The 2026 All-City girls bowling team: From left -- Addison Van Metre, Shawnee Heights; Paige Snyder, Seaman; Claire LaDuke, Seaman; Leah Crawford, Seaman; Megan Glinka, Washburn Rural; Kenzie Lawson, Washburn Rural. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
If the 2026 All-City girls bowling team looks familiar, there's a very good reason: All six first-team members are repeat selections.
Seaman juniors Paige Snyder of Seaman and Megan Glinka of Washburn Rural are three-time first-team All-City picks while Seaman senior Claire LaDuke and sophomore Leah Crawford, Washburn Rural senior Kenzie Lawson and Shawnee Heights junior Addison Van Metre are repeat selections.
LaDuke, Crawford and Snyder all posted top-eight individual finishes as Seaman won the Class 5A state championship by a whopping 358 pins while individual runnerup Glinka and Lawson helped lead Washburn Rural to a second-place 6A state finish and Van Metre earned her second straight 5A individual medal.
All-City capsules:
LEAH CRAWFORD, Seaman -- Crawford, a sophomore, placed fifth individually in Class 5A with a 655 series as Seaman won the team championship by 3,297-2,939 margin over Emporia to complete a sweep of city, United Kansas Conference, regional and state crowns. Crawford won the city title with a 661 series, rolling games of 224, 211 and 226, finished fourth in the UKC (596) and was 13th at regionals (516). Crawford was an individual regional champion as a freshman.
MEGAN GLINKA, Washburn Rural -- A junior, Glinka shot a 726 series with a high game of 288 in the Class 6A state tournament to finish second individually, just one pin out of first, to lead the Junior Blues to a runnerup team finish. Glinka finished second on a tiebreaker in the city tournament with a 625 series and won the Centennial League title for team-champion Rural with a 610 series and tied for seventh (eighth on a tiebreaker) with a 633 series at regionals. Glinka garnered the Centennial League individual championship with a 597 series as a sophomore.
CLAIRE LADUKE, Seaman -- LaDuke, a senior, placed third in the 2026 Class 5A state tournament with a 688 series (234. 247, 207) to lead the way as the Vikings ran away with the team championship by 358 pins. LaDuke was fourth in the city tournament (613), fifth in the United Kansas Conference (590) and third at regionals (565) as Seaman swept the team titles in all four tournaments.
KENZIE LAWSON, Washburn Rural -- Lawson, a senior, earned first-team All-City honors for the second straight season after helping the Junior Blues post a second-place finish in the Class 6A state tournament. Lawson, who shot a 507 series at state, finished fifth in the city championships with a 592 series and placed 12th at regionals with a 591 series. Lawson was a state medalist as a junior with a 10th-place individual finish.
PAIGE SNYDER, Seaman -- A junior, Snyder is a three-time first-team All-City pick after posting an eighth-place individual finish with a 588 series to help Seaman capture the Class 5A team championship by 358 pins and complete a sweep of city, United Kansas Conference, regional and state titles. Snyder tied for second and finished third on a tiebreaker with a 625 series in the city meet and placed seventh in the UKC (551) and sixth at regionals (555).
ADDISON VAN METRE, Shawnee Heights -- A junior two-time All-City first team pick, Van Metre earned a 15th-place medal in the Class 5A state tournament with a 558 three-game series, helping the T-Birds finish fifth in the team standings. Van Metre finished seventh at regionals (544). As a sophomore Van Metre captured the United Kansas Conference championship with a 649 series and finished third in the city tournament.
ALL-CITY GIRLS BOWLING
FIRST TEAM
Leah Crawford, so., Seaman; Megan Glinka, jr., Washburn Rural; Claire LaDuke, sr., Seaman; Kenzie Lawson, sr., Washburn Rural; Paige Snyder, jr., Seaman; Addison Van Metre, jr., Shawnee Heights.
SECOND TEAM
Camrynn Ahrens, sr., Washburn Rural; Reese Bell, sr., Shawnee Heights; Ava Carlson, jr., Seaman; Laci Cole, sr., Seaman; Kayla Duncan, so., Seaman; Emma Wederski, so., Shawnee Heights.
