Players To Watch in Class 6A Sub States

<p>The Class 6A Sub State tournaments will be highly competitive. Eight schools will host Sub-State play on October 24.</p> <p>Here is a look at a key player from each Sub-State location.</p> <p><strong>Sub State #1: </strong>At Dodge City, Liberal, Garden City, Hutchinson</p> <p><strong>OH, [player_tooltip player_id="105593" first="Aubrey" last="Warden"], 5’10”, Liberal (’21 Ranked No. 110)</strong> – Warden is among the leaders in Class 6A in hitting categories. She had 237 kills in matches played before October 16.</p> <p><strong>Sub State #2: </strong>At Wichita Southeast: Derby, Campus, Wichita South, Wichita West</p> <p><strong>OH, [player_tooltip player_id="105548" first="Sophie" last="Conner"], 5’11”, Derby (’21 Ranked No. 66)</strong>– Connor has offers to play at the Junior College Level after high school. She currently leads the Panthers in kills with 207. Derby will be the favorite to win this Sub-State grouping.</p> <p><strong>Sub State #3: </strong>At Wichita Heights, Wichita East, Wichita North, Wichita Northwest</p> <p><strong>L, Brooke Tholen, 5’6”, Wichita East </strong> – Wichita East owns the best record of the four teams in this Sub State. The Aces are a solid defensive club led by senior libero Brooke Tholen. She has quick reactions and controls the ball well to start rallies.</p> <p><strong>Sub State #4: </strong>At Junction City, Manhattan, Topeka High, Washburn Rural</p> <p><strong>LS, Brooklyn DeLeye, 6’1”, Washburn Rural</strong> – DeLeye, just a sophomore, will surely be near the top of the Prep Dig Kansas rankings for the Class of 2023 when they are released. The left side hitter is a talented two-way player. She shows the ball no mercy when she strikes it. She has the potential to be a Big 12 and out-of-state Division I recruit.</p> <p><strong>Sub State #5: </strong>At Olathe West, Gardner Edgerton, Lawrence, Lawrence Free State</p> <p><strong>S, [player_tooltip player_id="105481" first="Kendra" last="Wait"]e, 5’10”, Gardner Edgerton (’21 Ranked No. 1)  – </strong>Waite is the highest-ranked player in the Class of 2021 Kansas Prep Dig rankings. She is a well-rounded talent who has 384 assists, 63 kills, and 187 digs through matches played before Oct. 16. This very well could be the toughest Sub State in 6A. Free State and Olathe West are young, talented teams that I would not want to have to face in a Sub State.</p> <p><strong>Sub State #6: </strong>At Olathe East, Olathe North, Olathe North, Olathe Northwest, Olathe South</p> <p><strong>OH, Skyler Pierce,  6’1”, Olathe Northwest </strong>– I have not seen Olathe Northwest play in person, but they are having a wonderful season and were undefeated when this report was posted. Northwest is led by freshman Skylar Pierce who has a team-high 222 kills and an additional 140 digs. It’s too early to know for sure, but she could end up a sure-fire Division I prospect.</p> <p><strong>Sub State #7: </strong>At Shawnee Mission Northwest, SM East, SM North, SM South, SM West</p> <p><strong>MH, [player_tooltip player_id="105483" first="Sarah" last="Bingham"],  6’3”, SM East (’21 Ranked No. 6)  </strong>– Bingham has verbally committed to play at the University of Illinois. She is tall, physical, and strikes the ball well. She leads Shawnee Mission East in kills with 223 in matches played before October 16.</p> <p><strong>Sub State #8: </strong>At Blue Valley West, Blue Valley, BV North, BV Northwest</p> <p><strong>OH, Maddie Clark,  6’0”, BV Northwest </strong>– Clark has a big reach and is posting big numbers in 2020. The senior Husky through Oct. 16 has amassed 150 digs and 130 kills. If the Huskies are going to qualify for a quarterfinal contest Clark will need to play well.</p> <p>The winners of each Sub-State will qualify for the quarterfinal round which will be played on Tuesday, October 27. The four winners of those best 3-out-of-5 set matches will qualify for the State Tournament which will be played in Salina on October 30.</p>