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Five Silver Lake and Rossville softball standouts earned first-team honors on the All-Big-East League softball team, led by Silver Lake senior Kendra Cook, a unanmous pick at pitcher after helping lead the Eagles to a second straight runnerup finish in the Class 3A state tournament.
Silver Lake senior pitcher Kendra Cook earned unanimous All-Big East League first-team honors after helping lead the Eagles to a second straight runnerup finish in Class 3A. [File photo/TSN]
Cook was joined on the first team by teammates Kailyn Hanni, a junior outfielder, and senior infielders Taylor Zordel and Kira Lowrey.
Rossville freshman Falyn Clurman was a first-team All-Big-East pick at utility/designated hitter.
Earning second-team recognition were Silver Lake sophomore outfielder Savanah Wende, Rossville sophomore outfielder Nora Burdiek and Bulldawg junior infielder Brooke Springer.
ALL BIG-EAST LEAGUE SOFTBALL
First team
Pitchers -- Kendra Cook, Silver Lake (unanimous); Reagan Gerety, Nemaha Central.
Outfielders -- Samantha Klotz, Royal Valley (unanimous); Kailyn Hanni, Silver Lake; Kylie Nelson, Hiawatha; Paxton Damme, Perry-Lecompton.
Infielders -- Taylor Zordel, Silver Lake; Macie Corcoran, Perry-Lecompton; Erin Boltz, Sabetha; Emmie Dean, Jefferson West; Kira Lowrey, Silver Lake.
Catchers -- Kenzie Nelson, Hiawatha; Faith Olberding, Holton
Utility/DH -- Falyn Clurman, Rossville; Ashley Moser, Jefferson West; Chloe Detweiler, Sabetha.
Second team
Pitchers -- Addison Garrett, Jefferson West; Harriet Dean, Jefferson West.
Outfielders -- Nora Burdiek, Rossville; Olivia Meyer, Jefferson West; Savanah Wende, Silver Lake.
Infielders -- Tinley Wilson, Holton; Harriet Dean, Jefferson West; Taylor Trimble, Perry-Lecompton; Brooke Springer, Rossville.
Utility/DH -- Alex Burkitt, Nemaha Central; Sadie Haverkamp, Nemaha Central.
Honorable mention
Nemaha Central -- Ava McKinley. Riley County -- Gracie Schofield, Adalynn Zeller, Mara Schardien. St. Marys -- Emma Zemek.
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Highland Park sophomore girls soccer star Micah Williams has been named the Meadowlark Conference co-girls soccer player of the year for the 2025 season.
Highland Park sophomore Micah Williams has been named the Meadowlark Conference co-girls soccer player of the year for the 2025 season. [File photo/TSN]
A two-time first-team all-conference selection, Williams shares the Meadowlark player of the year honor with Kansas City-Sumner Academy's Flor Vidal.
Williams, a forward, scored 41 goals on the season as Highland Park posted a 6-10-1 record on the season.
ALL-MEADOWLARK CONFERENCE GIRLS SOCCER
First team
Flor Vidal, KC-Sumner; Abigail Robledo, KC-Sumner; Mia Terrazas, KC-Sumner; Anaidy Aguirre, KC-Sumner; Paulina Perez, KC-Sumner; Adison Molt, Atchison; Za'Niya Burk, Atchison; Ella Hanson, Atchison; Eileen Velasquez, KC-Schlagle; Laci Pena, KC-Schlagle; Nir Narjee, KC-Wyandotte; Osins Hernandez, KC-Wyandotte; Lisbeth Aguirre, KC-Wyandotte; Micah Williams, Highland Park; Shelly Parada Arevalo, KC-Harmon; Van Zi, KC-Washington.
Second team
Gaby Lopez, KC-Sumner; Ashley Perez, KC-Sumner; Yaretzi Gomez, KC-Sumner; Jazmin Rodriguez, KC_Sumner; Renata Sosa, KC-Sumner; Camila Orellana, KC-Sumner; Emma Finnegan, Atchison; Julia Martin, Atchison; Sarae Johnson, Atchison; Briseidy Maganda, KC-Schlagle; Kristel Lazaro, KC-Schlagle; Yennifer Mata, KC-Wyandotte; Alexa Suriano, KC-Wyandotte; Anna Rziha, Atchison.
Co-players of the year -- Flor Vidal, KC-Sumner and Micah Williams, Highland Park.
Goalkeeper of the year -- Gabi Herrera, KC-Wyandotte.
Co-coaches of the year -- Megan Schmidt, KC-Sumner and Hussam Mohammed, KC-Schlagle.
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Silver Lake's Dayne Johnson and Kailyn Hanni, Rossville's Jack Donovan and Seaman's Ryin Miller, who recently completed their junior years of high school, were honored Tuesday night at The Foundry as the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency 2025 Rising Stars of the year.
Silver Lake's Dayne Johnson and Rossville's Jack Donovan were named the Dan Key Farmers Agency 2025 co-male Rising Stars of the Year Tuesday night while Silver Lake's Kailyn Hanni and Seaman's Ryin Miller were named the co-female winners. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Donovan and Johnson were named the co-boys winners while Hanni and Miller shared the girls honor.
The four overall winners were picked from five girls and boys finalists chosen from weekly Rising Stars who were selected through the 2024-2025 school year.
Johnson was a football, basketball and baseball standout for the Eagles while Donovan was a football and basketball standout and a state golf medalist for the Bulldawgs.
Hanni helped lead Silver Lake to runnerup Class 3A state finishes in basketball and softball this past season and has been a state champion in basketball and golf while Miller won three individual 5A state track championships last weekend in Wichita, was the state runnerup in cross country and basketball and was a 5A state basketball champion as a sophomore.
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The 2025 All-Shawnee County boys golf team: From left -- Jack Donovan, Rossville; Higgins Hawks, Washburn Rural; Tadd Armstrong, Washburn Rural; Tagan Monasmith, Washburn Rural; Tagen Rodriguez, Hayden; James Kuta, Hayden. Not pictured: Mateo Garcia, Hayden. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
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First-team repeat selections Tadd Armstrong of Washburn Rural, Jack Donovan of Rossville and Hayden's James Kuta and Tagen Rodriguez headline the 2025 All-Shawnee County boys golf team.
Seniors Armstrong and Kuta finished one-two in the city tournament, with Armstrong winning the title in a playoff, while Kuta and Rodriguez, a junior, both posted top-10 finishes in the Class 4A state tournament as Hayden finished second as a team and Donovan was a regional champion as a junior and earned a sixth-place tie in 2A-1A, his second straight state medal
Washburn Rural, which won its 15th straight city team championship, is also represented on the All-Shawnee County team by senior Tagan Monasmith and junior Higgins Hawks while Hayden also put junior Mateo Garcia on the first team.
All-Shawnee County capsules:
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Conference champion Shawnee Heights swept the 2025 All-United Kansas Conference individual baseball honors, led by senior Deacon Pomeroy , who was named the UKC player of the year by conference coaches for the second straight season.
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Shawnee Heights' Deacon Pomeroy was named the UKC player of the year for the second straight season. [Photo by Selena Favela/Special to TSN]
Shawnee Heights junior Cambren Floberg has been named the UKC pitcher of the year by conference coaches. [File photo/TSN]
T-Bird junior Cambren Floberg was named the conference pitcher of the year while first-year Heights coach Jason Brown was tapped as the coach of the year after leading the T-Birds to a Class 5A state tournament berth.
Pomeroy, a standout pitcher and catcher, was named to the All-UKC team as a utility player, and is joined on the first team by junior pitcher Brody Cooper and junior outfielder Makade Orton.
Seaman is represented on the first team by sophomore Axton Brewer, who was named to the UKC team at pitcher and designated hitter.
Shawnee Heights and Seaman combined to put six players on the All-UKC second team, with the T-Birds represented by Floberg and senior infielders Braeden Johnston and Carson Garner while the Vikings put senior catcher David Dobbs, junior infielder Cooper Hayes and senior infielder Max Huston on the second team.
Five city players earned All-UKC honorable mention.
ALL-UNITED KANSAS CONFERENCE BASEBALL
