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Created: 11 August 2024

By RICK PETERSON
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ANTONIO AGUIRRE, Highland Park

A senior, Aguirre has been one of the top players in the Meadowlark Conference for Highland Park the past two seasons, earning first-team all-conference honors as a sophomore and junior. Aguirre received All-City honorable mention last fall after the Scots posted a 4-13-0 record.

Topeka High senior Jaime Alvarado earned first-team All-City and All-Centennial League recognition last fall. [File photo/TSN]  

JAIME ALVARADO, Topeka High

A senior forward, Alvarado earned first-team All-City and All-City recognition last season for the Trojans, who posted a 7-10-0 record. Alvarado received All-City and All-Centennial League honorable mention as a sophomore in 2022.

Washburn Rural junior Draden Chooncharoen (23) was a second-team All-Centennial League selection last season for the 19-2 Junior Blues. [File photo/TSN]

DRADEN CHOONCHAROEN, Washburn Rural

A junior midfielder, Chooncharoen had four goals and four assists and received second-team All-Centennial League honors last fall as Washburn Rural (19-2) won its 29th straight Centennial League title (outright or shared) and finished third in Class 6A. A three-sport standout, Chooncharoen was a 4x400-meter relay state champion this past spring in track.

Hayden senior Cooper Grace (18) was a first-team All-City selection last fall for the Wildcats. [File photo/TSN]

COOPER GRACE, Hayden

A senior defender, Grace was a first-team All-Centennial League pick and earned All-City honorable mention last season for the 6-8-3 Wildcats. An All-Stater in baseball, Grace led the Wildcats to the Class 3A state title this past spring and has made an oral commitment to Nebraska.

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Created: 10 August 2024

By RICK PETERSON

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Emerie Catlin

EMERIE CATLIN, Washburn Rural

A senior, Catlin teamed with Izzy Haggard to advance to the Class 6A state tournament last fall with a second-place regional finish. Catlin and Haggard won the city championship in No. 2 doubles and finished second in doubles in the Centennial League meet. Catlin and Haggard went 22-9 on the season, helping the Junior Blues sweep city, Centennial League and regional team titles and tie for fifth as a team at state.

Carolina Chedzoy

CAROLINA CHEDZOY, Washburn Rural

Chedzoy, a senior, capped her first season at Washburn Rural with an eighth-place singles finish in the Class 6A state tournament. Chedzoy, who went 23-11 on the season, won a regional championship after finishing second in the city and Centennial League tournaments. Chedzoy helped lead the Junior Blues to city, Centennial League and regional team championships before Rural tied for fifth in 6A.

Sidney Chinn

SIDNEY CHINN, Seaman

A senior, Chinn helped Seaman capture United Kansas Conference and Class 5A regional team championships last fall and was a state qualifier in singles. Chinn posted third-place finishes in regional and city competition and finished fifth in the UKC championships.

Madeline Deters 

MADELINE DETERS, Topeka High

Deters, a junior, will be counted on to be a leader for Duane Pomeroy's Trojans this season. Deters qualified for the Class 6A state tournament in singles as a freshman in 2022 and is likely to play No. 1 singles for Topeka High in 2024. 

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Created: 09 August 2024

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ALEX BAXTER, Topeka West

Baxter, a senior, was a Class 5A individual state qualifier last fall, tying for 29th with a 36-hole score of 184 (88-96). Baxter was the United Kansas Conference runnerup with an 18-hole score of 81 after finshing third in the UKC meet as a sophomore. She tied for 20th in the regional tournament.

Lauren Borjon

LAUREN BORJON, Hayden

Borjon, a junior, helped Hayden win the Class 4A state title by a 37-stroke margin, finishing 15th individually with a 165 36-hole score (85-80). Borjon tied for first for the team-champion Wildcats in the city tournament with a 76, finishing second in a playoff, tied for seventh in regional competition (88) and shot an 89 in the Centennial League tournament.

Izzy Glotzbach

IZZY GLOTZBACH, Hayden

A junior, Glotzbach shot a team-low 161 at state (79-82) to tie for ninth in Class 4A, helping Hayden post a runaway 37-stroke win in the team standings. Glotzbach finished third in the city tournament (81) to help Hayden win the city team title and tied for ninth at regionals (88). Glotzbach was a first-team All-Shawnee County pick after earning second-team recognition as a freshman.  

Natalie Peterson

NATALIE PETERSON, Washburn Rural

A senior, Peterson has received second-team All-Shawnee County recognition the past two seasons. Peterson posted a 27th-place finish in the Class 6A state tournament last fall, finishing with a 36-hole score of 171 (89-82) to help Rural place fourth as a team. Peterson was eighth in the city meet (84), tied for sixth in the Centennial League (82) and tied for 10th at regionals (86).

Reece Randall

REECE RANDALL, Washburn Rural

A senior, Randall earned second-team All-Shawnee County recognition in 2022 and 2023. Randall tied for 25th in the Class 6A state tournament with a 36-hole total of 170 (87-83) for fourth-place Rural. Randall tied for fourth in the Centennial League tournament with an 81, took ninth in the city tournament (85) and tied for 14th place at regionals (88).

MAKENNA STUKE, Seaman 

Stuke, a junior, helped Seaman win a Class 5A regional team title with a fifth-place finish (89) and tied for 29th in the 5A state tournament with a 36-hole score of 184 (91-93). Stuke finished third in the United Kansas Conference tournament with an 83 as the Vikings won the championship by 48 strokes. She carded an 87 in the city meet.

Jaycee Zimmerman

JAYCEE ZIMMERMAN, Seaman

Zimmerman, a senior, is a two-time All-Shawnee County second-team pick and shot a 79 to win the United Kansas Conference individual title last fall after finishing second as a sophomore. Zimmerman helped the Vikings post a 48-stroke win in the UKC meet and placed eighth in Class 5A regional competition as Seaman captured the team title.

Taylor Zordel

TAYLOR ZORDEL, Silver Lake

Zordel, a senior, earned her third straight Class 3A-1A state medal while helping Silver Lake win its first state girls golf championship in school history by a 22-stroke margin. Zordel placed fourth at state with a 36-hole score of 163 (83-80) after posting a third-place regional finish (80) for the regional-champion Eagles. Zordel was a first-team All-Shawnee County repeat selection.

 

 

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Created: 08 August 2024

By RICK PETERSON

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After rarely leaving the field as a two-way starter for Topeka High as a senior in the 2021 football season, Tylan Alejos has done a lot of watching the past two years.

Tylan Alejos

The 5-foot-9, 200-pound sophomore running back is hoping to change that this fall in his second season for Washburn University.

"I would say that this is the most prepared I came into a football season and I should be seeing the field a lot this year,'' Alejos said.

Alejos earned All-Shawnee County Top 22 and All-Centennial League first-team honors as a senior at High after rushing for 1,327 yards on 202 carries with 18 total touchdowns, including a 400-yard, eight-touchdown game in a Centennial League victory over Highland Park, and recording 40 tackles (16 solo) with a pass interception.

Former Topeka High star Tylan Alejos (7) is starting his second season at Washburn University after a redshirt season at Kansas. [File photo/TSN]

Alejos opted to walk on at the University of Kansas as a freshman and redshirted the '22 season before transerring to Washburn last fall.

But even though he never got on the field at KU, he believes his time with the Jayhawks was a valuable experience.

"I'd say it was the best situation for me because I got to play against some of the best players in the country at the Power 5 level and saw every day what it takes to get to that next level,'' Alejos said.

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