"I didn't get to play the last couple of years in this tournament and I was happy I got to play this year,'' he said.
Duncan Chan finished second to TCU teammate Cooper Woestendick in Saturday's Jayhawk Open singles final after the duo teamed up to capture the doubles crown on Friday. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Woestendick said he had some mixed feelings about facing Chan in the singles final, but said he just had to take a businesslike approach to the match.
"It's tricky,'' Woestendick said. "But the thing is, me and Duncan have been practicing together every day for the last three weeks so we know each other's games inside and out.
"Today I got the better of him, but it's always close and he's a great player. I was happy I got a win today, but we're still going to be competitors on the court and friends off.''
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Later this month former Seaman volleyball star Maegan Mills will report to Tulsa to kick off her Division I collegiate career.
Former Seaman volleyball star Maegan Mills (8) celebrates a point with her Blue teammates during Saturday's five-set KVA All-Star win over the Red. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
But before that Mills got the opportunity to put an exclamation point on her outstanding high school career, helping lead the Blue team to a 26-24, 25-27, 19-25, 27-25, 15-11 win over the Red in Saturday's Kansas Volleyball Association All-Star Match at Washburn Rural.
"It's definitely a way to get a head start and get touches on balls,'' Mills said. "After club and high school it's hard to get touches on balls and when I was offered that position to play with such great people I couldn't pass it up.''
Mills was the most dominant player on the court on Saturday, contributing a match-high 23 kills on 0.417 hitting with a match-high six service aces. After the match Mills was named the winner of the Joan Lundstrom Wells Award of Excellence.
"Just coming in this morning all the girls are great, the energy was so good, and coming into this game it wasn't just about the playing it was about meeting new people and expanding,'' Mills said. "Even though you may not know these people you have to be a leader and I think that was my mindset, that I had to be a leader.''
Mills was one of seven Shawnee County players selected to play in Saturday's event, including a match-high four Seaman players.
Seaman product Kinley Wilhelm had a match-high 27 digs for the Blue in Saturday's KVA All-Star Match. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Mills and Kinley Wilhelm, who recorded a match-high 27 digs, played for the winning Blue team while Campbell Chabot and Ava Esser played for the Red.
Recent Seaman grad Campbell Chabot registered 20 assists for the Red in Saturday's KVA All-Star Match. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
The Red team celebrates a kill from Seaman product Ava Esser (9) in Saturday's KVA All-Star Match. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Esser led the Red with 15 kills and received the Don Bechard Memorial Award after the match while Chabot was credited with 20 assists.
