Sports

Fall sports recap

Anna Newland, sports editor| December 16, 2022

Kameron Richardson, senior, chest bumps his teammate who just scored a touchdown.

Although all sports have ended, KHS athletics did not disappoint in awards and achievements earned from their seasons. Here’s a recap of individual and group awards given to KHS fall sports teams:

BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY

Boys’ cross country finished their season as the Suburban Conference Champions. They finished fourth at districts, qualifying for a spot at the state cross country meet where they finished eleventh as a team.

All-Conference Medalists: Levi Rowan, Andrew Hickman, Steven Aguilar, Joey Harrison

All-District Medalists: Levi Rowan, Steven Aguilar, Andrew Hickman, Peyton Ferkel

GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY:

The Girls’ cross country team finished the season qualifying for the state cross country meet where they finished ninth as a team. Josie Baker, junior, was the team’s highest finisher, earning sixth overall at State.

FIELD HOCKEY(13-4-4)

The KHS field hockey team finished second in their conference and made it to the semifinals for districts. The team had the best overall record out of KHS fall sports, going 13-4-4.

First Team All-Conference: Ryan Cook, Josie Ploszay and Ellie Francois

Second Team All-Conference: Hallie Pack and Emma Appel

2022 Conference Defensive Player of the Year: Ellie Francois

FOOTBALL (7-4)

Senior running back Deion Brown holds numerous school records including most rushing touchdowns in a single game (7), most rushing yards in a single game (352), most points scored in a single season (162) and most touchdowns in a single season (27). He is also the all-time leading rusher with 2,771 career rushing yards and single-season rushing leader with 1,690 yards.

First Team All-Conference: Andrew Kollitz, Deion Brown, Tyler Macon and Lorenzo Brinkley

Second Team All-Conference: Carson Lindquist, Patrick Fortune, Kameron Richardson and Myles Kruger

GIRLS’ GOLF

Conference Medalist: Margaret Stewart

BOYS’ SOCCER (9-11-1)

First Team All-Conference: Drew Baugus

Second Team All-Conference: Evan Squires and Diego Cabrera

SOFTBALL (10-17)

The softball team ended their season as the Class Four District Tournament runner-ups.

First Team All-Conference: Maddie Hickman

Second Team All-Conference: Allie Friar, Ella Santacruz, Madison Johnson and Zoey Daniels

First Team All-District: Zoey Daniels, Madison Johnson, Maddie Hickman, Allie Friar and Ella Santacruz

Second Team All-District: Amanda Mooneyham

Second Team All-Region: Zoey Daniels, Madison Johnson, Maddie Hickman and Ella Santacruz

BOYS’ SWIM/DIVE (7-0 DUAL MEETS)

The boys’ swim & dive team ended their season as conference champions and finished third overall at the state meet. The boys broke all three relay school records in the 200-yard medley relay, 200-yard free relay and 400-yard free relay.

MSHSAA STATE INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS:

JD Suarez-200-yard individual medley, Max Marcus-500-yard freestyle

State Individual Medal Winners:

200-yard medley relay (2nd Place): Josh Denckhoff, Adam Bauer, Julio Suarez and Grady Ashley

200-yard freestyle (4th Place): Max Marcus

1-meter Diving (4th Place): Owen Swearngin

100-yard butterfly (2nd Place): JD Suarez

500-yard freestyle: Stevie Potter (6th Place), Andrew Huebner (8th Place)

200-yard free relay (3rd Place): Grady Ashley, Adam Bauer, Jackson Hardage and Max Marcus

400-yard free relay (2nd Place): JD Suarez, Adam Bauer, Jackson Hardage and Max Marcus

GIRLS’ TENNIS (9-7)

Hadley Allaria and Courtney McCracken placed 3rd as Doubles in the district tournament.