By Dean Backes
MaxPreps.com
For the second time this season, Wichita Southeast has surpassed the century mark on the scoreboard, and done it with ease.
The Golden Buffaloes scored 62 second-half points en route to a 113-72 win over Wichita South last weekend. The 41-point Southeast win snapped South's five game winning streak, following a season-opening 78-66 loss to Wichita Heights.
Adonis Gantt led the assault, with a game-high 24 points. He was backed by a strong supporting cast as Cecil Shaw and Jordan Cyphers also broke the 20-point barrier with 21 and 20-point efforts, respectively. Joe Mitchell chipped in 17 points and Cortez Barnes added 11 points.
Wichita Southeast has eight players averaging at least four points a game and six of those players score at least eight points on average. The Golden Buffalos average 86 points a game this season as a team, while giving up just under 64 points per outing. Southeast has scored 80 points or more on five occasions during its 7-0 start. Their largest margin of victory occurred during the 102-44 season opening win over Wichita West.
Although Southeast has been scoring points in bunches, Gantt is quick to point out that the Golden Buffalo can also play a little defense.
"We don't like to just score on the offensive side," Gantt told the Wichita Eagle. "We like to play defense and make our defense our offense. We like to run off getting our steals and trapping."
Boys Top Scoring Performances
Thursday
33 Lawson Kingley, Sedgwick vs. Argonia
31 Cole Graddy, Wichita Trinity vs. Douglass
27 Tanner Poppe, Girard vs. Paola
27 Carlin Jacobs, Wichita Word of Life vs. Victory Christian
26 Kyle Holthaus, Douglass vs. Wichita Trinity
Friday
29 Drew Berg, Baldwin vs. Wellsville
26 Steve Feiney, Topeka Hayden vs. Emporia
23 Caydrick Bloom, Emporia vs. Topeka Hayden
23 Brett Koup, West Elk vs. Dexter
22 Andre Linzy, De Soto vs. Anderson County
Girls Top Scoring Performances
Thursday
33 Kendra Frazier, Labette County vs. Pittsburg-Colgan
30 Lea Cotton, Olathe Christian vs. Wichita
29 Sara Miller, Rawlins County vs. Northern Valley
29 Lynae Wright, Little River vs. Bennington
27 Kristen Fischer, Cunningham vs. Macksville
Friday
24 Sierra Gillespie, Chase vs. Lincoln
24 Madison Chambers, Wellsville vs. Baldwin
20 Mishaun Pfannenstiel, Inman vs. Sedgwick
20 Abby Fawcett, Bishop Carroll vs. Wichita Kapaun
Football: Backes' Kansas City All-Metro Football Team - Kansas Side
After sorting out a long list of qualified football players from within the Kansas City metro, and placing them on their proper side of the border, here are my picks for my first annual Kansas City All-Metro football team for Kansas.
There was no science in making my selections. I just studied any numbers I could get my hands on, all-conference teams, all-state teams and the success of each individual player's team. Then after pulling all of my hair out, I just went with my gut.
Offense
End - Travis Tannahill, Olathe East 6-4 230 Sr.
End - Kyler Reed, St. Thomas Aquinas 6-3 215 Sr.
End - Kyson Ginavan, Olathe South 6-0 175 Sr.
Line - Bob Klug Blue, Valley North 6-6 240 Sr.
Line - Aaron Kolich, Olathe South 6-2 265 Sr.
Line - Bobby Sanchez, Olathe North 6-3 245 Sr.
Line - Matt Daniels, Olathe East 5-10 210 Sr.
Line - Nick Fleer, Blue Valley West 6-1 220 Sr
QB - Mike Keese, Olathe South 6-2 175 Sr.
RB - JaVon Williams, Olathe East 6-0 195 Jr.
RB - Jason Spradling, Louisburg 5-10 190 Sr.
K - Mark Saxby, Olathe East 6-0 160 Sr.
Defense
Line - Josh Copp, Blue Valley West 6-4 215 Sr.
Line - Bryce Murray, Shawnee Mission Northwest 6-1 215 Sr.
Line - Swede Johnson, Basehor-Linwood 6-3 300 Sr.
Line - George Bazin, Louisburg 6-2 200 Sr.
LB - Joey Carroll, St. Thomas Aquinas 5-10 195 Sr.
LB - Joey Oxley, Olathe North 6-2 215 Sr.
LB - Tony Ritzman, Shawnee Mission West 6-0 205 Sr.
LB - Luke Weaver, Baldwin 6-0 200 Sr.
DB - Kyson Ginavan, Olathe South 6-0 175 Sr.
DB - Justin Smith, Lansing 6-0 175 Sr.
DB - Aaron Ashley, Blue Valley West 6-1 215 Sr.
P - Travis Tannahill, Olathe East 6-4 230 Sr.
