Johnson, Cheney, receive All-State basketball honors

BELOIT – Beloit High School seniors, Eli Johnson, has been named as 3A, Kansas All-State third team in basketball. Teammate, senior, Jackson Cheney has been named as Honorable Mention.

Beloit ended their 2024-25 season at 17-5, as Sub-State Runners-Up, under the direction of Head Coach Ryan Eilert, and Assistant Coaches Trace Leners, and Eric Eilert.  Eli Johnson led Beloit, ended his season scoring 457 points, averaging 20.9 points per game, with 7.2 rebounds per game. Jackson Cheney, ended his season scoring 183 points, averaging 8.3 points per game, with 76 assists.

CLASS 3A

FIRST TEAM

Brady Brumbaugh, Goodland … G … 6-6 … Sr.

Reed Friesen, Hesston … F … 6-6 … Sr.

Dayne Johnson, Silver Lake … F … 6-3 … Jr.

Will Otott, Marysville … G … 6-1 … Sr.

Jack Perry, Galena … G … 6-3 … Sr.

Coach of the year – Garrett Roth, Hesston

SECOND TEAM

Josh Burdick, Cheney … G … 5-10 … Sr.

Nico Doume, Lakin … F … 6-6 … Sr.

Sage Fefjar, Burlington … F … 6-3 … Sr.

Tyler Holmes, Bishop Ward … G … 6-2 … Sr.

Jackson Rumford, Scott City … F … 6-6 … Sr.

THIRD TEAM

Dalton Bontrager, Haven … F … 6-6 … Sr.

Colby Frehe, Nemaha Central … F … 6-8 … Sr.

Eli Johnson, Beloit … C … 6-4 … Sr.

Brycen Palmquist, Council Grove … G … 6-0 … Sr.

Noah Porter, Anderson County … F … 6-6 … Sr.

HONORABLE MENTION

Rylan Allen, sr., Neodesha; Owen Bailey, sr., Southeast of Saline; Ronnie Baker, jr., Perry-Lecompton; AJ Batiste, jr., Wichita Collegiate; Eli Barnett, sr., Fredonia; Kamden Barnett, so., Fredonia; Drew Bartell, so., Hesston; Ranson Born, sr., Girard; Cameron Boswell, sr., Hiawatha; Cortland Carson, sr., Iola; Trey Chambers, fr., Heritage Christian; Maddux Cheever, jr., Burlington; Jackson Cheney, sr., Beloit; Vinny Collier, sr., Frontenac; Colden Cook, sr., Humboldt; Kohen Corona, sr., Halstead; Braxton Creed, sr., Halstead; Linkon Cure, sr., Goodland; Brody Deiter, sr., Silver Lake; Brody Deniston, jr., Holcomb; Ben DeVader, jr., St. Marys; Kenyon Gillins, sr., Wellsville; Adrik Gomez-Esquibel, sr.; Jacob Grant, sr., Baxter Springs; Beckam Griffin, jr., Riverside; Kaden Hardy, sr., Holcomb; Ty Heitschmidt, jr., Smoky Valley; Colt Hightower, sr., Caney Valley; Micah Holmes, sr., Wellsville; Conner Hostetler, sr., Chaparral; Brady Hurla, sr., St. Marys; Gannon Jacobson, jr., Southeast of Saline; Jared Johnson, sr., Silver Lake; Korbin Johnson, jr., Holcomb; Eli Jones, sr., Norton; Jordan Jones, jr., Colby; Owen Just, jr., Minneapolis; Kaeden Kasselman, sr., Garden Plain; Trace Kopper, sr., Cimarron; Mason Martin, jr., Hoisington; Cooper McGowan, jr., Ellsworth; Gunnar McMahan, sr., West Franklin; Scott Moore, sr., Girard; Braylon Mull, jr., Goodland; Evan Olberding, sr., Nemaha Central; Colter Oldham, sr., Lakin; Ashton Oneal, sr., Fredonia; Jaden Parker, jr., Wichita Collegiate; Kasen Parsons, jr., Osage City; Carter Peintner, sr., Cheney; Terryk Richardson, sr., Riverton; Austin Ritsema, sr., Lakin; Jasper Sallee, jr., Osawatomie; Reed Silver, so., Osage City; Rigley Sleichter, fr., Santa Fe Trail; Jalen Smith, sr., Santa Fe Trail; Xavier Solis, sr., Lyons; Quaid Thomas, so., Cheney; Guy Tubbs, sr., Colby; Jake Wegner, jr., Frontenac; Kyler Wenger, sr. Sabetha; Brayden Wheat, jr., Anderson County; Nash Wray, sr., Haven.