By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Thirty-one Washburn Rural and Topeka High football players have received All-Centennial League recognition, including nine first-team selections.
Washburn Rural senior Lafayette Thompson earned All-Centennial League first-team honors at both wide receiver and returner. [File photo/TSN]
Rural is represented on the first team by senior Lafayette Thompson, who made the team at wide receiver and returner along with senior offensive linemen Caden Estrada and Jacob Hawks, senior defensive lineman Baron Blankenship, senior linebacker Connor Danielson, senior defensive back Kingston Leonard and junior offensive back TJ Minikwu.
Senior running back Tevante Ewing (25) earned All-Centennial League first-team honors for Topeka High. [File photo/TSN]
Topeka High put senior offensive back Tevante Ewing and junior Malichi Murph on the first team.
Trojan senior Jayden Norman received all-league recognition at three positions, receiving second-team honors at wide receiver and kicker and honorable mention at punter.
2024 ALL-CENTENNIAL LEAGUE FOOTBALL
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OFFENSIVE LINE FIRST TEAM |
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| JACOB HAWKS | WASHBURN RURAL | SR |
| CADEN ESTRADA | WASHBURN RURAL | SR |
| TREY HOOVER | MANHATTAN | SR |
| GARRISON VIKANDER | MANHATTAN | SR |
| PETRON BARTOLOME | JUNCTION CITY | SR |
| SECOND TEAM | ||
| COOPER MARTIN | TOPEKA HIGH | SR |
| BRANDON STROUD | MANHATTAN | SR |
| GREYSON WASSENBERG | MANHATTAN | JR |
| DORIAN COLEMAN | JUNCTION CITY | SR |
| TYMAR JONES | JUNCTION CITY | SR |
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| JACK TROTTER | TOPEKA HIGH | SR |
| JEREMIAH LOPEZ | TOPEKA HIGH | JR |
| JAYDEN COOPER | WASHBURN RURAL | JR |
| AVERY FLORENCE | JUNCTION CITY | JR |
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OFFENSIVE BACK FIRST TEAM |
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| TEVANTE EWING | TOPEKA HIGH | SR |
| TJ MINIKWU | WASHBURN RURAL | JR |
| JAYDIN HUDLEY | MANHATTAN | SR |
| SECOND TEAM | ||
| LANDON DOBSON | MANHATTAN | SR |
| JUSTICE FONOTI | JUNCTION CITY | JR |
| AARON WOODS | JUNCTION CITY | SO |
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| SARON CARTER | TOPEKA HIGH | SR |
| RYLAN CROWELL | EMPORIA | JR |
| JADYN BAUM | WASHBURN RURAL | SO |
| QUARTER BACK - FIRST TEAM | ||
| CARTER ASLIN | MANHATTAN | SR |
| SECOND TEAM | ||
| JOHN HOYTAL | WASHBURN RURAL | JR |
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| ZANE SMITH | TOPEKA HIGH | JR |
| CONRAD GOMEZ | JUNCTION CITY | JR |
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TIGHT END FIRST TEAM |
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| RYLAN VIKANDER | MANHATTAN | SR |
| SECOND TEAM | ||
| CHRIS COY | JUNCTION CITY | JR |
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| MADDEN SEIDL | EMPORIA | SR |
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WIDE RECEIVER FIRST TEAM |
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| JJ DUNNIGAN | MAHATTAN | JR |
| LAFAYETTE THOMPSON | WASHBURN RURAL | SR |
| SECOND TEAM | ||
| JAYDEN NORMAN | TOPEKA HIGH | SR |
| KELLON ROTH | WASHBURN RURAL | JR |
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| GABE SUMMERLIN | MANHATTAN | SR |
| SCHOLAR BROWN | JUNCTION CITY | JR |
| JA'MARCUS VORNES | JUNCTION CITY | JR |
| XANDER CALDWELL | JUNCTION CITY | SR |
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DEFENSIVE LINE FIRST TEAM |
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| BARON BLANKENSHIP | WASHBURN RURAL | SR |
| EVAN MIDDLETON | MANHATTAN | JR |
| TREY HOOVER | MANHATTAN | SR |
| TREVON BRILEY | JUNCTION CITY | SO |
| SECOND TEAM | ||
| KOBY LE | EMPORIA | SR |
| GARRISON VIKANDER | MANHATTAN | JR |
| JACKSON HOLLIE | JUNCTION CITY | JR |
| AYDEN CROSSWHITE | WASHBURN RURAL | JR |
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| DETRICK JOHNSON | TOPEKA HIGH | SR |
| ADAM HUMPHREY | TOPEKA HIGH | JR |
| TREY LUTZ | TOPEKA HIGH | SO |
| JUSTIN FONOTI | JUNCTION CITY | JR |
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LINEBACKER FIRST TEAM |
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| CONNOR DANIELSON | WASHBURN RURAL | SR |
| COLBY ALTEVOGT | MANHATTAN | SR |
| LANDON DOBSON | MANHATTAN | SR |
| JAMARCUS TYSON | JUNCTION CITY | JR |
| SECOND TEAM | ||
| DETRICK JOHNSON | TOPEKA HIGH | SR |
| JORDY HEIM | WASHBURN RURAL | JR |
| BRANDON STROUD | MANHATTAN | SR |
| LARKIN TURNER | JUNCTION CITY | SR |
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| ROCK WILLIAMSON | TOPEKA HIGH | JR |
| LUKE PITMAN | EMPORIA | SR |
| BRODY HAAS | WASHBURN RURAL | SO |
| ELIJAH GAINES | WASHBURN RURAL | JR |
| KHALIEL WALKER | JUNCTION CITY | SO |
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DEFENSIVE BACK FIRST TEAM |
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| MALACHI MURPH | TOPEKA HIGH | JR |
| KINGSTON LEONARD | WASHBURN RURAL | SR |
| JJ DUNNIGAN | MANHATTAN | JR |
| LOGAN LAGERMAN | MANHATTAN | JSR |
| SECOND TEAM | ||
| WILSON MILLER | WASHBURN RURAL | SR |
| NISBYC JOHNSON | MANHATTAN | JR |
| LOVELL AUTRY | JUNCTION CITY | JR |
| KINGSTON TIMMS | JUNCTION CITY | JR |
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| JONES ERBE | TOPEKA HIGH | FR |
| LANDON WOHLETZ | EMPORIA | SR |
| CALVIN MANTHE | WASHBURN RURAL | SR |
| FABIAN CLARK | MANHATTAN | SR |
| JOE MONTENSON | MANHATTAN | SO |
| JALEN MORGAN | JUNCTION CITY | SR |
| JAYDEN MEARS | JUNCTION CITY | SR |
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KICKER FIRST TEAM |
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| RYLAN VIKANDER | MANHATTAN | SR |
| SECOND TEAM | ||
| JAYDEN NORMAN | TOPEKA HIGH | SR |
| ETHAN HILEMAN | JUNCTION CITY | SR |
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PUNTER FIRST TEAM |
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| KINGSTON TIMMS | JUNCTION CITY | JR |
| SECOND TEAM | ||
| GABE SUMMERLIN | MANHATTAN | SR |
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| JAYDEN NORMAN | TOPEKA HIGH | SR |
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RETURNER FIRST TEAM |
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| LAFAYETTE THOMPSON | WASHBURN RURAL | SR |
| JJ DUNNIGAN | MANHATTAN | JR |
| SECOND TEAM | ||
| JA'MARCUS VORNES | JUNCTION CITY | JR |
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||
| COURTNEY SANDERS | TOPEKA HIGH | SO |
| COACH OF THE YEAR | ||
| JOE SCHARTZ | MANHATTAN | |
| OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR | ||
| CARTER ASLIN | MANHATTAN | SR |
| DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR | ||
| JJ DUNNIGAN | MANHATTAN | JR |
