By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
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.
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.
ALL-MID-EAST LEAGUE BASKETBALL
BOYS
First team
* Fred Criqui , St. Marys; Trey Harmison, Riley County; Troy Heiman, Silver Lake; Jaxson Hurla, St. Marys; * Keller Hurla, St. Marys; Kamryn Kaniper, Silver Lake; Korin Koenig, Riley County; * Braden Meseke, Wabaunsee; * Cade Oliver, Wabaunsee; Ed Oliver, Wabaunsee; * Kade Perine, Rossville.
* -- Unanimous selections.
Honorable mention
Noah Jacobson, St. Marys; Logan Sturdy, Rock Creek; Ty Webber, Riley County; Dalton Whitworth, Rock Creek.
GIRLS
First team
* Lexi DeWeese, Rock Creek; * Grace Gehl, Rock Creek; Brooklyn Goehring, Rock Creek; * Katelyn Hurla, St. Marys; * McKinley Kruger, Silver Lake; * Makenzie McDaniel, Silver Lake; * Emma Mitchell, Rossville; * Kinsey Perine, Rossville; * CJ Rignell, Riley County; Haily Sharp, Riley County.
Honorable mention
Mariah Farmer, Silver Lake; Kara Hafenstine, Wabaunsee; Hayden Heim, St. Marys; Morgan Hurla, St. Marys; Kaibryn Kruger, Silver Lake; Vivian Martin, St. Marys; Kaci Meseke, Wabaunsee; Lindsey Roles, Riley County.