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Cair Paravel Latin seniors Zach Clark, Noah Hastert and Jaley Barkley have received first-team All-Kaw Valley Conference basketball honors.
Clark and Hastert were named to the all-conference boys first team while Barkley was a first-team girls pick.
Zach Clark
Noah Hastert
Jaley Barkley
Cair Paravel senior Lauren Drum was a second-team girls all-conference selection while sophomore Allison Schwarz received honorable mention.
On the boys side, Lion seniors Ethan Everhart and Carter Brian both received honorable mention.
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Topeka West senior Elijah Brooks has been named the Centennial League boys basketball player of the year by league coaches after leading the Chargers to a second straight league championship.
Topeka West senior Elijah Brooks has been named the Centennial League boys basketball player of the year after leading the Chargers to a 21-2 record and a second straight league title. [File photo/TSN]
Brooks helped the Chargers post a 21-2 record and a second straight Class 5A state tournament berth, including a 20-game win streak.
Seaman senior Ty Henry has been named to the All-Centennial League first team by league coaches. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Seaman senior Mateo Hyman (10), celebrating a Viking bucket in the Class 5A state tournament, has been named to the All-Centennial League first team. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Brooks is joined on the All-Centennial League first team by seniors Ty Henry and Mateo Hyman of 5A state champion Seaman, senior Juan'Tario Roberts and junior Bo Aldridge of 5A state qualifier Highland Park and Junction City senior Howard Johnson.
Highland Park senior Juan'Tario Roberts (23) earned a spot on the All-Centennial League first team after helping the Scots reach the Class 5A state tournament. [File photo/TSN]
Highland Park's Bo Aldridge was the lone junior to earn a spot on the All-Centennial League first team. [File photo/TSN]
Topeka West coach Rick Bloomquist was named the Centennial League coach of the year while Seaman senior Gavin Wilhelm was named the league's newcomer of the year.
Hayden, which finished fourth in the 4A state tournament, put junior Joe Otting and senior Trent Duffey on the All-Centennial League second team along with Washburn Rural junior Jack Bachelor, Topeka West junior Sincere Austin, Seaman junior Kaeden Bonner and Highland Park junior Tre Richardson.
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Myles Alonzo
MYLES ALONZO, Topeka West
A sophomore, Alonzo was the individual runner-up in the Centennial League tournament last spring as a freshman and earned TopSports.news All-Shawnee County first-team recognition. Alonzo placed third in the city tournament with a 27-hole total of 124, finished second in the Centennial League tournament with a 76 and placed third in Class 5A regional competition with a 73. The Centennial League newcomer of the year, Alonzo finished his season with a tie for 38th in the 5A state tournament, posting a 36-hole score of 165.
Bryce Badsky
BRYCE BADSKY, Silver Lake
Badsky, a sophomore, was an individual state placer last spring as a freshman, taking 13th in the Class 3A state tournament, and earned first-team TSN All-Shawnee County honors. Badsky capped his freshman season with a 13th-place finish in the state tournament, shooting a 36-hole score of 161. Badsky took fifth in a 3A regional tournament with an 87, was the runner-up in the Mid-East League tournament with a 92 and was fourth in the Silver Lake Invitational with an 82.
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Kaeden Bonner
KAEDEN BONNER, Seaman
Bonner, a junior, scored a total of 43 points in the Class 5A state tournament, helping lead Seaman to the first boys state basketball championship in school history. Bonner scored 10 points with 4 assists and 3 steals in the No. 8-seeded Vikings' 54-43 first-round win over top seed Kapaun Mt. Carmel. He scored 18 points on six 3-pointers in the Vikings' 66-54 semifinal win over 2021 champion Maize with 5 assists and 2 steals and scored 15 points and hit 3 of 3 3-point attempts in Seaman's 66-47 win over De Soto in Saturday's state championship game.
Zoe Canfield
ZOE CANFIELD, Washburn Rural
A sophomore, Canfield scored 41 points in the Class 6A girls state basketball tournament as Washburn Rural captured its second state title since 2019 with a 40-23 win over Derby in Saturday's championship game. Canfield scored 23 points and hit six of seven 3-pointers and five of six free throws in the Junior Blues' 66-43 first-round win over Dodge City. Canfield scored six points on two 3-pointers and added 2 assists and 3 steals in Rural's 44-43 semifinal win over Olathe North and had 12 points with two 3s in the state championship game.
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The Washburn men's basketball season came to end Sunday in the NCAA Central Region semifinals with the Ichabods dropping a 70-55 loss to familiar MIAA rival Northwest Missouri in their fourth meeting of the season.
"I'm proud of our guys,'' Washburn coach Brett Ballard said. "We could have gave in a couple of times in that game, but we battled back. We didn't play our best obviousely. They had a lot to do with that, but we battled.
"I thought we played hard, got back in the game. We got it (to four) and just couldn't quite get over that hump. They made plays and we didn't.''
Freshman Michael Keegan led Washburn with 16 points in the Ichabods' 70-55 NCAA Tournament loss to Northwest Missouri Sunday. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
Offensively the Ichabods, who finished the season 22-11, were limited in the first half as they were held to 9 of 28 shooting with six of their nine field goals coming from 3-point range.
The Bearcats took a 41-27 lead into the break after hitting 12 of 22 shots overall and going 7 of 10 from 3-point range and hitting 10 of 11 free throws.
Washburn trailed by as many as 21 points in the opening half before cutting the margin to 14.
