Lee Arena re-opens after 7 month-long, $8 million renovation project.

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Hailey Schmidtlein, Hayden sophomore, earned Centennial League Player of the Year.

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Ken Darting, Shawnee Heights boys basketball coach, begins the final season of his illustrious career.

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Highland Park senior, Tremaine Savage, is 1 of 3 players named as Meadownlark Conf. Tri-Defensive Players of the Year.

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Washburn senior, Austin Broadie, named MIAA Player of the Year.

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Jermaine Monroe, Highland Park football coach, name Meadowlark Conference Coach of the Year.

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Sarah Johnson, Silver Lake girls coach, named 3A Coach of the Year.

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By Rick Peterson

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Washburn Rural senior All-American Brooklyn DeLeye has been selected to play in the Kansas Volleyball Association's 2023 All-Star Match on June 3 at Lee Arena.

BrooklynDeleyecroppedWashburn Rural star Brooklyn DeLeye will play for the Red team in the KVA All-Star Match on June 3rd at Lee Arena. [File photo/TSN]

DeLeye, who will play collegiately at Kentucky, will play for the Red after helping lead Rural to four straight Class 6A state tournaments, including the state championship last fall.

Veteran Silver Lake coach Sarah Johnson will serve as an assistant coach for the Blue team.

Match time will be 4:30 p.m.

The players selected for the KVA All-Star Match are first nominated by their high school coaches (who must be KVA members), and then recommended by a committee to fill the squads.

Based on achievements, positions, classifications, collegiate plans and availability, the squads are determined and divided into the two teams.

KVA ALL-STAR MATCH

BLUE

Kori Arnold, Hillsboro; Brailee Bogle, Wichita Northwest; Lindsay Cure, Goodland; McKenzie Fairchild, Andale; Campbell Hague, Cheney; Bella Hedke, Marysville; Addyson Holthaus, Nemaha Central; Emery May, Andale; Josie McLean, Hutchinson; Sydney Swingle, Attica; Skylar Weaver, Lansing; Keala Wilson, Ell-Saline; Shelbi Wilson, Labette County. 

Coaches -- Sandy Arnold, Hillsboro; Sarah Johnson, Silver Lake; Kayla Weidert, Andover Central.

RED

Payton Benoit, Wichita Northwest; Brooklyn Deleye, Washburn Rural; Massey Holle, Hanover; Kyra Johnson, Doniphan West; Maliyah Johnson, Hutchinson; Liana McGonigle, Sedgwick; Allie Paulsen, Andover Central; Heather Schemper, Phillipsburg; Maddie Schrandt,  Andale; Ryleigh Stuhlsatz, Garden Plain;  Megan Wright, Clay Center; 

Coaches -- Kaylie Bergkamp, Andale; Amy Hoffsommer, Olathe West; Gina Peek, Lebo.

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