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Hayden's Hanika, High's McComas earn All-Centennial League first-team honors
By Rick Peterson
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Hayden senior Connor Hanika and Topeka High senior Bryson McComas have been named to the 2026 All-Centennial League boys basketball team, selected by league coaches.
Connor Hanika, Hayden
Bryson McComas, Topeka High
McComas moves up to the first team after being a second-team selection as a junior while Hanika was a first-team pick after receiving honorable mention in 2025.
McComas averaged 15.5 points, 7.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists this past season with 31 made 3-pointers while Hanika averaged 14.6 points and 6.3 rebounds.
Earning second-team all-league honors were Topeka High senior Elisha Guest, Hayden junior Carter Compton and Washburn Rural senior John Hoytal,
Washburn Rural's Brooks Ballard and Simon Rowley, Topeka High's Jalen Aldridge, Ajalon Ross and Octavian McFadden and Hayden's Mason Becker received all-league honorable mention.
ALL-CENTENNIAL LEAGUE BOYS BASKETBALL
Scots' Kingcannon Meadowlark Conference first-team pick, defensive player of the year
By Rick Peterson
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Highland Park junior standout JoJo Kingcannon has received a pair of individual honors from the Meadowlark Conference, earning first-team recognition while also being named the conference's defensive player of the year.
JoJo Kingcannon, Highland Park
Kingcannon averaged 18.6 points and 2.9 steals this past season while connecting on 35 3-pointers while shooting 45.5 percent from outside the arc.
Highland Park sophomore Davion Anderson received all-conference honorable mention.
ALL-MEADOWLARK CONFERENCE BOYS BASKETBALL
Injuries derail Heights soccer in 3-0 season-opening loss to Lawrence
By RICK PETERSON
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Tuesday's 2026 Shawnee Heights girl soccer season-opener didn't go the T-Birds' way, with a string of injuries derailing Heights in a 3-0 home non-league loss to Lawrence at the Bettis Family Sports Complex.
Shawnee Heights junior Nina Bolanos (left) battles Lawrence's Maggie Wagner for the ball in Tuesday's 3-0 T-Bird loss to the Lions. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Heights entered its season-opener with a couple of players already nursing minor injuries and the situation got a lot worse Tuesday, with T-Bird junior standouts Morgan Robinson, Nina Bolanos and Brylee Garner all leaving the game with injuries.
But if there was a bright spot for Nic Simons' T-Birds, it was that none of the injuries appeared to be series and that they happened early in the year and not in crunch time at the end of the season.
"If I'm going to get bit by the injury bug I'd rather have it Game 1 then going into the postseason,'' Simons said. "Like I said to the kids, this is 10 out of 10 times not the speech that I'd be having after the game, but you know what, a little adversity to start the season is not necessarily bad for us.''
Robinson, one of Heights' top offensive threats, left the game at the 24:08 mark of the opening half and Garner was in and out of the game before calling it a night in the second half and Bolanos left the game late in the game with an ankle injury.
Shawnee Heights was still able to go into halftime locked in a scoreless deadlock before the 1-0 Lions took control in the second half.
Senior Stella Comparato scored the only goal Lawrence would need just 2:32 into the second half and Comparato added a second goal at the 23:59 mark and freshman Layla Simmons scored the Lions' final goal with 18:57 remaining.
Shawnee Heights struggled to mount much offense in the game, finishing with just one shot on goal.
"Obviously, losing Morgan early, that's a killer and losing Nina late obviously didn't help us at all,'' Simons said.
The T-Birds will return to action on Thursday, hosting Lawrence Free State at Bettis, before Heights has a week off to try to get back to full strength.
LAWRENCE 3, SHAWNEE HEIGHTS 0
Lawrence (1-0) 0 3 -- 3
Shawnee Heights (0-1) 0 0 -- 0
Lawrence-- Goals: Stella Comparato 2, Layla Simmons. Shutout: Lillian Poteete. Redcard: Sidra Besson.
