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Cardinals' Donovan makes CKL first team
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Hoisington's first-team All-Central Kansas League Brenner Donovan

Larned’s Kelsey Parr and Hoisington’s Emma Harmon and Brenner Donovan earned first-team All-Central Kansas League basketball honors.
Parr was a 3-point sharpshooter who sparked the Indians into the Class 4A-Division 2 state tournament. Larned (13-10) defeated Nickerson 45-32 and Haven 40-32 to qualify for the state tournament. State runner-up Jefferson West defeated Larned 51-37 in the 4A state tournament.
Harmon (16 ppg) led the Cardinals (9-12) with more than 50 3-pointers.
Earning honorable mention honors were Larned’s Haley Skelton and Ivory Muldow and Hoisington’s Vikki Donetz (3.4 ppg, 8.9 rpg), and Jocelynn Pedigo (6.3 ppg, 5.8 rpg).
Donovan averaged 15 points and two assists to lead the Cardinals to an 9-12 record. The Cardinals captured the Hoisington Winter Jam by beating Ellinwood 47-36, Otis-Bison 56-39 and Ellsworth 63-51.
Hoisington’s Grant Dolechek earned second-team CKL honors. Earning honorable mention honors were Larned’s Jonathan Herter, Mason Schartz and Chance Sanger and Cameron Davis (8 ppg, 8 rpg), and Alex Schremmer (8 ppg, 3.2 apg).

CENTRAL KANSAS LEAGUE
FIRST TEAM
Zach Esau, Hesston, 6-0, sr.; Zach Vogt, Hesston, 5-9, sr.; Samson Kohman, Pratt, 6-2, sr.; Nick Reinert, Smoky Valley, 5-10, jr.; Darian Ratzlaff, Hillsboro, 6-0, so.; Luke Wells, Haven, 6-2, jr.; Brenner Donovan, Hoisington, 6-1, sr.
SECOND TEAM
Noah Myers, Pratt, 5-8, sr.; Braden Stewart, Nickerson, 6-3, sr.; Brett Heitschmidt, Smoky Valley, 6-3, jr.; Elias Werth, Hillsboro, 6-0, jr.; Tanner Albright, Kingman, 5-11, so.; Grant Dolechek, Hoisington, 6-0, sr.; Austin O’Toole, Nickerson, 6-0, sr.
HONORABLE MENTION
Dalton Kraus, Halstead, 5-10, jr.; Kason O’Neal, Halstead, 6-1, jr.; Andrew O’Brien, Halstead, so.; Braden Gerber, Halstead, 6-1, so.; Aaron Yoder, Haven, 6-4, sr.; Jeff Hendrixson, Haven, 6-0, sr.; Reese Nebel, Hesston, 6-1, jr.; Cameron Cox, Hesston, 6-0, so.; Cole McCreary, Hesston, 6-5, sr.; Preston Loewen, Hillsboro, 6-1, sr.; Carson Herbel, Hillsboro, 6-3, sr.; Cameron Davis, Hoisington, 6-2, sr.; Alex Schremmer, Hoisington, 5-9, fr.; Johnathan Herter, Larned, 6-2, sr.; Mason Schartz, Larned, 5-9, sr.; Chance Sanger, Larned, 5-10, fr.; Tyler Edwards, Lyons, 6-0, sr.; Terek Smith, Lyons, 6-0, jr.; Jared Petz, Nickerson, 6-1, sr.; Tanner Schrag, Nickerson, 6-3, so.; Bryce Stegman, Pratt, 6-4, sr.; Jacob Adams, Smoky Valley, 6-3, jr.; Ross Schrag, Smoky Valley, 5-10, so.

CKL BOYS
Hesston 10-0 19-3
Pratt 8-2 19-6
SValley 8-2 15-8
Hillsboro 7-3 17-7
Haven 6-4 12-9
Hoisington 5-5 9-12
Halstead 4-6 12-10
Nickerson 4-6 9-13
Kingman 2-8 5-16
Larned 1-9 4-17
Lyons 0-10 1-20