By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
City players earned four of the seven spots on the All-United Kansas Conference boys basketball first team, led by Seaman UKC player of the year KaeVon Bonner.
Seaman senior KaeVon Bonner was named the UKC player of the year while earning all-conference first-team honors for the third straight season. [File photo/TSN]
Bonner, a senior, led the Vikings to a third-place finish in the Class 5A state tournament, earning All-UKC first-team honors for the third straight season.
Malakyah Duncan, Topeka West
Keimani Paul, Topeka West
Cam Ross, Shawnee Heights
Bonner is joined on the first team by Topeka West seniors Malakyah Duncan and Keimani Paul and Shawnee Heights junior Cam Ross.
Duncan moved up to the first team after earning second-team recognition in 2025 while Paul received honorable mention a year ago.
Duncan and Paul helped lead Topeka West to a fourth-place finish in 5A while Ross helped Heights advance to the 5A state tournament for the third straight season.
Christian Ulsaker, Topeka West
Second-year Topeka West coach Christian Ulsaker was picked as the UKC coach of the year after his Chargers won the conference championship on a tiebreaker over Seaman.
Seaman senior Landon Wiltz, West junior Prince Lassiter and Heights freshman Quincy Dixon earned second-team honors while Viking senior Griffin Zuniga, T-Bird seniors Ja'Veon Alston, JaiMarion Cook and Aiden Scott and West senior Jay'Veon Traylor all earned honorable mention.
ALL-UNITED KANSAS CONFERENCE BOYS BASKETBALL
First team
KaeVon Bonner, sr., Seaman; Elliott Brown, jr. Basehor-Linwood; Malakyah Duncan, sr., Topeka West; DJ Jackson, sr., Piper; Keimani Paul, sr., Topeka West; Cam Ross, jr., Shawnee Heights; Mehki Stephens, jr., Lansing.
Second team
Alamar Brooks, sr., Piper; Ryvonni Cheatham, sr., Leavenworth; Quincy Dixon, fr., Shawnee Heights; Prince Lassiter, jr., Topeka West; Deacon Manthe, jr., Lansing; Tayland McGee, sr., Turner; Landon Wiltz, sr., Seaman.
Honorable mention
Basehor-Linwood: Isaiah Calvert, jr.; Chase Young, sr. De Soto: Dylan Narayan, sr.; Carson Patterson, sr.; Brayan Salas, sr. Lansing: Reece Mattingly, jr.; Jessie Wilson, jr. Leavenworth: Gunner Alonzo, sr.; Adrian Brantley, jr. Piper: Cooper Crawford, jr. Seaman: Griffin Zuniga, sr. Shawnee Heights: JaVeon Alston, sr.; JaiMarion Cook, sr.; Aiden Scott, sr. Topeka West: Jay'Veon Traylor, sr. Turner: Michael Marshall, sr.
Player of the year -- KaeVon Bonner, Seaman.
Coach of the year -- Christian Ulsaker, Topeka West.
