Eight Athletes Looking For Dual Sport Titles

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Last weekend was State Volleyball weekend, and seven schools were crowned as champions.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>There were multi-sport prospects who won state titles in volleyball who now have state basketball championships in their sights.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here is a look at eight such athletes.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='634243' first='Arika' last='Feldman']</strong>, 6'1”, SF, Little River, ‘26</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>There is something very impressive going on in Little River. All they do is win, win, no matter what, what. what. Feldman is ranked No. 21 overall by Prep Girls Hoops Kansas. She finished last season scoring 19 points per game for the Redskins. This fall, she led the Redskins in blocks with 85 and racked up 343 kills. She is verbally committed to playing basketball at Fort Hays State.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='766788' first='Adelynne' last='Strecker']</strong>, 5'4”, SG, Little River, ‘26</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Strecker is ranked No. 168 overall by Prep Girls Hops and No. 215 by Prep Dig Kansas. She led Little River in digs this season with 472. Last year on the basketball court, she finished with a chunky stat line that included averages of 7.1 points, 4.1 assists, 4.1 steals, and 3.8 rebounds per game.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1192768' first='Havana' last='Olander']</strong>, 5'6”, CG, Little River, ‘26</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Olander helped lead the Redskins to back-to-back titles. She finished with 324 kills this fall in 99 sets played. She is ranked No. 218 overall by PGH and No. 160 on Prep Dig Kansas. &nbsp;She was second on the Redskin roster last season in scoring with 10.2 points per game. She also grabbed 5.2 rebounds per contest.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1216220' first='Avery' last='Lafferty']</strong>, 5'10”, Little River, ‘27</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In 22 games played last season, Lafferty scored 7.9 points per game and was second on the team in rebounds, averaging five boards per game. She is ranked No. 131 overall by PGH. She registered 74 kills and 35 blocks in a secondary role for the volleyball squad.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1216222' first='Saelyn' last='Raleigh']</strong>, 5'10”, SF, Little River, ‘27</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Raliegh was the team leader in kills this season with 361 in 99 sets played. She is ranked No. 125 overall by PGH and No. 138 by Prep Dig. She averaged 7.7 points scored last season as a sophomore.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1112921' first='Ayla' last='Ritchie']</strong>, 5'11”, PF, Ellinwood, ‘28</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ellinwood completed an undefeated season as the Class 2A State Champions. She is ranked No. 109 overall by PGH and No. 31 by Prep Dig Kansas. She finished her fall season with 61 blocks and 140 kills. She was Ellinwood's leading rebounder last season, cleaning the glass for 8.2 rebounds per game.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1108559' first='Mette' last='Maxwell']</strong>, 5'7”, CG, Ellinwood, ‘28</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>During her freshman season, Maxwell averaged 7.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game. She is ranked No. 125 by PGH and No. 7 overall in the Kansas Class of 2028 by Prep Dig. She shared the setting duties this season for the Eagles and led the team in assists with 605 in 100 sets played.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='999826' first='Reagan' last='Winter']</strong>, 5'11”, PF, Andale, ‘27</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Winter helped the Indians win the Class 4A State title. She recorded 136 kills and 57 blocks in 77 sets played for Andale. She is ranked No. 20 by Prep Dig and No. 167 overall by PGH.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->