Kansas: Derby Star Posts Monster Double-Double

By Dean Backes
MaxPreps.com

As Joanna McFarland’s prep basketball career crawls closer to its conclusion, one would assume that the Derby post player had reached her threshold of big numbers and broken records.

But the senior continues to amaze.

McFarland roughed up Wichita Southeast Saturday by scoring 47 points and ripping down 31 rebounds in a 67-59 overtime win over the Golden Buffaloes. Much of her scoring success occurred at the charity stripe where McFarland made 17-of-19 attempts.

Although the Panthers committed 33 turnovers during the contest, McFarland’s teammates found a way to get her the ball. The 6-foot-3 senior then more than made up for the Panther gaffs.

Speaking of records, Southeast-Saline’s Stephanie Frost overcame a little bench riding to post 39 points and 20 rebounds in a 72-61 win over Minneapolis in the semifinals of the Sacred Heart Blue and Gold Classic Basketball Tournament last Thursday.

The 39 points posted by Frost shattered the single game tournament record of 28 points she shared with former teammate Shayla Seim. Her 20 caroms matched the tournament mark held by Ell-Saline’s Tricia Walker since 2006.

“When we first started tonight I was having a horrible game,” Frost told the Salina Journal. “But everybody else stepped up and kept us in the game. Before halftime coach was yelling at me and telling me I needed to be more of a leader.”

Frost then scored 12 points in the title game Friday, but it wasn’t enough as Salina Sacred heart captured its fifth straight classic title with a 57-42 triumph over the Trojans.

Here is a look at some of the other top performances during last weekend’s basketball competition and the latest Kansas basketball rankings.   

The Weekend’s Top Boys Performances

Josh Camacho of Rock Creek scored 36 points in a 66-55 win over El Dorado…Sabetha’s Kaleb Kesler scored 31 points in a 69-62 win over Jefferson West…Joel Frakes of Maur Hill-Mount Academy scored 30 points in a 69-48 win over Hiawatha…Hartford’s Craig Woods scored 30 points in a 57-50 win over Waverly…Shane Engelken of Greensburg scored 31 points in a 57-53 loss to Stafford…South Central’s Trae Beck scored 33 points in a 49-43 semifinal win over Seiling (OK) after scoring 29 points during Thursday’s quarterfinal win at the Oklahoma Classic Basketball Tournament…Bryce Mayes scored 30 of Oxford’s 39 points in a 57-39 loss to Berean Academy…Lawrence’s Dorian Green scored 37 points in an 82-80 loss to Blue Valley…Tate Andrews of Sharon Springs scored 29 points in a 57-43 win over Burlington…Burrton’s Alex Santiago scored 29 points in a 70-50 win over Elyria Christian…Ryan Magdziarz of Blue Valley scored 29 points in an 82-80 win over Lawrence…Topeka Seaman’s Bryce Simons scored 28 points in a 74-56 loss to Bishop Miege…Alex Battle of Wichita Word of Life scored 28 points in a 46-44 win over Omaha Skutt (NE)…Wamego’s Lane Lindhorst scored 28 points in a 59-44 win over Santa Fe Trail…Brandon Newton of Colony Crest scored 28 points in a 68-36 win over West Elk.

The Weekend’s Top Girls Performances

Jamillah Bonner of Wichita Southeast scored 26 points in a 66-59 overtime loss to Derby…Rossville’s Dana Channel scored 27 points in a 50-40 win over Council Grove…Jena Clowers of Macksville scored 27 points in a 61-51 win over Otis-Bison…Goddard’s Lindsey Keller scored 26 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in a 48-47 win over Manhattan…Crysta Brockmeier of Herington scored 25 points in a 59-32 loss to Northern Heights…Otis-Bison’s Jannel Tammen scored 25 points in a 61-51 loss to Macksville…Stephanie Frost of Southeast-Saline scored 39 points in a 57-42 loss to Salina Sacred Heart…Pleasant Ridge’s Kelsey Herken scored 31 points in a 61-33 win over Wathena…Megan Stein of Spearville scored 27 points in a 64-32 win over Macksville…South Barber’s Kaitlin Morris scored 34 points in a 55-43 win over South Central in the 3rd place game of the Northwestern Oklahoma Classic…Shea Shoemaker of Minneapolis scored 25 points in a 55-47 loss to Halstead…Derby’s Joanna McFarland set school records with 47 points (in a single game) and 31 rebounds in a 67-59 overtime win over Wichita Southeast Saturday. The 47 points shattered McFarland’s own school record of 39 points set last season against Goddard. She made 17 of 19 free throws Saturday.

Kansas Boys Basketball Rankings

Class 6A
1. Wichita Southeast (4-0) 1
2. Wichita Heights (3-0) 2
3. Shawnee Mission Northwest (4-0) 3
4. Leavenworth (5-0) 5
5. Wichita East (2-1) 6
6. Olathe East (4-0) 8
7. Olathe North (4-0) 10
8. Shawnee Mission South (3-1) –
9. Olathe South (3-1) 9
10. Lawrence (2-2) 4

Class 5A
1. Topeka Highland Park (1-0) 1
2. Bishop Miege (4-0) 2
3. Salina Central (2-0) 3
4. McPherson (3-0) 8
5. Bishop Carroll (2-1) 5
6. St. Thomas Aquinas (2-2) 4
7. Liberal (4-0) 9
8. Kansas City-Harmon (4-0) –
9. Shawnee Heights (3-1) –
10. Great Bend (4-1) 10

Class 4A
1. Topeka Hayden (2-0) 1
2. Girard (2-0) 2
3. Hesston (3-0) 3
4. Sumner Academy (4-0) 5
5. Ottawa (4-0) 8
6. Andover (1-1) 4
7. Wichita Trinity (2-0) 10
8. Rose Hill (4-0) –
9. Baldwin (2-1) 6
10. Colby (2-2) 7

Class 3A
1. Holcomb (4-0) 1
2. Sabetha (2-0) 5
3. Galena (3-0) 6
4. Wichita Collegiate (2-0) 7
5. Hutchinson Trinity (4-0) 9
6. Lyons (3-1) 3
7. Ellinwood (4-0) –
8. Riley County (2-2) 2
9. Cherryvale (3-0) –
10. Effingham (3-0) –

Class 2A
1. Pittsburg Colgan (1-0) 1
2. Republic County (4-0) 2
3. Olpe (3-0) 4
4. WaKeeney-Trego (4-1) 5
5. Berean Academy (4-0) 6
6. Salina Sacred Heart (4-0) 7
7. Syracuse (4-0) 10
8. Peabody-Burns (3-1) –
9. Nemaha Valley (1-2) 3
10. Spearville (3-1) –

Class 1A
1. Colony Crest (5-0) 1
2. South Gray (4-0) 2
3. Hanover (4-0) 4
4. Frankfort (4-0) 6
5. Baileyville B&B (4-0) 7
6. Macksville (4-0) 10
7. Quinter (4-0) 9
8. Quivira Heights (4-0) –
9. Cunningham (2-1) 5
10. St. John (2-2) 3

Kansas Girls Basketball Rankings

Class 6A
1. Wichita Heights (3-0) 1
2. Washburn Rural (2-0) 2
3. Shawnee Mission East (2-0) 4
4. Derby (2-0) 5
5. Olathe South (4-1) 6
6. Blue Valley (4-0) 8
7. Shawnee Mission West (3-0) 10
8. Junction City (2-1) –
9. Lawrence (1-2) 3
10. Lawrence Free State (2-1) 7

Class 5A
1. Bishop Carroll (3-0) 1
2. Shawnee Heights (3-0) 4
3. Bishop Miege (4-1) 2
4. St. Thomas Aquinas (2-1) 3
5. Gardner-Edgerton (3-1) 9
6. Liberal (4-0) 8
7. Andover Central (2-1) 5
8. Salina South (2-1) –
9. Emporia (3-1) 7
10. Great Bend (4-1) 6

Class 4A
1. Rose Hill (4-0) 1
2. Paola (3-0) 2
3. Holton (3-0) 4
4. Eudora (3-1) 3
5. Haven (4-0) 7
6. Buhler (3-0) –
7. Concordia (3-0) 8
8. Ottawa (4-0) –
9. Kansas City-Piper (2-2) 5
10. Fort Scott (2-2) 10

Class 3A
1. Rock Creek (3-0) 1
2. Riley County (3-1) 3
3. Southwestern Heights (4-0) 4
4. Wichita Collegiate (2-0) 6
5. Norton (3-1) 2
6. Garden Plain (3-1) 5
7. Hays-TMP (4-0) 7
8. Jefferson County North (4-0) 9
9. Cherryvale (4-0) 10
10. Fredonia (4-0) –

Class 2A
1. St. Marys (2-0) 1
2. Salina Sacred Heart (4-0) 3
3. Moundridge (4-0) 4
4. Pittsburg Colgan (1-0) 5
5. Osborne (4-0) 7
6. Lebo (4-1) –
7. Humboldt (2-0) 9
8. Olpe (2-1) 2
9. Clifton-Clyde (4-0) 10
10. Valley Heights (2-1) 6

Class 1A
1. South Gray (4-0) 1
2. Frankfort (4-0) 5
3. Claflin (4-0) 7
4. Pretty Prairie (4-0) –
5. Southern Coffey County (3-0) –
6. Argonia (4-0) –
7. Quivira Heights (4-0) –
8. South Barber (4-1) 3
9. St. John (2-2) 2
10. Weskan (3-2) 4