By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
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.
