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Kansas high school basketball state qualifiers: Find winning boys, girls teams moving on

The Bishop Carroll girls basketball team punched its ticket back to the Class 5A state tournament with a sub-state championship win over Hays on Friday.
The Bishop Carroll girls basketball team punched its ticket back to the Class 5A state tournament with a sub-state championship win over Hays on Friday. Courtesy

With sub-state championship games being played on Friday, here’s and updated list of boys and girls teams that have punched their ticket to the Kansas high school basketball state tournaments.

This story will be updated frequently on Friday night as more information comes in about state seedings, brackets and schedules for next week’s KSHSAA state tournament.

Class 6A boys state qualifiers

Note: State tournament games played at Koch Arena in Wichita from March 8-11. All matchups are considered unofficial until finalized by KSHSAA.

No. 1 Wichita Heights (20-2) vs. No. 8 Junction City (13-9)

No. 4 Derby (16-6) vs. No. 5 Olathe North (16-6)

No. 2 Blue Valley North (19-3) vs. No. 7 Manhattan (14-8)

No. 3 Blue Valley Northwest (18-4) vs. No. 6 Shawnee Mission Northwest (15-7)

Class 5A girls state qualifiers

Note: State tournament games played at White Auditorium in Emporia from March 8-11. All matchups are considered unofficial until finalized by KSHSAA.

No. 1 Topeka Seaman (21-1) vs. No. 8 St. James Academy (17-5)

No. 4 St. Thomas Aquinas (19-3) vs. No. 5 Highland Park (19-3)

No. 2 Bishop Carroll (20-2) vs. No. 7 Andover Central (17-5)

No. 3 Andover (20-2) vs. No. 6 Emporia (18-3)

Class 4A boys state qualifiers

Note: State tournament games played at Tony’s Pizza Events Center in Salina from March 8-11. All matchups are considered unofficial until finalized by KSHSAA.

No. 1 Hugoton (20-2) vs. No. 8 Clay Center (9-13)

No. 4 Eudora (18-4) vs. No. 5 Baldwin (18-4)

No. 2 McPherson (19-3) vs. No. 7 Wellington (15-7)

No. 3 Atchison (19-3) vs. No. 6 Bishop Miege (16-6)

This story was originally published March 3, 2023 at 8:21 PM.

Taylor Eldridge
The Wichita Eagle
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