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Silver Lake senior Ella Bolan earned a first-team spot on the All-Big East League volleyball team while seven Silver Lake and Rossville players earned all-league recognition.
Ella Bolan
Bolan helped lead the Eagles to a 28-10 record and a Class 3A regional champonship.
Silver Lake sophomores Jaylie Whitehead and Kylie Hanni and Rossville sophomore Nora Burdiek were named to the All-Big East second team while Silver Lake junior Jaiden Wise made the third team.
Rossville's Sydney Sumner and Silver Lake's Paige Heiman received honorable mention.
ALL-BIG EAST LEAGUE VOLLEYBALL
First team
Cali Honeyman, Nemaha Central; Samantha Klotz, Royal Valley; Hayden Heim, St. Marys; Ella Bolan, Silver Lake; Tinley Wilson, Holton; Hallie Holthaus, Nemaha Central.
Second team
Erin Boltz, Sabetha; Jaylie Whitehead, Silver Lake; Nora Burdiek, Rossville; Zoey Sudbeck, Nemaha Central; KiWe Miller, Royal Valley; Kylie Hanni, Silver Lake.
Third team
Addison Schwinn, Jefferson West; Macie Corcoran, Perry-Lecompton; Jaiden Wise, Silver Lake; Elizabeth Schuster, Holton; Kolbie Noel, Jefferson West; Maddy Simmons, Hiawatha.
Honorable mention
Reagan Gerety, Nemaha Central; Sadie Gross, Holton; Madison Blackwood, Royal Valley; Gracie Scofield, Riley County; Harriet Dean, Jefferson West; Hope Billings, Perry-Lecompton; Sydney Sumner, Rossville; Cami Dalinghaus, Nemaha Central; Isabel Hurla, St. Marys; Paige Heiman, Silver Lake.
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City schools Washburn Rural, Topeka High and Hayden combined to earn 10 of 12 first-team spots on the 2024 All-Centennial League boys soccer team.
Junior Dylan Willingham (19) has been named the Centennial League soccer player of the year after helping lead Washburn Rural to the league title and a third-place finish in Class 6A. [Photo by Rick Peterson Jr./KSHSAA Covered]
Washburn Rural, which won its 30th straight league championship (outright or shared) and finished third in the Class 6A state tournament, put five players on the all-league team, led by junior Dylan Willingham, who was named the Centennial player of the year.
Washburn Rural sophomore Brodye Kocher-Munoz has been named the Centennial League soccer co-newcomer of the year for 2024. [File photo/TSN]
Rural coach Brian Hensyel was named the league coach of the year while sophomore Brodye Kocher-Munoz was selected as the co-newcomer of the year
Willingham is joined on the first team by senior Ryder Nikkel and juniors Liam Morrison, Brandon Hamilton and Draden Chooncharoen.
Centennial League runnerup Topeka High put four players on the all-league first team -- seniors Ian Martinez, Antonio Aguirre and Jaime Alvarado and junior Billy Lutz -- while Hayden is represented by senior Cooper Grace.
Rural's Kocher-Munoz and juniors Drew Moore and Miles Cook received second-team honors along with Topeka High sophomore Carlos Acosta-Martinez.
Eight city players received honorable mention.
Manhattan's Ibrahim Alali and Junction City's Ethan Hileman round out the all-league first team while Junction City's Bruno Puche-Ferre was named the league's co-newcomer of the year.
ALL-CENTENNIAL LEAGUE SOCCER
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The No. 16-ranked Washburn University women's soccer team will continue its MIAA Tournament bid at 3 p.m. Thursday with a semifinal showdown with Central Oklahoma at Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita.
Washburn senior Khloe Schuckman (11) leads the Ichabods with nine goals entering Thursday's MIAA Tournament semifinal against Central Oklahoma. [File photo/TSN]
The Ichabods, who won the MIAA regular season championship to earn the top tournament seed, are coming off a 2-1 home win over Fort Hays State on Sunday in the quarterfinal round.
Washburn avenged its only MIAA loss with Sunday's win over Fort Hays State and now has a chance to avenge its only conference tie, an 0-0 draw with the Bronchos on Sep. 27 at Yager Stadium.
"We caught them earlier in the season so I think this is kind of like a revenge match for us,'' WU senior midfielder Cloe Quintana said. "That's our head space going in that we want to be able to get that result over them, so I feel like that helps to motivate us and I think we're all really excited to play in the semifinals again.
"I feel like we've been preparing for this moment all year and now it's just knowing who we are, executing our game model and being able to push through any adversity that we face during each game.''
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Silver Lake stars Kendra Cook, Ella Bolan and Alana Brewster will sign college letters of intent at 2:45 p.m. Thursday at the school.
Silver Lake senior softball star Kendra Cook, who is headed to Washburn University, will hold a signing ceremony at 2:45 p.m. Thursday at Silver Lake. [File photo/TSN]
Eagles softball star Kendra Cook will sign with Washburn University while Ella Bolan will sign a volleyball letter of intent with Butler County Community College and Alana Brewster will sign with Johnson County Community College.
Cook helped lead the Eagles to a runnerup finish in the Class 3A state softball tournament last spring while Bolan and Brewster helped Silver Lake finish third in the 3A volleyball tournament in 2023 and win a regional title this fall.
West's Jones to sign softball letter with Cloud County
Topeka West senior softball standout Callie Jones will sign a letter of intent with Cloud County on Thursday at Topeka West.
Callie Jones
Jones is scheduled to sign her letter of intent at 3:15 p.m. Thursday in Topeka West's Leadership Studies room.
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City schools dominate the 2024 All-United Kansas Conference boys soccer team, with Seaman, Shawnee Heights and Topeka West combining for 11 first-team selections.
Seaman senior forward Blake Toyne was named to the All-United Kansas Conference soccer first team. [File photo/TSN]
Topeka West senior defender Jafet Rodriguez (23) was named to the All-UKC first team. [File photo/TSN]
Topeka West's Valentin Del Real (3) was the lone freshman to be named to the All-UKC soccer first team. [File photo/TSN]
Seaman is represented on the All-UKC first team by senior defenders Bryce Cochran and Dalton Smith, senior midfielder Logan Townsend and senior forward Blake Toyne while Topeka West also put four players on the first team, with the Chargers represented by junior goalkeeper Gage Kindred-Noragon, senior defender Jafet Rodriguez, freshman Valentin Del Real and sophomore forward Diego Gonzalez-Talavera.
Topeka West coach Josh Kutter was selected as the UKC coach of the year.
Shawnee Heights junior defender Jason Slay was named to the All-UKC soccer first team. [File photo/TSN]
Shawnee Heights sophomore Mason Haas has been named to the All-UKC soccer first team after helping the T-Birds win the conference title. [File photo/TSN]
UKC champion Shawnee Heights put junior defender Jason Slay, sophomore midfielder Mason Haas and junior forward Camden Granado on the first team.
Kansas City-Turner senior forward Brandon Barrera was named the conference player of the year.
Shawnee Heights put junior defender Thomas Aragon, sophomore forward Brayan Diaz and senior forward Jackson Freeman on the All-UKC second team while Seaman senior midfielder Kaelin Loy and Topeka West junior midfielder Giancarlo Valenzuela were also second-team selections.
Seven city players earned all-conference honorable mention.
ALL-UNITED KANSAS CONFERENCE SOCCER
