Area high school basketball standouts received another round of postseason accolades, with two prominent statewide periodicals announcing their all-state hoops performers.
Leading the way locally were Iola High’s Cortland Carson and Marmaton Valley High’s Janae Granere.
Carson earned second-team all-state honors in Class 3A by Sports in Kansas. He also received honorable mention for KSHSAA Covered’s all-state Class 3A roster.
The junior averaged 18.3 points, 4.1 rebounds. 1.6 assists and 1.4 steals a game.
Granere, a senior, earned honorable mention Class 1A-I recognition from KSHSAA Covered and second-team Class 1A-II honors from Sports in Kansas. She averaged 17.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.2 steals and 2.0 assists per game.
Several others earned honorable mention for all-state designations in their respective classes: Iola’s Landon Weide and Keira Fawson; Humboldt’s Colden Cook and Sam Hull; Marmaton Valley’s Brayden Lawson, Jaedon Granere, Tyler Lord and Payton Scharff; and Crest’s Ryan Golden and Kayla Hermreck.
Local honorees:
KSHSAA Covered
All-State teams
Class 3A
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Cortland Carson, Jr., Iola
Landon Weide, Sr., Iola
Colden Cook, Jr., Humboldt
Sam Hull, Sr., Humboldt
