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Rossville junior Rylee Dick and Silver Lake junior Kailyn Hanni have been named to the All-Big East girls basketball first team. 

Rossville junior Rylee Dick has been named to the All-Big East girls basketball first team. [File photo/TSN]

Silver Lake junior Kailyn Hanni has been named the All-Big East first team after leading the Eagles to a second-place state finish. [File photo/TSN]

Dick led to a Class 2A sub-state final while Hanni led Silver Lake to a runnerup state finish in 3A after helping the Eagles win the state title as a sophomore.

Silver Lake freshman Karys Deiter has been named to the All-Big East second team while sophomore Nora Burdiek, who missed considerable time with an injury, was a third-team pick.

Silver Lake senior Ella Bolan received honorable mention.    

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 Anna Becker

ANNA BECKER, Seaman

Becker, a senior guard, capped her banner four-year high school basketball career with a game-high 28 points in Saturday's 68-61 loss to St. Thomas Aquinas in the Class 5A girls state championship game. Becker, a Drake signee, hit 4-7 3-pointers and dished out five assists as the Vikings finished a 24-1 season. Becker had 49 points in the tournament.

Kailyn Hanni

KAILYN HANNI, Silver Lake

Hanni, a junior guard, scored a game-high 19 points and hit 7 of 8 free throws in Saturday's 48-45 loss to Halstead in the Class 3A girls state championship game. Hanni's big game in the finals came after she scored 28 points (15 made free throws) with 6 assists and 4 rebounds in the Eagles' 65-58 semifinal victory over Hesston.

Dayne Johnson

DAYNE JOHNSON, Silver Lake

A junior, Johnson registered a double-double with 16 points and 14 rebounds in Saturday's Class 3A boys third-place game, leading the Eagles to a 63-51 win over Galena. Johnson scored 28 points and grabbed nine rebounds on Friday as Silver Lake fell 66-60 to Goodland in the state semifinals.

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Centennial League boys basketball champion Washburn Rural, which went unbeaten in league play, dominated all-league balloting from the league coaches, sweeping all three of the individual awards.

Washburn Rural senior Amare Jones has been named the Centennial League boys basketball player of the year. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]

Washburn Rural junior Simon Rowley has been named the Centennial League boys newcomer of the year. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]

Rural senior Amare Jones was named the Centennial League player of the year while junior Simon Rowley was selected as the newcomer of the year and Junior Blues coach Alex Hutchins was tapped as the coach of the year.

Hayden senior James Kuta (right) has been named to the All-Centennial League boys first team. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]

Jones and Rowley were also named to the all-league first team, along with Hayden senior James Kuta.

Jones, Rowley and Kuta headlined a list of nine city players who received All-Centennial League recognition.

Earning second-team all-league honors were Washburn Rural senior Kaden Ballard and Topeka High junior Bryson McComas.

Hayden junior Connor Hanika and sophomore Mason Becker received all-league honorable mention along with senior King Leonard and junior John Hoytal of Washburn Rural.

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