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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Twenty Shawnee County softball standouts have received 2024 All-State recognition from the Kansas Softball Coaches Association, led by seven first-team picks.

Washburn Rural junior Avery Rupp and Topeka High senior McCall Beall received first-team honors in Class 6A while Silver Lake senior Kaibryn Kruger and juniors Kendra Cook and Taylor Zordel and Rossville seniors Hailey Horton and Kinsey Perine were first-team picks in 3A.

AveryRuppSTATE 1Washburn Rural junior Avery Rupp earned first-team All-Class 6A honors from the Kansas Softball Coaches Association. [File photo/TSN]

McCallBeallSoftballTopeka High senior McCall Beall was named to the All-Class 6A softball first team by the KSCA. [Submitted photo]

TaylorZordelSTATE 1Silver Lake junior Taylor Zordel (right) has been named to the All-Class 3A first team after helping lead the Eagles to a runnerup state finsh. [File photo/TSN]

KaibrynKrugerSOFTBALL 2SilverLake senior Kaibryn Kruger earned All-Class 3A first-team honors from the Kansas Softball Coaches Association. [File photo/TSN]

KendraCook3Astate 1Silver Lake junior Kendra Cook is a first-team All-Class 3A All-State pick. [File photo/TSN]

KinseyPerineSOFTBALL 2Rossville senior Kinsey Perine earned first-team All-Class 3A honors from the Kansas Softball Coaches Association. [File photo/TSN]

HaileyHortonSOFTBALL 1Rossville senior Hailey Horton is a first-team Kansas Softball Coaches Association All-Class 3A selection. [File photo/TSN]

Washburn Rural's Makayla Ekis, Reagan Chapman and Olivia Koch and Topeka High's Jo'Mhara Benning were named to the All-6A second team while Seaman's Kaelyn O'Rourke, Reagan McConnell, Jersey Jellison and Kinsley Smith and Shawnee Heights' Taylor Brees were named to the All-5A second team and Silver Lake's Kailyn Hanni and Rossville's Brooke Springer were All-3A second-team picks.

Silver Lake's Kira Lowery and Rossville's Emma Mitchell received All-3A honorable mention.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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