WU senior Andrew Orr & teammates celebrate their NCAA D-II Central Region championship.

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Seaman coach Matt Tinsley name UKC girls' basketball Coach of the Year.

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Washburn Rural senior Amare Jones named Centennial League Boys' Player of the Year.

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Rossville junior Rylee Dick named to All-Big East First Team.

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WU Coach Brett Ballard’s jubilation as the Ichabod’s won the NCAA D-II Central Regional championship.

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Junior Kailyn Hanni, Silver Lake, named to All-Big East First Team.

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Rossville junior Rylee Dick and Silver Lake junior Kailyn Hanni have been named to the All-Big East girls basketball first team. 

RyleeDickSL 1Rossville junior Rylee Dick has been named to the All-Big East girls basketball first team. [File photo/TSN]

KailynHanniRoss 4Silver Lake junior Kailyn Hanni has been named the All-Big East first team after leading the Eagles to a second-place state finish. [File photo/TSN]

Dick led to a Class 2A sub-state final while Hanni led Silver Lake to a runnerup state finish in 3A after helping the Eagles win the state title as a sophomore.

Silver Lake freshman Karys Deiter has been named to the All-Big East second team while sophomore Nora Burdiek, who missed considerable time with an injury, was a third-team pick.

Silver Lake senior Ella Bolan received honorable mention.    

ALL-BIG EAST LEAGUE GIRLS BASKETBALL

First team

Rylee Dick, jr., Rossville; Kailyn Hanni, jr., Silver Lake; Hayden Heim, sr., St. Marys; Cali Honeyman, sr., Nemaha Central; Anna Lambert, sr., Riley County. 

Second team

Cami Dalinghaus, sr., Nemaha Central; Karys Deiter, fr., Silver Lake; Isabel Hurla, sr., St. Marys; Elizabeth Schuster, sr., Holton; Brooke Willcott, sr., Holton.

Third team

Nora Burdiek, so., Rossville; KiWe Miller, fr., Royal Valley; Rileigh Mitoska, so., Riley County; Kylie Nelson, so., Hiawatha; Panno Wahwassuck, so., Royal Valley.

Honorable mention

Ella Bolan, sr., Silver Lake; Alija Contreras, sr., Hiawatha; Harriet Dean, so., Jefferson West; Kaylee Heinen, sr., Jefferson West; Hallie Holthaus, sr., Nemaha Central; Samantha Klotz, sr., Royal Valley; Paxton Michael, so., Sabetha.

 

   

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