Kansas 5A Bonner Springs Sites

<p>We move on to Class 5A preview and predictions. I am going to change the format up some and give less narrative. Between trying to get through Kansas and most of Missouri in a two-day span force the change. Here is our look at the Bonner Springs sites.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Lansing Site (1) Lansing (8) Shawnee Heights (9) Schlagle (16) Leavenworth (17) Turner</strong></span></p> <p>Overall Class top seed <strong>Lansing (32-1)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Spring Hill, Olathe Northwest, Blue Valley West</p> <p>Key players: [player_tooltip player_id="120076" first="Olivia" last="Mae Van Der Werff"], [player_tooltip player_id="105646" first="Iyannah" last="Jackson"], [player_tooltip player_id="123106" first="Caitlin" last="Bishop"], [player_tooltip player_id="105685" first="Kamryn" last="Farris"]</p> <p><strong>Shawnee Heights (16-14)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Basehor-Linwood</p> <p>Key players: N/A</p> <p><strong>Schlagle (16-17)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Washington</p> <p>Key players: N/A</p> <p><strong>Leavenworth (7-21)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Hayden</p> <p>Key players: Emma Kenney</p> <p>Turner (7-25)</p> <p>Key wins Kansas City Christian</p> <p>Key players: N/A</p> <p><em><strong>Lansing will take down the winner of the play-in match. Shawnee Heights over Schlagle. Lansing returns to state with a sweep of Shawnee Heights behind the good passing, setting, and tremendous scoring options in the middle and on the pins. </strong></em></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>St. Thomas Aquinas Site (2) St. Thomas Aquinas (7) Sumner Academy (10) Bonner Springs (15) Washington (18) Highland Park</strong></span></p> <p>Number 2 Overall Seed <strong>St. Thomas Aquinas (32-3)</strong></p> <p>Key wins:  Lansing, Olathe Northwest, Skutt Catholic, Liberty, Liberty North, Blue Valley North</p> <p>Key players: [player_tooltip player_id="119689" first="Ava" last="Martin"], [player_tooltip player_id="150076" first="Betsey" last="Goodenow"], [player_tooltip player_id="153937" first="Alea" last="Goolsby"], [player_tooltip player_id="152165" first="Reagan" last="Anderson"], [player_tooltip player_id="119692" first="Sophia" last="Bond"], Kelsey Schenck</p> <p><strong>Sumner Academy (18-10-1)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Schlagle</p> <p>Key players: Annabelle Cacho, Sui Par, </p> <p><strong>Bonner Springs (15-16)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Gardner-Edgerton, Maize</p> <p>Key players: [player_tooltip player_id="150196" first="Alexis" last="Moeschler"], [player_tooltip player_id="122204" first="Mariyah" last="Noel"], Wren Vancleave</p> <p><strong>Washington (9-24)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Wyandotte</p> <p>Key players: N/A</p> <p><strong>Highland Park (2-34)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: N/A</p> <p>Key players: N/A</p> <p><em><strong>St. Thomas Aquinas won’t have much difficulty in this substate and will serve as a tune-up for state. Washington over Highland Park, Aquinas over Washington. The other match-up is more intriguing. Sumner has the record advantage, Bonner has played better competition. Due to this fact, we will go with Bonner to get the win but their season will end at St Thomas Aquinas. </strong></em></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Spring Hill Site (3) Spring Hill (8) Basehor-Linwood (11) DeSoto (14) Blue Valley Southwest</strong></span></p> <p><strong>Overall number 3 seed Spring Hill (28-6)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Platte County, Olathe Northwest, St. James</p> <p>Key players: [player_tooltip player_id="119712" first="Shannon" last="Frakes"], Kate Frakes, Cate Milroy, Daphne Gardner</p> <p><strong>Basehor Linwood (23-10)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Spring Hill, Lawrence Free State</p> <p>Key players: [player_tooltip player_id="152179" first="Mila" last="Seaton"], Jordan Knipp, Taylor Cruse</p> <p><strong>DeSoto (12-20)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Notre Dame De Sion, Great Bend</p> <p>Key players: Maggie Winter, [player_tooltip player_id="150210" first="Lillie" last="Sullivan"]</p> <p><strong>Blue Valley Southwest (10-23)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Shawnee Heights, Piper</p> <p>Key players: N/A</p> <p><em><strong>The final match should be a good one. We have Spring Hill and Basehor-Linwood getting past their opening opponents. These two teams have faced off with Basehor getting the best of Spring Hill. We believe the Frakes sisters will be too much to handle and add in home-court advantage, we go with Spring Hill. </strong></em></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Mill Valley Site: (4) Mill Valley (5) St. James (12) Piper (13) Pittsburg</strong></span></p> <p>Overall 4 Seed<strong> Mill Valley (30-7)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Blue Valley West, Shawnee Mission Northwest, Lawrence Free State</p> <p>Key players: [player_tooltip player_id="150197" first="Taylor" last="Roberts"], [player_tooltip player_id="150198" first="Brylee" last="Peterson"], [player_tooltip player_id="120027" first="Sidney" last="Kacsir"], Sydney Fiatte, [player_tooltip player_id="120015" first="Ava" last="Jones"]</p> <p><strong>St. James (24-9)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Olathe Northwest, Blue Valley North, Mill Valley</p> <p>Key players: [player_tooltip player_id="150200" first="Rachel" last="Ziesman"], [player_tooltip player_id="119718" first="Ava" last="Spachek"], [player_tooltip player_id="119694" first="Mya" last="Bolton"], [player_tooltip player_id="154039" first="Reese" last="Messer"]</p> <p><strong>Piper (9-19)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Paola</p> <p>Key players: N/A</p> <p><strong>Pittsburg (11-21)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Parsons, Chanute</p> <p>Key players: N/A</p> <p><em><strong>This site has what I feel is the most anticipated match-up of the weekend out of this region. Both Mill Valley and St. James will win their first matches and face off for a trip to the state tournament. Last year, St. James had to play St. Thomas Aquinas for that opportunity and is eager to make a return trip. These two teams are evenly matched on paper. They are separated by one slot in the seedings for a reason. In the previous time they faced this year, St. James walked away with the win. We expect them to do it again, St. James over Mill Valley on Mill Valley’s home court. </strong></em></p>