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EDITOR'S NOTE: Additional players could be added as more Shawnee County volleyball programs submit 2021 information.
Drew Baxter
Drew Baxter, Seaman
A senior, Baxter received first-team All-City and All-Centennial League honors in 2020 after helping lead the Vikings to a 28-8 record, the Centennial League championship and Seaman's first berth in the Class 5A state tournament since '04. Baxter, second-team All-City as a sophomore, recorded 212 kills, 424 assists and 117 digs while contributing 44 service aces.
Laynee Brown
Laynee Brown, Seaman
Brown, a junior libero, was a first-team All-City and All-Centennial League selection last season, helping Seaman post a 28-8 record while claiming the Centennial League title and advancing to the 5A state tournament for the first time since 2004. Brown finished the '20 season with 873 points, 324 digs and 39 service aces.
Zoe Canfield
Zoe Canfield, Washburn Rural
Canfield turned in an oustanding freshman season for Rural in 2020, earning All-City and All-Centennial League first-team honors and All-6A honorable mention while being selected as the city newcomer of the year. Canfield helped the Junior Blues post a 35-6 record and a third-place finish in the 6A state tournament, contributing 626 assists and serving at 92.6 percent with 46 aces.
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By RICK PETERSON
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For 46 seasons C.J. Hamilton has been hands on with every aspect of Silver Lake's highly-successful football program.
Coaching remotely is not something the winningest football coach in Kansas history ever envisioned as the Eagles prepare for the start of the 2021 season, but Hamilton also realizes he has no choice.
A health battle that is now closing in on 18 months began when Hamilton was seriously injured when kicked by a cow in his right knee while working on the family farm in April of 2020.
C.J. Hamilton
The 70-year-old Hamilton, who has posted a 438-95 record at Silver Lake with eight state championships and 18 championship-game berths, has faced a series of challenges since then, including battling debilitating infection over the past several months.
"I got kicked last April, but then this infection started in February this year,'' Hamilton said. "I was back for a while in school and coaching until February when I got sick. When I got sick I just thought I had flu or COVID or something and then they tested my blood and they said, 'Man, you've got a major infection and we've got to get you taken care of now.' In February they took out my knee joint and put in an antibiotic spacer and they took out my shoulder joint and put in an antibiotic spacer.
"I was feeling pretty good in July and I thought, 'Good, I'm going to be ready to go.' I was moving around a lot more, but all of a sudden my knee swelled up and I went in to Dr. (Michael) Tilley and he drew some blood and it was all (infected) and everything else so at that point, at the end of July, he took the total knee out and put a rod in. I've got metal everywhere.''
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Wyatt Arnold
Wyatt Arnold, Washburn Rural
A senior team captain, Arnold is in his fourth season as the Junior Blues' starting goalkeeper, helping 16-4-1 Rural post a fourth-place finish in the Class 6A state tournament last fall, recording 11 shutouts. A first-team All-City and All-Centennial League pick as a junior, Arnold is No. 3 on Rural's all-time list with 28 career shutouts.
Kyson Evans
Kyson Evans, Seaman
Evans, a senior, will be counted on as a leader this fall for the Vikings, who are coming off a 7-7-1 season in 2020, advancing to a 5A regional final. Evans earned All-City and All-Centennial League honorable recognition as a junior.
Jordan Garvin
Jordan Garvin, Shawnee Heights
Garvin was a first-team All-City and All-United Kansas Conference first-team selection and earned second-team All-Class 5A honors last season as a sophomore. Garvin scored 18 goals and recorded six assists as Shawnee Heights posted a 14-5-1 record and finished third in the 5A state tournament.
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State Farm 2024 TSN “Pick 6” Contest Results
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2024 TSN "PICK 6" Results is sponsored by State Farm Insurance Agent, Jamie Hornbaker. |
TSN Pundits vs. Guest Pick 6ers - how are we doing so far?
 Jamie Hornbaker |
 75% |
 Mike Manns |
 75% |
 Rick Peterson |
 85% |
 Todd Fertig |
 79% |
 “Guest Pick 6ers” |
 74% |
- 2024 TSN Pick 6 Scoreboard:
- Week 8: Jeff McGrath 6-7 85%, Robert Dean 5-7 71%, Mark Wilson 7-7 100% YTD 106-144 74%
- Week 7: Evon Loy 5-7 71%, Cheryl Burkhart 4-7 57%, Cory Parker 6-7 85% YTD 88-123 71%
- Week 6: Ryan Sink 7-7 100%, Chuck Schrickel 3-7 43%, Douglas Desch 6-7 85% YTD 73-102 71%
- Week 5: Mark Wilson 7-7 100%, Jerry Baumgardner 4-7 57%, Robert Dean 7-7 100% YTD 57-81 71%.
- Week 4: Adam Hurla 4-7 57%, Patrick Weissebeck 3-7 42%, David Hall 3-7 42% YTD 39-60 65%
- Week 3: Debert Smith 6-7 85%, Ty Baumgardner 6-7 85%, Jeff McGrath 5-7 71% YTD 46-60 77%
- Week 2: Tom Floyd, 3-7 42%, Shaun Kerwin 5-7 71%, John Baetz 6-7 85% YTD 29-39 74%
- Week 1: Cory Parker 5-6 83%, Andy Stuewe 5-6 83%, Craig Cochran 5-6 83% YTD 15-18 83%
* Scores posted for TSN Pundits and Guest Pick 6ers are year to date.
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THE PENNANT PLAYER PROFILE
By RICK PETERSON
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Washburn University football coach Craig Schurig has never had to worry about firing up linebacker Jacob Anderson for a practice or game since the former Topeka High standout stepped on campus.
"At first he was like a special teams phenom,'' Schurig said. "He was the best special teams player you could possibly have and then he made himself into a really good inside linebacker with his fire, his speed, his enthusiasm. He doesn't have an off switch.''
Jacob Anderson [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
That figures to be especially true this fall as the 5-foot-10, 200-pound six-year senior sets his sights on ending his collegiate career with a bang, beginning with next Thursday night's season-opener at Lincoln.
"When our season got canceled in 2020 it was a really weird feeling knowing we wouldn't play for a year and there wasn't a doubt in my mind that I was going to come back and finish my career off the right way and give it everything I have one last season and get a senior day, get my last fall camp, get my last home game,'' Anderson said.
"I just wanted to finish everything off the right way. There was no doubt that I wanted to do that.''
