By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Mid-East League volleyball powers Rossville and Silver Lake combined to earn four of six spots on the all-league first team.
Rossville, which won the 2022 league title, is represented on the first team by senior Brinley Dyche and junior Kinsey Perine while Mid-East runner-up Silver Lake put senior Lexis Berndt and senior Taylor Ross on the first team.
Berndt, Dyche, Perine and Ross were all unanimous first-team selections by the league coaches.
Rock Creek's Ayla Klingenberg was also a unanimous first-team pick while St. Marys' Brenna Smith rounded out the first team.
Silver Lake senior Leah Cook and Rossville junior Kinley Porter were named to the second team while Silver Lake junior Sarah Wehrli received honorable mention.
ALL-MID-EAST LEAGUE VOLLEYBALL
First team
Lexis Berndt – Silver Lake*
Brinley Dyche – Rossville*
Ayla Klingenberg – Rock Creek*
Kinsey Perine – Rossville*
Taylor Ross – Silver Lake*
Brenna Smith – St. Marys
Second team
Leah Cook – Silver Lake*
Hope Garland – St. Marys
Sam Killingsworth – Rock Creek*
Sarah Lett – St. Marys
Kinley Porter – Rossville*
CJ Rignell – Riley County*
Honorable mention
Hayden Heim – St. Marys
Ashlyn Holmes – Rock Creek
Kaci Meseke – Wabaunsee
Sarah Wehrli – Silver Lake
Annie Wright – Wabaunsee
*denotes unanimous