This week’s basketball scores: Vote for Varsity Kansas Top Player award (Jan. 23)
After compiling the game scores and the top player statistics from the area’s Kansas high school basketball games Thursday-Saturday, here are the four candidates for the Varsity Kansas Top Player of the week for boys and girls.
After finishing with 22 points and 18 rebounds in a 71-47 win over Newton on Tuesday, Eisenhower senior Nick Hogan won the boys’ Top Player award poll earlier this week. The girls winner was Circle senior Kimalee Cook, who scored 14 of her game-high 22 points in the fourth quarter and overtime of a 55-48 win over Collegiate.
Vote for this week’s Top Players on Kansas.com and also find updated team-by-team results for every boys team and girls team in the City League, all AV-CTL divisions, Central Plains League and Central Kansas League.
Boys’ Top Player candidates
Bishop Carroll’s Alex Littlejohn
The senior scored a game-high 20 points to lead Bishop Carroll to a 61-46 victory over Junction City on Saturday to win the Tournament of Champions in Dodge City. The Golden Eagles have now won seven straight games and improved to 9-2 this season.
Southeast’s Kobe Smith
Southeast entered the week with a 2-5 record, but ended it as the winners of the Topeka Invitational Tournament after three straight wins. The Golden Buffaloes were the surprise team of the week after beating Lansing 67-63 to claim the title and no one was better than the sophomore who was named the Topeka tournament MVP.
Campus’ Stevie Strong
The Kansas City-area transfer has already made a huge impact for one of the state’s top teams. He had his best game of the season on Thursday when he scored a season-high 40 points for Campus, which cruised to the Chanute tournament championship with a 64-43 win over SM South on Saturday. The Colts have now won seven straight games and improved to 8-1 this season.
Cheney’s Jack Voth
The freshman delivered 22 points and seven rebounds for Cheney in a 58-43 victory over Haven to claim the Halstead tournament championship. The Cardinals have been rolling this season, winners of six straight to improve their season record to 9-1.
Girls’ Top Player candidates
Derby’s Addison Brown
In a highly-anticipated showdown between two of the state’s best teams, Class 6A No. 7 Derby came out on top of Class 5A No. 3 Maize in a 36-24 victory. After Maize handed Derby its only loss of the season on Dec. 22, the Panthers returned the favor by handing Maize its first loss of the year behind 11 points from Brown.
Andale’s Katelyn Fairchild
The senior scored a team-high 12 points to lead Andale to a 45-37 win over Wellington. In a showdown between two of the top teams in AV-CTL Div. 4, the Indians scored the crucial league victory to improve to 4-0 in league play.
Collegiate’s Maddy Mairs
The senior scored a game-high 18 points to power Collegiate to a 56-41 win over Augusta. Mairs was crucial for the Spartans to snap a three-game losing slide and was the team’s go-to presence in the post.
Garden Plain’s Madysen Zoglman
Zoglman has proven to be one of the area’s top scorers this season and added another 16 points, a team-high, in Garden Plain’s 60-31 win over Ell-Saline.
Saturday’s scores
Boys
Bishop Carroll 61, Junction City 46 (Dodge City 1st)
Dodge City 50, Eisenhower 37 (Dodge City 3rd)6, Cox 2.
Southeast 67, Lansing 63 (Topeka 1st)
East 54, SM North 43 (Topeka 3rd)
Kapaun Mt. Carmel 70, Hutchinson 50
Heights 66, Valley Center 52 (Valley Center)
Maize 99, North 33 (Valley Center)
Northwest 54, Topeka Seaman 44 (Valley Center)
Great Bend 41, West 37 (El Dorado)
Collegiate 60, El Dorado 40 (El Dorado)
Campus 64, SM South 43 (Chanute 1st)
Salina South 55, Andover 52 (Salina 1st)
Buhler 66, Liberal 52 (Salina 3rd)
South 71, Newton 61 (Salina 7th)
Augusta 42, Louisburg 40 (Baldwin 1st)
Mulvane 53, Arkansas City 31 (Chaparral 1st)
Circle 59, Chaparral 49 (Chaparral 3rd)
Clearwater 52, Winfield 51 (Chaparral 5th)
Cheney 58, Haven 43 (Halstead 1st)
Rose Hill 70, Minneapolis 67 (Halstead 3rd)
Andale 56, Halstead 21 (Halstead 7th)
Hillsboro 66, Holcomb 54 (Hillsboro)
Hesston 45, Clay Center 27 (Hillsboro)
Remington 77, Eureka 74 (OT) (Hillsboro)
Hoisington 85, Ellinwood 59 (Hoisington 1st)
Sunrise 53, Nickerson 35 (St. John 1st)
St. John 49, Larned 41 (St. John 3rd)
Girls
Hillsboro 48, Holcomb 39 (Hillsboro)
Clay Center 49, Hesston 23 (Hillsboro)
Eureka 64, Remington 39 (Hillsboro)
Reno County 45, Larned 27 (St. John 3rd)
Friday’s scores
Boys
Lansing 72, East 58 (Topeka semis)
Southeast 58, SM North 36 (Topeka semis)
Maize 53, Heights 47 (Valley Center)
Northwest 84, North 35 (Valley Center)
Andover 80, Buhler 56 (Salina semis)
Salina Central 47, South 46 (Salina consolation)
Manhattan 59, El Dorado 55 (El Dorado)
Campus 87, Life Prep 46 (Chanute)
Mulvane 75, Circle 55 (Chaparral)
Arkansas City 65, Chaparral 48 (Chaparral)
Haven 55, Rose Hill 42 (Halstead semis)
Cheney 65, Minneapolis 26 (Halstead semis)
Hesston 66, Eureka 28 (Hillsboro)
Hugoton 73, Hutch Trinity 60 (Sterling 1st)
Lyons 41, Sterling 27 (Sterling 3rd)
Smoky Valley 60, Kingman 49 (Sterling 7th)
Augusta 66, KC Ward 40 (Baldwin)
Hoisington 50, Ellsworth 46 (Hoisington)
Attica 44, Medicine Lodge 40 (Cunningham semis)
Girls
Bishop Carroll 48, North 43
Derby 36, Maize 24
Maize South 56, Newton 20
Andover Central 61, Hutchinson 27
Valley Center 42, Arkansas City 20
Collegiate 56, Augusta 41
Clearwater 49, Winfield 39
Andale 45, Wellington 37
Cheney 49, Independent 21
Chaparral 54, Hutch Trinity 52
Eureka 47, Hesston 33 (Hillsboro)
Hillsboro 32, Riley County (Hillsboro)
Remington 49, Republic County (Hillsboro)
Salina Central 48, Andover 34 (Salina semis)
Liberal 43, Salina South (Salina semis)
Concordia 49, West 29 (Salina consolation)
Buhler 35, Abilene 30 (Salina consolation)
Smoky Valley 32, Scott City 31 (Sterling 3rd)
Southeast Saline 40, Kingman 26 (Sterling 7th)
Thursday’s scores
Boys
Bishop Carroll 64, Eisenhower 45 (Dodge City semis)
East 52, Topeka Hayden 37 (Topeka)
Southeast 55, Highland Park 54 (Topeka)
Heights 61, Topeka Seaman 48 (Valley Center)
Valley Center 85, North 36 (Valley Center)
Maize 76, Northwest 63 (Valley Center)
Kapaun Mt. Carmel 66, Great Bend 36 (El Dorado)
Collegiate 65, West 64 (El Dorado)
Shawnee Heights 60, McPherson 54 (McPherson)
Salina South 69, Liberal 31 (Salina semis)
Buhler 65, South 56 (Salina)
Andover 70, Salina Central 46 (Salina)
Campus 75, Coffeyville 28 (Chanute)
Andale 55, Winfield 40 (Halstead consolation)
Hutch Trinity 43, Lyons 38 (Sterling semis)
Scott City 44, Smoky Valley 29 (Sterling consolation)
Nickerson 48, Larned 44 (St. John semis)
Sunrise 52, St. John 27 (St. John semis)
Girls
Salina Central 64, West 18 (Salina)
Andover 45, Concordia 22 (Salina)
Salina South 38, Buhler 20 (Salina)
Pratt 62, LaCrosse 27 (Hoisington consolation)
Hugoton 63, Smoky Valley 49 (Sterling)
Central Plains 69, Larned 25 (St. John consolation)
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