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Nine city players have earned All-United Kansas Conference boys basketball recognition, including first-team picks Aron Davis of Seaman, Brennon Dodge of Shawnee Heights and Xavier Alexander of Topeka West.
Seaman senior Aron Davis has been named to the All-UKC first team after helping lead the Vikings to a 13-8 record. [File photo/TSN]
Topeka West senior Xavier Alexander earned All-UKC first-team honors after helping the Chargers go 14-8 on the 2022-2023 season. [File photo/TSN]
Brennon Dodge, a Shawnee Heights junior, has been named to the All-UKC first team by conference coaches after helping the T-Birds go 15-7 on the season.[File photo/TSN]
Davis and Alexander are both seniors and Dodge a junior.
Seaman senior Kaeden Bonner, Topeka West senior Malachi Berg and Shawnee Heights sophomore Jaret Sanchez all earned second-team All-UKC honors while Shawnee Heights seniors Jeremyah Kendrick and Q Stovall and Seaman freshman KaeVon Bonner received honorable mention.
De Soto junior David Cobin was voted the UKC player of the year by league coaches while Wildcat coach Matt Rice was named the coach of the year.
Washburn signee Tyson Ruud of Basehor-Linwood was named to the All-UKC first team.
ALL-UNITED KANSAS CONFERENCE BOYS BASKETBALL
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Washburn Rural sophomore bowler Logan Glinka and Seaman junior bowler JaeLinn Thetford 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 2022-2023 school year.
Here’s a brief look at the accomplishments of Glinka and Thetford over the past week:
Sophomore Logan Glinka finished seventh individually in last week's Class 6A state bowling tournament, helping Washburn Rural win the state team title. [Photo by Selena Favela/Special to TSN]
LOGAN GLINKA, Washburn Rural
Glinka placed seventh individually in his first Class 6A state bowling tournament last Friday at Wichita's Northrock Lanes with a 696 series while helping Washburn Rural capture the state team title by a 135-pin margin over Olathe Northwest
Glinka bowled games of 205, 254 and 237 as the Junior Blues built a precarious 11-pin advantage through the three American Ten-Pin games and then buried the field in the four Baker format games.
Rural's winning 3,711 pin total was the most ever scored by a 6A team in the state tournament.
Seaman junior JaeLinn Thetford finished third individually in last week's Class 5A-1A state bowling tournament, helping lead the Vikings to a third-place team finish. [Photo by Selena Favela/Special to TSN]
JAELINN THETFORD, Seaman
After narrowly missing a state medal as a sophomore, Thetford bowled a 624 series to finish third individually last Thursday in the Class 5A-1A state tournament at Northrock Lanes in Wichita to help Seaman earn the third-place team trophy.
Great Bend claimed the team title by a 3,161-3,078 margin over Salina South, with Seaman third at 3,007, 109 pins in front of fourth-place Buhler for the final team trophy.
Thetford's performance in this year's state tournament came after she finished 22nd in the 2022 state meet for the state-champion Vikings.
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Washburn Rural's girls basketball team held its Senior Night festivities a while back, but the Junior Blues' three upperclassmen took center stage again Thursday at Koch Arena, leading No. 5 seed Rural to a 58-49 first-round victory over No. 4 Lawrence in the Class 6A state tournament.
Senior MaRyah Lutz (right) scored 19 points with five 3-pointers in Washburn Rural's 58-49 Class 6A state tournament win Thursday night in Wichita. [File photo/TSN]
Senior Brooklyn DeLeye (center) scored 11 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in Washburn Rural's 58-49 win over Lawrence in the Class 6A state tournament. [File photo/TSN]
Senior Chloe Carlgren (left) scored 14 points as Washburn Rural reached the Class 6A state semifinals with a 58-49 win over Lawrence. [File photo/TSN]
MaRyah Lutz paced the 17-5 Junior Blues with 19 points, including five 3-pointers, while Chloe Carlgren added 14 points and Brooklyn DeLeye scored 11 points and grabbed a game-high 15 rebounds.
Sophomore Kate Hinck joined her three Rural teammates in double figures for the Junior Blues, scoring 10 points.
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EMPORIA -- Undefeated and top seed Highland Park didn't play its best basketball in the first half of Thursday's Class 5A boys first-round game, holding a somewhat precarious five-point advantage over No. 8 seed Basehor-Linwood
But coach Mike Williams said there was no panic or consternation in the Scots' locker room at the break, just a message of patience and encouragement.
Highland Park sophomore Jacorey Robinson (23) scored a team-high 17 points, including nine in the third quarter, as the Scots advanced to the Class 5A state semifinals with a 60-49 win over Basehor-Linwood. [Photo by Selena Favela/Special to TSN]
Highland Park coach Mike Williams congratulates his players late in Thursday's Class 5A state tournament win over Basehor-Linwood. [Photo by Selena Favela/Special to TSN]
HIghland Park's bench celebrates a Scot 3-pointer in Thursday's 60-49 Class 5A state tournament win over Basehor-Linwood. [Photo by Selena Favela/Special to TSN]
And coming out of the locker room, the Scots flashed the form that has led to 23 straight victories, with Highland Park building a 15-point lead at the end of the third quarter and leading by as many as 19 in the fourth on the way to a 60-49 victory at White Auditorium.
"I thought we did a good job of just staying poised,'' Williams said. "The game ain't over the first quarter, it's not over the second quarter. Our guys came into the locker room, nobody was panicking, nobody was pointing fingers at anybody.
"We were just trying to figure it out and I thought they did a good job of that as we went through the second half.''
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Silver Lake's girls basketball team took its first step towards a Class 3A state championship with a 72-41 opening-round win over Santa Fe Trail in Wednesday night's final game of the night.
Now the Eagles get another shot at the team that ended that quest a year ago.
Junior McKinley Kruger scored a game-high 20 points and hit four 3-pointers as Silver Lake advanced to the Class 3A state semifinals with a 72-41 win over Santa Fe Trail. [File photo]
Goodland took a 59-53 semifinal win over Silver Lake last season on its way to its first state championship since the 1980 while the Eagles bounced back to post a third-place finish. Goodland will take a perfect 24-0 record into Friday's 6 p.m. semifinal while Silver Lake is 23-1.
While Silver Lake rolled to a 31-point win in its second meeting of the year with Santa Fe Trail, Goodland fought off a serious upset bid from Frontenac to take a 53-48 victory, its 37th straight victory.
After losing by 19 points to Silver Lake in late January, Santa Fe Trail jumped out to a 13-9 first-quarter lead after holding the Eagles to just 20 percent shooting in the first quarter (three of 15).
But Silver Lake took control in the second quarter, exploding for 32 points and hitting 13 of 18 shots from the field in a 32-8 quarter to open up a 41-21 halftime lead.
