By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Highland Park sophomore basketball standout Amelia Ramsey and Washburn Rural sophomore wrestling standout Easton Broxterman have been named the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency Rising Stars of the Week.
The Dan Key Agency will recognize top Shawnee County underclassmen throughout the 2022-2023 school year.
Here’s a brief look at the accomplishments of Ramsey and Broxterman last week:
Highland Park sophomore Amelia Ramsey is averaging 21.5 points through her first two basketball games and coming off a 27-point, 24-rebound perormance in the Scots' 68-9 win over KC-Southeast Tuesday night. [File photo/TSN]
AMELIA RAMSEY, Highland Park
Ramsey, a 6-foot sophomore, opened the 2022-2023 season with a team-high 16 points in last Tuesday's Highland Park loss to Bonner Springs and followed that up with a career night in Tuesday night's 68-9 non-league romp past Kansas City-Southeast, Mo., finishing with a double-double of 27 points and 24 rebounds.
Ramsey, who started for the Scots as a freshman, scored more points in the first seven minutes of the game than the Knights would score in the game.
Washburn Rural sophomore wrestler Easton Broxterman posted a second-place finish at 113 pounds in last weekend's 41-school Council Bluffs Classic. [File photo/TSN]
EASTON BROXTERMAN, Washburn Rural
Broxterman, a sophomore 113-pound wrestler, finished second in the 41-school Council Bluffs (Iowa) Classic boys division to pace the two-time defending Class 6A state-champion Washburn Rural boys.
A Class 6A finalist as a freshman, Broxterman, off to an 11-1 start this season, lost a tight 8-5 decision to Fort Dodge junior Dru Ayala in the 113-pound championhip match. Broxterman is currently ranked No. 2 in the All-Class and Class 6A rankings by the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association.
