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Three-time first-team selections Myles Alonzo of Topeka West, Bryce Badsky of Silver Lake and Alex Valdivia of Shawnee Heights headline the 2023 All-Shawnee County boys golf team.
The 2023 All-Shawnee County boys golf team: Front left -- Myles Alonzo, Topeka West; Tyler Lincoln, Shawnee Heights; Alex Valdivia, Shawnee Heights; Jonathan Hart, Rossville; Hayden Glynn, Washburn Rural; Andrew Burdett, Washburn Rural; Bryan Tyrell, Washburn Rural. Not pictured: Bryce Badsky, Silver Lake. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Bryce Badsky, Silver Lake
Valdivia, a senior, and Alonzo, a junior, earned individual medals in the Class 5A state tournament while Badsky, a junior, earned his third straight individual medal in the 3A state meet.
Washburn Rural, which won its 13th straight city team championship, is represented on the All-Shawnee County team by seniors Andrew Burdett and Bryan Tyrell and junior Hayden Glynn while Shawnee Heights senior Tyler Lincoln and Rossville sophomore Jonathan Hart round out the eight-member first team.
Lincoln was the 2023 city individual champion while Hart placed fifth individually in the 3A state tournament and led the Bulldawgs to a fifth-place team finish.
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Hayden's Lauren Sandstrom and Shawnee Heights' Jackson Esquibel, who both recently completed their junior years of high school, were selected Thursday night at The Foundry as the Dan Key Farmers Agency girls and boys 2023 Rising Stars of the year.
Hayden's Lauren Sandstrom (left) and Shawnee Heights' Jackson Esquibel (right) pose with Dan Key Thursday night after being named the 2023 Dan Key Farmers Agency Rising Stars of the Year. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Sandstrom and Esquibel were picked from seven girls and boys finalists chosen from weekly Rising Stars who were selected through the 2022-2023 school year.
Sandstrom was a three-sport standout for Hayden, earning a Class 4A state doubles championship with Emily Sheetz last fall and helped lead the Wildcats to a state tournament berth in basketball and a third-place state finish in soccer.
Esquibel capped a big year as a distance runner for Shawnee Heights last weekend at Wichita State's Cessna Stadium with a Class 5A state track championship in the 3,200-meter run and a second-place finish in the 1,600. Last fall Esquibel was a state medalist in the 5A cross country meet, finishing eighth.
Other girls finalists included Rossville three-time state wrestling champion Kendra Hurla, Silver Lake three-sport stars Makenzie McDaniel and McKinley Kruger, Seaman four-sport standout Anna Becker, Washburn Rural 2022 volleyball and basketball state champ Zoe Canfield and Highland Park basketball star Amelia Ramsey.
Hurla, McDaniel, Kruger and Canfield recently completed their junior years of high school while Becker and Ramsey recently finished their sophomore years.
Other boys finalists included Washburn Rural state wrestling champion Easton Broxterman, Topeka West state triple jump champion Alesecio Batson, Seaman football and baseball standout Max Huston, Washburn Rural star quarterback Branton DeWeese, Shawnee Heights football and wrestling standout Allen Baughman and Hayden football star and track and field state champion Jensen Schrickel.
DeWeese and Baughman recently completed their junior years of high school while Broxterman, Batson, Huston and Schrickel completed their sophomore years.
The Dan Key Famers Agency also recognized Shawnee County state team champions from the the 2022-2023 school year.
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Five city players have earned first-team berths on the 2023 All-United Kansas Conference girls soccer team, selected by conference coaches.
Seaman senior Jaycee Schumann (10) has been named to the All-UKC soccer first team in the Vikings' first season in the league. [Photo by Kyle Manthe/Special to TSN]
Seaman senior Brooklyn Yingling has received first-team all-conference soccer honors from the UKC. [File photo/TSN]
Shawnee Heights sophomore Lailah Benz (2) has been named to the All-UKC soccer first team for the second straight season. [File photo/TSN]
Seaman, which posted a 14-2-2 overall record in its first season in the UKC, is represented on the first team by senior forwards Jaycee Schumann and Brooklyn Yingling, junior defender Elinore Stallbaumer and freshman midfielder Ava Huston.
Shawnee Heights, which posted a 7-10-0 record, put sophomore midfielder Lailah Benz on the first team.
Senior midfielder Sierra Montez of UKC champion Piper was named the conference player of the year while Piper coach Ryan Von Bevern was named the coach of the year.
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GIRLS
100 METERS
Senior Ta'Mijha Nichols of Shawnee Heights was the Shawnee County leader in the girls 100-meter dash for 2023. [File photo/TSN]
Nichols, Shawnee Heights 11.96
Marshall, Topeka High 12.74
Steiner, Seaman 12.84
Torres-Hill, Topeka High 13.07
Ross, Silver Lake 13.22
Topeka West senior Ala'Jah Brooks was the 2023 Shawnee County leader in the girls 200 and 400-meter dashes. [File photo/TSN]
200 METERS
Brooks, Topeka West 25.38
Nichols, Shawnee Heights 25.88
Hillebert, Hayden 26.53
Marshall, Topeka High 26.70
Steiner, Seaman 26.76
400 METERS
Brooks, Topeka West 57.26
Hillebert, Hayden 58.15
Rottinghaus, Shawnee Heights 60.00
Fredrickson, Washburn Rural 60.01
Foster, Rossville 60.27
Returning senior state champion Bethany Druse of Seaman was the Shawnee County leader in the 800 and 1,600-meter runs for the 2023 season. [File photo/TSN]
800 METERS
Druse, Seaman 2:15.46
Foster, Rossville 2:24.53
Carter, Washburn Rural 2:25.99
Fink, Washburn Rural 2:27.51
Ismert, Washburn Rural 2:28.92
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BOYS
100 METERS
Highland Park senior Tre Richardson (middle) won the Class 5A state title in the 100-meter dash, one of his two gold medals and four top-four finishes at state. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Richardson, Highland Park 10.49
Smith, Shawnee Heights 10.74
Dunshee, Hayden 10.76
Peoples, Topeka High 10.96
Merritt, Seaman 10.99
200 METERS
Richardson, Highland Park 21.5
Murph, Topeka High 22.16
Cochran, Seaman 22.34
Smith, Shawnee Heights 22.35
Peoples, Topeka High 22.53
400 METERS
Schrickel, Hayden 49.63
Roeder, Cair Paravel 50.70
Roney, Washburn Rural 51.72
Benz, Shawnee Heights 51.89
Chooncharoen, Washburn Rural 51.96
800 METERS
Esquibel, Shawnee Heights 1:59.55
Moore, Seaman 2:00.12
Johnson, Washburn Rural 2:00.55
Anderson, Seaman 2:01.30
Stuke, Seaman 2:01.5
1,600 METERS
Esquibel, Shawnee Heights 4:15.26
Njoroge, Topeka West 4:17.71
Dial, Washburn Rural 4:33.13
Johnson, Washburn Rural 4:33.46
Walker, Seaman 4:39.05
Shawnee Heights junior Jackson Esquibel was the state champion in the Class 5A 3,200 and the runnerup in the 1,600 while Topeka West senior Lenny Njoroe (right) was second in the 3,200 and fourth in the 1,600. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
3,200 METERS
Esquibel, Shawnee Heights 9:18.67
Njoroge, Topeka West 9:20.08
Johnson, Washburn Rural 9:51.59
Dial, Washburn Rural 9:51.97
Jowers, Seaman 10:05.32
