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MARA BARE, Washburn Rural
A junior, Bare capped her sophomore season with a strong performance in the Class 6A state swimming and diving championships, finishing fourth in the 200-yard freestyle and fifth in the 500 free, earning second-team All-State honors. An All-City first-team selection last season, Bare placed second in the 500 free and third in the 100 backstroke in the city meet and swam on Washburn Rural's runner-up 200 medley and 400 free relays. Bare was second in the Centennial League in the 200 free and 500 free and swam on the Junior Blues' winning 200 free relay and third-place 200 medley relay, earning first-team all-league honors.
AUDREY CAPE, Shawnee Heights
A sophomore, Cape posted a third-place finish for Shawnee Hights in the city championships in the 500-yard freestyle and finished fourth in the 100 backstroke. Cape also swam on the T-Birds' third-place 200 free and 400 free relays in the city meet and earned second-team All-City honors.
GEORGIA COLE, Shawnee Heights
Cole, a sophomore, finished fourth in the 2021 United Kansas Conference meet in the 200-yard individual medley and the 500 freestyle and also swam on Shawnee Heights' fourth-place 400 free relay team. A second-team All-City pick, Cole placed fifth in the city meet in the 200 IM and the 500 free and swam on Heights' third-place 400 free relay.
BLANCA ESPINOSA, Topeka West
Espinosa, a senior, earned second-team All-State honors in Class 5A-1A last season, placing eighth in both the 200-yard freestyle and the 500 free at state. Espinosa, a first-team All-City selection last season, also swam on the Chargers' 12th-place 200 medley and 200 free relays. Espinosa placed second in the 200 freestyle and third in the 100 butterfly in the city meet and helped West win the city title in the 200 free relay. Espinosa swam on West's second-place 200 free relay in the Centennial League, earning second-team all-league honors.
Seaman senior Gabby Grace earned four state medals and second-team All-State honors in last season's Class 5A-1A state swimming championships. [File photo/TSN]
GABBY GRACE, Seaman
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HAILEY BECK, Washburn Rural
Beck, a junior goalkeeper, helped 17-3-1 Washburn Rural win the Centennial League championship and finish third in the Class 6A state tournament last season, earning All-Shawnee County first-team recognition. Beck posted 12 shutouts a year ago while earning All-Class 6A and All-Centennial League honorable mention.
ABBY DODD, Hayden
Dodd, a senior defender, earned first-team All-Shawnee County recognition last season and was also an All-Centennial League first-team selection for the Wildcats. Dodd helped the Wildcats post a 10-8-0 record in the 2021 season.
Shawnee Heights senior goalkeeper Tatum Hoge (0) was a first-team All-Shawnee County selection last season. [Photo by Kirk Hockman]
TATUM HOGE, Shawnee Heights
Hoge, a senior goalkeeper, earned a berth on the All-Shawnee County first team last season after helping Shawnee Heights post a 10-7-1 record. Hoge has signed with Fort Hays State.
Washburn Rural senior Belle Kennedy was named the Class 6A midfielder of the year after helping lead the Junior Blues to a third-place state finish in 6A. [File photo/TSN]
BELLE KENNEDY, Washburn Rural
A senior midfielder, Kennedy was a first-team All-Class 6A and All-Shawnee County pick as a junior after helping lead Washburn Rural to a 17-3-1 record, the Centennial League championship and a third-place finish in the Class 6A state tournament. Also an All-Centennial League pick, Kennedy led Rural with 17 goals and 12 assists and was named the 6A midfielder of the year. Kennedy has signed with Washburn University.
KATHERINE KEYS, Cair Paravel Latin
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Seaman junior Kaeden Bonner and Washburn Rural junior Brooklyn DeLeye have been named the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency Athletes of the Week for last week.
Bonner helped lead Seaman to its first-ever Class 5A boys state basketball championship last Saturday at Emporia's White Auditorium while DeLeye helped lead Washburn Rural's girls to their second 6A state championship since 2019.
Here’s a brief look at the accomplishments of Bonner and DeLeye last week:
Junior Kaeden Bonner helped lead Seaman to its first-ever boys state basketball championship last Saturday in Emporia. The Vikings took a 66-47 win over De Soto in the state final. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
KAEDEN BONNER, Seaman
Bonner, a junior, scored a total of 43 points in the Class 5A state tournament, helping lead 18-7 Seaman to the first boys state basketball championship in school history.
Bonner scored 10 points with 4 assists and 3 steals in the No. 8-seeded Vikings' 54-43 first-round win over top seed Kapaun Mt. Carmel.
He followed that up with 18 points on six 3-pointers in the Vikings' 66-54 semifinal win over 2021 champion Maize with 5 assists and 2 steals and scored 15 points and hit 3 of 3 3-point attempts in Seaman's 66-47 win over De Soto in Saturday's state championship game.
Bonner hit long 3-pointers to end the first half in both the state semifinals and state championship games, giving the Vikings double-digit halftime leads in both games.
Junior Brooklyn DeLeye helped lead Washburn Rural to its second Class 6A girls state title since 2019, scoring 13 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in the Junior Blues' 40-23 win over Derby in the state championship game. [File photo/TSN]
BROOKLYN DELEYE, Washburn Rural
DeLeye, a junior, scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in Saturday's Class 6A state championship game as Washburn Rural won its second state championship since 2019 with a 40-23 victory over Derby at Wichita State's Koch Arena.
DeLeye scored 11 points with 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks in Rural's 66-43 first-round win over Dodge City and had 6 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and a steal in the Junior Blues' 44-43 semifinal victory over previously-unbeaten Olathe North.
DeLeye bounced back from a knee injury suffered in Rura's sub-state win over Manhattan to help the Junior Blues cap a 23-2 season.
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Seven Rossville and Silver Lake basketball players have earned first-team All-Mid-East League recognition.
Silver Lake senior Troy Heiman and junior Kamryn Kaniper and Rossville junior Kade Perine were named to the All-Mid-East boys first team, with Perine a unanimouse first-team pick.
Also named to the all-league boys first team were Fred Criqui, Jaxson Hurla and Keller Hurla of Class 2A state runner-up St. Marys, Brayden Meseke, Cade Oliver and Ed Oliver of Wabaunsee and Trey Harmison and Korin Koenig of Riley County.
McKinley Kruger
Emma Mitchell
Kinsey Perine
Silver Lake, which finished third in the 3A state tournament, is represented on the girls first team by sophomores McKinley Kruger and Makenzie McDaniel while Rossville put sophomores Emma Mitchell and Kinsey Perine on the first team.
All four Silver Lake and Rossville picks were unanimous selections and Kruger, Mitchell and Perine were all first-team all-league selections for the second straight season.
Also named to the all-league girls first team were Lexi DeWeese, Grace Gehl and Brooklyn Goehring of Rock Creek, CJ Rignell and Haily Sharp of Riley County and Katelyn Hurla of St. Marys.
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Topeka High junior Kiki Smith has been named the Centennial League girls basketball player of the year while city players garnered five of the six spots on the all-league first team in balloting by the league coaches.
Topeka High junior Kiki Smith has been selected as the Centennial League girls basketball player of the year by league coaches. [File photo/TSN]
Smith, who helped lead Topeka High to the league title and a berth in the Class 6A state tournament, is joined on the first team by senior teammate Tae Thomas as well as junior Brooklyn DeLeye and senior Emma Krueger of 6A state champion Washburn Rural, Seaman freshman Anna Becker and Emporia senior Gracie Gilpin.
Washburn Rural junior Brooklyn DeLeye has been named to the All-Centennial League first team after helping lead the Junior Blues to the Class 6A state championship. [File photo/TSN]
Washburn Rural senior Emma Krueger was named to the All-Centennial League first team by league coaches after helping lead Rural to its second Class 6A state title since 2019. [File photo/TSN]
Topeka High senior Tae Thomas earned a spot on the All-Centennial League girls basketball first team. [File photo/TSN]
Becker was also named the Centennial League newcomer of the year while Washburn Rural's Kevin Bordewick and Seaman's Matt Tinsley were named the league's co-coaches of the year.
Seaman freshman Anna Becker was named the Centennial League newcomer of the year in addition to earning a spot on the all-league first team. [File photo/TSN]
Washburn Rural sophomores Zoe Canfield and Jada Ingram were named to the all-league second team along with Manhattan junior Avery Larson, Hayden senior Macy Smith, Emporia junior Rebecca Snyder and Seaman sophomore Taylin Stallbaumer.
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