Kansas 5A Goddard-Eisenhower Sites

<p>Our second region of 5A will be hosted by Goddard-Eisenhower. Like with the other regions, the top four teams will play host in their attempts to reach the state tournament next weekend. Let’s take a look at the teams.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Emporia Site (1) Emporia (8) Andover (9) Hays (16) Salina Central (17) Goddard</strong></span></p> <p><strong>Emporia (24-9)</strong> gets the nod as the top overall seed in this region. </p> <p>Key wins: Bonner Springs, Bishop Carroll</p> <p>Key players: Rylee Peak, Rebecca Snyder, Maddyn Stewart, [player_tooltip player_id="123114" first="Grace" last="Xu"]</p> <p><strong>Andover (19-15)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Rose Hill</p> <p>Key players: N/A</p> <p><strong>Hays (18-18)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Garden City</p> <p>Key players: Ella Voth, Carly Lang, Kamree Leiker</p> <p><strong>Salina Central (8-20)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Hays, Valley Center</p> <p>Key players: N/A</p> <p><strong>Goddard (9-25)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Arkansas City</p> <p>Key players: Cydney Carter, Morgan Foos</p> <p><em><strong>In our opinion, the other region of teams is more top-heavy. Any of the top 5 seeds could make an argument for the top seed in this half of the bracket. The Andover/Hays match is the more intriguing match of the weekend. Whatever team gets the victory will have to beat Emporia, which may be too much to ask for after a tight opening match. We will go with Emporia. </strong></em></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Maize South site (2) Maize South (7) Andover Central (10) Great Bend (15) Salina South (18) Arkansas City</strong></span></p> <p>Number 2 overall seed <strong>Maize South (28-8)</strong> has an argument for the top seed. </p> <p>Key wins: Basehor-Linwood, Hutchinson, </p> <p>Key players: [player_tooltip player_id="153936" first="Jillian" last="Gregory"], [player_tooltip player_id="119709" first="Gracie" last="Morrow"], Callie Palecki, [player_tooltip player_id="123113" first="Bella" last="Boulanger"], Jenna Sokoll</p> <p><strong>Andover Central (25-14)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Eisenhower</p> <p>Key players: Maddie Amekporfor, Allie Paulsen, Julia Jessop, [player_tooltip player_id="105675" first="Ellie" last="Stearns"], Jaylee Jefferson</p> <p><strong>Great Bend (18-15)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Emporia</p> <p>Key players: Makenzie Premer, Brooke McReynolds, Macy Nachtigal</p> <p><strong>Salina South (13-22) </strong></p> <p>Key wins: Hays</p> <p>Key players: N/A</p> <p><strong>Arkansas City (7-26)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Goddard</p> <p>Key players: Kinzie Perdue, Cady Dickey, Mika Munson, Saylor Givens</p> <p><em><strong>We believe Maize South is the top team in this region. They have had some great battles this year against some of the top teams in the state. They will take care of business in the play-in match. Andover Central and Great Bend is an interesting face-off. The fact Great Bend has beaten top seed Emporia definitely raises an eyebrow. We think the shorter trip benefits Andover Central in this one. In the final, we like Maize South to get it done. </strong></em></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Topeka West site (3) Topeka West (6) Bishop Carroll (11) Newton (14) Valley Center</strong></span></p> <p><strong>Topeka West (27-9)</strong> snatches overall number 3. </p> <p>Key wins: Shawnee Mission North</p> <p>Key players: Makinsey Jones, Siani Sanchez, Jaya Miller</p> <p><strong>Bishop Carroll (23-12)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Emporia</p> <p>Key players: Kenzie Dugan, Lily Ebright, [player_tooltip player_id="120018" first="Grace" last="Long"]</p> <p><strong>Newton (17-18)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Derby</p> <p>Key players: [player_tooltip player_id="105682" first="Gracie" last="Rains"], Olivia Antonwich, Abby Kootnz, Elena Vanderweg</p> <p><strong>Valley Center (13-20)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Liberal</p> <p>Key players: N/A</p> <p><em><strong>Topeka West over Valley Center and Bishop Carroll over Newton. We like Carroll’s resume much better than the host school. The teams they play week in and week out better prepare them to get through this substate. Topeka West has chalked up close to 30 wins but with their best win in our eyes over a not-strong Shawnee Mission North team, we don’t think they have the firepower nor experience to get it done. BC in a sweep. </strong></em></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Goddard-Eisenhower Site (4) Goddard-Eisenhower (5) Topeka Seaman (12) Kapaun Mt. Carmel  (13) Maize</strong></span></p> <p><strong>Goddard-Eisenhower (25-9)</strong> gets the final top spot. </p> <p>Key wins: Andover Central</p> <p>Key players: N/A</p> <p><strong>Topeka Seaman (23-10)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Spring Hill, Basehor-Linwood, Emporia</p> <p>Key players: N/A</p> <p><strong>Kapaun Mt. Carmel (16-19) </strong></p> <p>Key wins: N/A</p> <p>Key players: N/A</p> <p><strong>Maize (15-19)</strong></p> <p>Key wins: Kapaun Mt. Carmel, Maize South, Emporia</p> <p>Key players: [player_tooltip player_id="123138" first="Abby" last="Godfrey"], [player_tooltip player_id="105643" first="Cameron" last="Cleary"], [player_tooltip player_id="105676" first="Kelsey" last="Kuhl"], [player_tooltip player_id="122215" first="Kaylee" last="Lively"]</p> <p><em><strong>We expect both Goddard-Eisenhower and Topeka Seaman to get wins to start the day. Both teams have chalked up w’s in the win column this fall. We like the quality of teams and wins Seaman has earned this year which include a very good Spring Hill team and top-seeded Emporia. Topeka Seaman takes the trip and brings home the substate title.</strong></em></p>