The Cair Paravel Latin School volleyball team celebrates a point.

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Brooke Johnson, Hayden sophomore, was individual runner-up at Class 4A sub-state tournament.

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Shawnee Height's Anthony Retana (44) celebrates a goal with teammate Nowlan Hurla.

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Topeka West seniors, Kailyn Bidwell (left) & Mariana Bernard qualify for Class 5A state tournament.

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Sam Winter, Mit Winter, Jessica Mainz & C.B. McGrath-The 2026 Class @ Topeka Shawnee County Sports Hall of Fame

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Washburn Rural's Alyson Hinck's (971) captures her 1st cross-country title.

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By RICK PETERSON

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Cair Paravel Latin senior Drew Fay wrapped up his outstanding high school career Saturday in Prairie Village with a fifth-place singles finish in Class 3A-1A.

DrewFay2026city 1Cair Paravel senior Drew Fay finished fifth in Class 3A-1A singles Saturday, earning his third straight state medal. [File photo/TSN]

A four-time state qualifier, Fay posted his third straight top-five state finish, taking an 8-0 win over Hoisington sophomore Jasper Pawlowski in the fifth-place match.

Fay placed second in 3A-1A state doubles as a junior after finishing fourth in singles as a sophomore.

Cair Paravel freshman Jonah Arnold also earned a state singles medal in his first state tournament with a 12th-place finish, dropping an 8-4 decision to Sterling freshman Lathem Kizzar in the 11th-place match. 

Cair Paravel finished fourth in the team standings.

OConnorTryhus2026tennis 1Washburn Rural seniors Ben Tryhus (facing) and Kieffer O'Connor placed ninth in Class 6A doubles Saturday in Wichita. [File photo/TSN]

 Washburn Rural's senior doubles teams of Kieffer O'Connor and Ben Tryhus and Cale Deutscher and Dylan Willingham faced off for the fourth time over the last three tournaments and the second time in the Class 6A state tournament in Saturday's ninth-place match in Wichita, with O'Connor and Tryhus taking an 8-5 win.

Deutscher and Willingham earned state medals for the second straight season, with Saturday's 10th-place showing following a seventh-place showing in the 2025 state tournament. 

Rural finished sixth in the 6A team standings.

McGeeRice2026tennis 1Topeka West's Collin McGee (left) teamed with Zander Rice to finish ninth in Class 5A doubles Saturday in Andover. [File photo/TSN]

Topeka West's doubles team of sophomore Collin McGee and junior Zander Rice posted a ninth-place doubles finish in 5A, taking a win by default over Seaman seniors Dayton Schneider and Owen Stewart in the ninth-place match.

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