Liberos Looking For Big Junior Seasons

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It has been a bittersweet week for this old scout.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I traveled to Chicago to see the Cubs and to celebrate my wife's birthday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Royals beat the Cubs two games to one.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I met a childhood hero in former Cubs' Public Address Announcer Wayne Messmer.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We had four outstanding meals at some of our favorite restaurants and then discovered that another childhood icon Hulk Hogan had passed away while we were in Iowa.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I wrote a more in-depth report on Messmer and Hogan this morning on Prep Redzone Kansas check it out for free using this link.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://prepredzone.com/2025/07/good-times-bad-times-loss-and-football/","type":"wp-embed","providerNameSlug":"prep-redzone"} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-prep-redzone wp-block-embed-prep-redzone"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://prepredzone.com/2025/07/good-times-bad-times-loss-and-football/ </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Today on Prep Dig I would like to feature defensive standouts who recorded 400-plus digs during their sophomore seasons and now have two seasons to reach and possibly surpass the 1,000-dig benchmark.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Look for team and league previews to start in August.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='800284' first='Amyah' last='Werth']</strong>, 5'3”, DS/L, Hillsboro, '27</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Werth is ranked No. 80 overall by Prep Dig Kansas. She unofficially led the Kansas Class of 2027 in digs last season with 626 in 91 sets played. &nbsp;She enters her junior season with 1,123 career digs and will look to put herself in reach of 2,000 come her senior campaign.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='483945' first='Macy' last='Karlin']</strong>, 5'6”, DS/L, Marantha Christian, '27</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Karlin is ranked No. 95 overall in the Kansas Class of 2027. She recorded 561 digs last season in 118 sets played. She enters her junior season with 823 career digs.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='800322' first='Brynn' last='Rebel']</strong>, 5'3”, DS/L, Thomas More Prep, '27</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rebel is ranked No. 198 overall by Prep Dig Kansas. She registered 519 digs last season for the Monarchs. She enters her junior season with 802 career digs for the private school located in Hays.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='809394' first='Jaylie' last='Whitehead']</strong>, 5'5”, DS/L, Silver Lake, '27</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Silver Lake's Whitehead is ranked No. 90 overall in the Kansas Class of 2027. She finished her sophomore season with 455 total digs. She will begin her junior season with a total of 708 career digs.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='800566' first='Sydnee' last='Sleichter']</strong>, 5'0”, DS/L, Santa Fe Trail, '27 Sleichter is ranked No. 132 overall by Prep Dig Kansas. She collected 441 digs for the Chargers as a sophomore. She enters her junior season 370 digs shy of 1,000.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->