🚨🏀 @avilamensBB assistant coach Alex Slawson has been elevated to Head Coach of the program after Tyler Bredehoeft has stepped down for other coaching opportunities.
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Congratulations to our girls getting some recognition from fellow EKL coaches for their work on the hardwood this season!🏅🏅🏅 @MiaHansen2026@kyli3cross@kylieworkizer
LYNDON TO THE MUSIC CITY BOWL
From a tiny Kansas high school to opposite sidelines on a national stage
Both Tanner Heckel and Miles Kitselman graduated from tiny Lyndon High School, but they never played high school sports together. Kitselman is older, and Heckel moved in as a senior, their journeys took very different routes.
Heckel had one Division I offer coming out of high school, Illinois. That was it as he was extremely overlooked. No recruiting circus. No long list. He’s now a sophomore standout defensive back, continuing to develop and earn his role at the Power Four level. Heckel was the Sports in Kansas 8M-I POY and Top 11 selection after scoring 72 TDs. He was also Top 5 by SIK in basketball and set multiple 2A records in track and field at state. Heckel played at Inman until senior year.
Kitselman was under-recruited, took the junior college route at Hutchinson Community College, and kept grinding. That path led him to Alabama, and now to Tennessee, where he’s emerged as a standout tight end on one of the nation’s biggest stages.
Now, the two Lyndon graduates will face each other in the Music City Bowl, lining up on opposite sidelines, after playing for the same small Kansas town of around 1,000.
Different paths. Same high school. Same stage.
A reminder to every kid in a small school: there’s more than one way to get there and the long road still counts. #sportsinkansas A third Lyndon HS player is at the FBS level in Kaedin Massey at KSU. #sportsinkansas
Senior Hoyt Hoffine of Paola (4A) with the coast to coast poster in a 61-55 win over Fort Scott 🤯 Hoyt finished with 24 points in the win. Hoyt and his brother, Lane Hoffine, are both 6’7” twins at Paola who have started 3-0 this year. This is a team who didn’t win a single game 2 years ago, and are starting the year off hot. Tons of credit to head coach Ryan Oshel. #sportsinkansas
47 POINTS 🤯: Allie Kneisler of Lyndon with a career night tonight as Lyndon took down Marais Des Cygne Valley 65-32. 47 points on 11 threes on the night 😳😳 Shot 6\10 on twos and 11\17 on threes. She also had 4 assists and 5 rebounds in the win. Big time numbers for the Lyndon senior committed to Saint Mary’s in Leavenworth. #sportsinkansas
State Athlete of the Week, presented by Watco: Ingalls High School senior Olivia Stein officially broke the Kansas all-time career kills record with 2,639. The previous record of 2,635 was set by Jamie Patrick of Hutchinson Central Christian from 2008 to 2011. A Wichita State signee, Stein capped her incredible high school career by leading the Bulldogs to a third-place finish at the 1A-II State Tournament. One of the most dominant hitters in Kansas high school volleyball history.
#illini DB Tanner Heckel on playing in a tough environment Husky Stadium: “They got a good crowd, but we go in there thinking about us and how we can play.”
Over the past three years, Washington is 22-3 at home.
Asked #Illini DB Tanner Heckel about what he's learned from veterans at Illinois and managing the highs and lows on the field this season:
"Live your routine every day."
🔐🌿 4th graders had a blast in the library with Mrs. DeLuca and Mrs. Fayette solving a Breakout Box Challenge about plant and animal habitats! 🐾📚 They cracked clues, unlocked codes, and showed amazing teamwork! 💡🎉
#BreakoutEDU#4thGradeFun