Hara Del Castillo, Topeka High swimmer, finishes her event and checks-out her time.

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Hayden senior James Kuta during the Great Plains Classic at Wamego Country Club.

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Topeka West's Julian Ramcharan & Collin McGee team-up a the Topeka West Invitational.

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WU ceremony to rename the baseball facility to Steve Anson Stadium.

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Kaelyn O'Rourke pitches for Seaman High School softball.

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Washburn Rural's golf team wins 15th straight city team title.

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 By RICK PETERSON

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Football's National Signing Day is Wednesday, Feb. 3, with multiple Shawnee County athletes expected to sign college letters of intent on Wednesday or in the near future.

Six Hayden players are expected to sign Wednesday, including Wildcat tight end/defensive end Trey Pivarnik and defensive end Jayden Rainer with Washburn.

Wildcat defensive back Ja'mier Garrett, linebacker Jordan Rainer and lineman Tim Wells are expected to sign with Butler Community College while receiver/defensive back Geivonnii Williams is headed to Independence Community College.

Hayden star Desmond Purnell, a running back/defensive back, signed earlier with Kansas State.

Rossville receiver Bo Reeves plans to sign with Central Missouri of the MIAA while linebacker Kaiden Brown is headed to Baker University after the duo helped Rossville win the Class 2A state championship last fall.

Seaman quarterback/defensive end Reid Cowan and lineman Ewan Mills are also headed to the MIAA, with Cowan scheduled to sign with Emporia State and Mills with Northwest Missouri State.

Topeka West lineman Robbie Malcom is headed to Concordia College-Chicago, while Highland Park quarterback/linebacker Tre'Vion Prosper has committed to Highland Community College.

If you have a student-athlete that plans to sign or has signed a letter of intent, email that information to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and they will be added to the list of signees.

 Although Wednesday is the main national signing day for football, athletes in other sports signed letters of intent in November or will sign in the upcoming months.

Other known commitments/signings include:

Rossville: Brody Jackson, MidAmerica Nazarene, baseball; Gracie Rabe, Emporia State, girls soccer;

Seaman: Cole Askew, Cloud County Community College, baseball; Riley Cowan, Emporia State, girls soccer; Kolden Howerton, Cloud County Community College, baseball; Samantha Ingram, Peru State, volleyball; Raigan Kramer, Arkansas, softball; Kevin Mannell, Kansas State, baseball.

Shawnee Heights: Tatum Brown, South Dakota, softball; Adysen Burghart, Fort Hays State, softball.

Topeka High: Zoe Caryl, Illinois, softball; Jae'Mya Lyons, Missouri Western, basketball.

Washburn Rural: Olivia Bruno, Kansas, softball.

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