All City 2025 Girls Swimming Team.

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Rick Strecker, Hayden Hall of Framer, passed away after cancer battle.

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All City 2025 Boys Golf Team.

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2025 All City Boys Tennis Team.

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Topekan "Big Dawg" Deedrick honored by KSHSAA for 60 yrs. as an official in baseball, basketball, football and volleyball.

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Ryin Miller, Seaman, named Gatorade KS 2025 Track & Field Athlete of the Year.

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Nate Wallace (right) is the new coach of the Highland Park boys basketball team.

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Phil Frost captured his 1st TGA City Match Play Championship.

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By RICK PETERSON

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Class 6A state champion Washburn Rural and Class 4A-1A runnerup Hayden combined to earn nine of 12 first-team berths on the 2025 All-Centennial League girls soccer team, selected by league coaches.

KateHinck2025THquarter 4Kate Hinck, Washburn Rural

Senior player of the year Kate Hinck leads six Washburn Rural players on the all-league team, with seniors Destiny Higgs, Zahra Friess, Delaney Hill and Madison Lemke and junior Dayne Shriver also earning first-team berths while  Junior Blues coach Brian Hensyel was named the coach of the year and Rural sophomore Emery Hall was named the league newcomer of the year.

DestinyHiggs2025TH 5Destiny Higgs, Washburn Rural

ZahraFriess2025BV 4Zahra Friess, Washburn Rural

MadisonLemke2025State 1Madison Lemke, Washburn Rural

DayneShriver2025OW 1Dayne Shriver, Washburn Rural

DelaneyHill2025TH 2Delaney Hill, Washburn Rural

Hayden, which dropped a double overtime decision to Bishop Miege in the 4A-1A final, put senior Camryn McDonald and juniors Carsyn Broxterman and Reese Huscher on the All-Centennial first team.

CarsynBroxterman2025SoccerState 1Carsyn Broxterman, Hayden

Camryn McDonald2025 1 Camryn McDonald, Hayden

ReeseHuscher2025Soccer 1Reese Huscher, Hayden

Topeka High junior Natalie Barnes also earned a first-team All-Centennial League spot after helping lead the Trojans to the 6A state quarterfinals.

NatalieBarnes2025 5Natalie Barnes, Topeka High

2025 All-Centennial League girls soccer

First team                                                                             Second team

Kate Hinck — Washburn Rural, sr.                                              Katie Smart — Emporia, sr. 

Dayne Shriver — Washburn Rural, jr.                                          Raelee Shipley — Topeka High, jr. 

Destiny Higgs — Washburn Rural, sr.                                         Addyson Kaberline — Washburn Rural, sr.

Delaney Hill — Washburn Rural, sr.                                             Kameron Felice — Manhattan, jr. 

Zahra Friess — Washburn Rural, sr.                                             Allie Schroeder — Washburn Rural, jr. 

Madison Lemke — Washburn Rural, sr.                                      Cierra Belaire-Serna — Topeka High, jr. 

Jada Dibbini — Manhattan, sr.                                                        Peyton Merrick — Washburn Rural, jr. 

Carsyn Broxterman — Hayden, jr.                                               Ella Foster — Hayden, jr.

Lauren Booe — Manhattan, so.                                                      Myia Elwood — Topeka High, sr. 

Natalie Barnes — Topeka High, sr.                                              Evelyn Thornburg — Manhattan, jr. 

Camryn McDonald — Hayden, sr.                                               Grace Funk — Hayden, jr. 

Reese Huscher — Hayden, jr.                                                       Emma Wong —Washburn Rural, jr. 

Honorable mention

Emporia — Emersyn Johnson, so.; Madison Evans, so.; Emma Swindle, jr. Hayden — Hailey Schmidtlein, fr. Junction City -- Lacey Kidwell, sr.; Lyla Hayden, sr. Manhattan — Ava Connell, so.; Avary Meeker, fr. Topeka High — Emma Schell, fr. Washburn Rural -- Emery Hall, so.

Player of the year — Kate Hinck, Washburn Rural

Newcomer of the year — Emery Hall, Washburn Rural

Coach of the year — Brian Hensyel, Washburn Rural

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