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Trevion Alexander, Topeka West
A 6-foot-3 senior, Alexander was a first-team All-City selection last season, helping lead West to a 14-8 record and an eight-win improvement over the 2018-19 season. Alexander was a second-team All-Centennial League pick and averaged 12.9 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 1.5 steals. Alexander is averaging 28.2 points this season for the 4-0 Chargers, with two 30-plus outings.
Joe Berry, Washburn Rural
Berry, a 6-3 senior, earned All-City top-five honors for the second straight season after averaging 17 points and 5 rebounds and leading the Junior Blues to a 16-5 record and a share of the Centennial League title. He was named Centennial League co-player of the year. Berry, who helped Rural post a runner-up state finish as a sophomore, is averaging 13 points this season for 3-1 Rural.
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By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
As it turns out, not everything that happens in Las Vegas stays there.
More than two years ago, an impromptu Vegas chat over brunch between a few friends led to what on Jan. 1 will be the official unveiling of TopSports.news, a website devoted to local sports.
With my retirement in the newspaper industry looming after four decades, we talked that day about the possibility of doing something to continue our decades-long commitment to local sports.
The focus, we agreed, had to be on Shawnee County high school sports, but we also wanted to make sure we included Washburn University, as well as various other athletic activities that have made the area a hotbed for outstanding individuals and teams over the years. Another key priority was to make sure that the content we provided would be free of charge to anyone who would be kind enough to want to view it, and through the support of current and future partners, we will accomplish that goal.
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TopSports.news
The 2020 high school sports season will go in the books as unprecedented, for a lot of the wrong reasons.
Rossville junior quarterback Torrey Horak helped lead the Bulldawgs to the Class 2A state championship, the school’s fourth state title since 2014. [Photograph by Rex Wolf]
State basketball ended abruptly in March and the entire spring season was wiped out due to COVID-19 before things cranked back up in the fall, with several changes and safety guidelines in place.
However, through it all, Shawnee County teams and athletes persevered and were still able to thrive in multiple sports, etching their place in history.
