Kansas 4A Towanda-Circle Site

<p>Let’s keep 4A previews and predictions coming heading to Towanda-Circle sites.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>(1) Andale (8) Rose Hill (9) St. George-Rock Creek (16) Mulvane (17) Chapman</strong></span></p> <p>Overall number 1 seed for T-C site will be <strong>Andale (34-2)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: McPherson, Eisenhower</p> <p>Key players: [player_tooltip player_id="120012" first="McKenzie" last="Fairchild"], Maddie Schrandt, Grace Gorges, Annabeth Baalmann</p> <p><strong>Rose Hill (18-15)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: El Dorado</p> <p>Key players: Dayleigh Barger, Jillian Rockley, Mandi Heinz, Mia Kuehn</p> <p><strong>St. George-Rock Creek (20-15)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: St. Mary’s</p> <p>Key players: Liv Lubbers, Lexi DeWeese, Ashlyn Holmes, Sophia Haverkamp</p> <p><strong>Mulvane (4-23)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Douglass</p> <p>Key players: N/A</p> <p><strong>Chapman (3-25)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Concordia</p> <p>Key players: N/A</p> <p><em><strong>Andale as the overall number 1 seed in this state region shouldn’t have any problems in the play-in match and will advance to take on Rose Hill, who we believe will beat St. George-Rock Creek. In the final, Andale behind Fairchild and company are just too much and will pack their bags for state. </strong></em></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>(2) McPherson (7) Abilene (10) El Dorado (15) Wellington (18) Buhler</strong></span></p> <p><strong>McPherson (29-6) nets the 2nd seed for this quadrant</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Maize South, Circle</p> <p>Key players: [player_tooltip player_id="105648" first="Rhian" last="Swanson"], Karter Alvord, Ella Schmid, Bretta Doile</p> <p><strong>Abilene (23-13)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Hays, Wamego</p> <p>Key players: Jenna Hayes, Emma Wildman, Callie Powell, Joy Clemence, Taya Hoerner</p> <p><strong>El Dorado (14-20)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Winfield</p> <p>Key players: Sydney Burns, Regan Lattey, Presley Johnson, Victoria George</p> <p><strong>Wellington (6-16)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Pratt</p> <p>Key players: Ali Zeka, Airalyn Frame, Nikki Peninger</p> <p><strong>Buhler (3-29)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: El Dorado</p> <p>Key players: N/A</p> <p><em><strong>McPherson has been consistent all season and should advance out of this group. [player_tooltip player_id="105648" first="Rhian" last="Swanson"] will be too much for these teams to handle. Abilene over El Dorado in the other battle. </strong></em></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>(3) Towanda-Circle (6) Clearwater (11) Pratt (14) Concordia</strong></span></p> <p><strong>Region hosts Circle (31-6) garner 3rd seed</strong></p> <p>Key wins: McPherson</p> <p>Key players: N/A</p> <p><strong>Clearwater (24-11)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Rose Hill, Collegiate</p> <p>Key players: Laurel Streit, Tess Winter, Hayley Gerberding, [player_tooltip player_id="105654" first="Brooke" last="Berlin"]</p> <p><strong>Pratt (15-20)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Plainville</p> <p>Key players: Ryaan Eastes, Gabby Gatlin, Gabi Heredia</p> <p><strong>Concordia (10-23)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Wamego</p> <p>Key players: Carlie Carlgren, Taylor McDaniel, Hanna Acree, Hattie Blackwood</p> <p><em><strong>Circle and their 31 wins are an impressive team. They have a win over McPherson this season and should make easy work of Concordia. Clearwater has the pieces to take down Circle after they handle Pratt. In the final, we will go with Circle in a close one </strong></em></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>(4) Clay Center (5) Augusta (12) Winfield (13) Ulysses</strong></span></p> <p><strong>Clay Center (25-5), the fourth seed will attempt to earn a bid to state</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Great Bend, Smoke Valley</p> <p>Key players: Jacey Schurle, Sydney Lane, Megan Wright, Hali Bloomdahl</p> <p><strong>Augusta (25-9)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: McPherson, Garden Plain</p> <p>Key players: N/A</p> <p><strong>Winfield (13-21)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: El Dorado</p> <p>Key players: Mikayla Konrade, Crosby Curtis, Kinnley Flower, Daisy Parsons</p> <p><strong>Ulysses (12-25)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Dodge City</p> <p>Key players: N/A</p> <p><em><strong>The 4 vs. 5 matches are always ones to look out for in tournament action and we have two good teams here. Both Clay Center and Augusta should make short work of their first opponents. These are two very evenly matched teams. Augusta’s wins over McPherson and Garden Plain are impressive, so Augusta will be our pick to survive and advance. </strong></em></p>