Topeka High's Hailey Caryl batting for the ball.

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Hayden's Hailey Schmidtlein tops Topeka girls basketball in the pre-holiday scoring & assists charts.

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Quincy Dixon led Shawnee Heights with 17 pts. in game vs. Topeka West.

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Seaman's KaeVon Bonner tops the Topeka scoring and assists lists through the holiday break.

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Senior Simon Rowley's 16.5/game scoring average leads Washburn Rural.

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Junior Zayah Kincaid led Highland Park with 17 pts. in game vs. Wyandotte.

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Kailyn Hanni, Silver Lake, passed the 1,000 pts. mark for her career.

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KAEVON BONNER, Seaman

Bonner, a 6-foot-4 senior, had another big week as Seaman boys basketball improved to 8-1 overall and 7-1 in the United Kansas Conference with a pair of victories. Bonner scored 28 points on Tuesday as the Vikings avenged their only loss of the season in a 57-52 win over Topeka West and scored 24 points on 9 of 10 shooting in Friday's 72-50 win over Leavenworth. Bonner is averaging 30.25 points over his past four games.

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KORALEE JONES, Highland Park

Jones, a senior basketball player, recorded what Highland Park officials have been told is the first quadruple-double in Kansas history in last Tuesday's 68-10 Meadowlark Conference victory over Kansas City-Sumner Academy. Jones scored 22 points with 13 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals for the Scots.

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JOJO KINGCANNON, Highland Park

A junior basketball standout, Kingcannon scored a total 57 points in back-to-back games on Thursday and Friday, including a career-high 35 points in Friday's 80-43 home Meadowlark Conference win over Kansas City-Harmon as he hit 14 of 16 shots with four 3-pointers. On Thursday Kingcannon scored 22 points in the Scots' 76-53 loss to city rival Shawnee Heights. 

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CLAIRE LADUKE, Seaman

LaDuke, a senior bowling star, captured the individual championship in last Thursday's Free State Invitational at Lawrence's Royal Crest Lanes while leading the Vikings to the girls team title. LaDuke won the individual crown with a 677 three-game series, rolling games of 214, 210 and 253 while powering Seaman to the team championship by a 3,171-3,039 margin over Mill Valley.

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KELTON MEIER, Hayden

A junior bowling standout, Meier opened his 2026 season with the individual championship in last Tuesday's Hayden quadrangular at Gage Bowl. Meier, who helped the Wildcats win their first-ever Class 4A-1A state team title last season, rolled a 785 three-game series, capped by a perfect 300 game in his final game of the day. Meier also had games of 227 and 258. 

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ANIAH WAYNE, Washburn University

A 5-foot-8 senior guard, Wayne scored a total of 30 points in two games on the week to help lead Washburn women's basketball to a pair of MIAA road wins. Wayne came off the bench to score a game-high 17 points on 6 of 9 shooting with three 3-pointers in a 63-52 win over Emporia State on Thursday and scored 13 points with four 3-pointers in Saturday's 69-55 win over Newman. 

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