By Rick Peterson
TopSports.news
Undefeated Class 3A state champion Silver Lake put three players on the All-Mid-East League girls basketball team, selected by league coaches.
Silver Lake senior Makenzie McDaniel was a first-team All-Mid-East League selection after helping lead the Eagles to a perfect 26-0 season and the Class 3A state title. [File photo/TSN]
Senior McKinley Kruger earned All-Mid-East League first-team honors after helping lead Silver Lake to a 26-0 record and the Class 3A state title. [File photo/TSN]
The Eagles, who completed a perfect 26-0 season Saturday in Hutchinson, are represented on the All-Mid-East first team by seniors McKinley Kruger (5-foot-6) and Makenzie McDaniel (6-1) and sophomore Kailyn Hanni (5-7).
Silver Lake's Kailyn Hanni was the lone sophomore to earn All-Mid-East League first-team recognition. [File photo/TSN]
Rossville put Nora Burdiek (5-10 freshman), Rylee Dick (5-6 sophomore) and Kinsey Perine (5-9 senior) on the All-Mid-East second team.
Silver Lake seniors Kaylee Deiter (5-8) and Kaibryn Kruger (5-7) and Rossville senior Emma Mitchell (5-11) all received all-league honorable mention.
ALL-MID-EAST LEAGUE GIRLS BASKETBALL
First team
Kailyn Hanni, 5-7 so., Silver Lake; Hayden Heim, 6-3 jr., St. Marys; McKinley Kruger, 5-6 sr., Silver Lake; Anna Lambert, 5-9 junior, Riley County; Makenzie McDaniel, 6-1 sr., Silver Lake.
Second team
Nora Burdiek, 5-10, fr., Rossville; Rylee Dick, 5-6 so., Rossville; Kaci Meseke, 5-8 sr., Wabaunsee; Kinsey Perine, 5-9 sr., Rossville; Brenna Smith, 5-11 sr., St. Marys.
Honorable mention
Kaylee Deiter, 5-8 sr., Silver Lake; Kaibryn Kruger, 5-7 sr., Silver Lake; Emma Mitchell, 5-11 sr., Rossville; Taryn Shepard, 5-8 sr., Riley County; Grace Zeller, 5-7 fr., Wabaunsee.
