Lawrence/KC-Area Top Ranked Players

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We covered the top-ranked players from Kansas City. Now let's see who are the top-ranked players from the KC area, including Lawrence. A bunch of talent graduated from Free State last year, but there's some nice players left in the area.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>To be diplomatic, we will put together two presentations of ranked players from Lawrence and the KC area: 1) teams based on rankings, regardless of class, and 2) players listed by rank, regardless of class.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here are the top-ranked players in Lawrence/KC-Area in 2022-2023 in order:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>4 (tie) [player_tooltip player_id='1080207' first='Tyson' last='Ruud'] (pictured), 2023 small forward, Basehor-Linwood</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>4 (tie) [player_tooltip player_id='1270268' first='David' last='Cobin'], 2024 point guard, DeSoto</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>5 [player_tooltip player_id='1378439' first='Zaxton' last='King'], 2024 shooting guard, Lawrence</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>8 [player_tooltip player_id='1212168' first='Jaden' last='Hamm'], 2023 center, Eudora</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>32 [player_tooltip player_id='1390595' first='Kalen' last='Streit'], 2024 shooting guard, Bonner Springs</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>41 [player_tooltip player_id='1461341' first='Logan' last='Sullivan'], 2024 shooting guard, Eudora</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>51 [player_tooltip player_id='1461344' first='Willie' last='Dorsey'], 2024 shooting guard, Wellsville</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>64 [player_tooltip player_id='1580564' first='Dezmond' last='Winton'], 2024 point guard, Wellsville</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>67 [player_tooltip player_id='1212171' first='Jailen' last='Thompson'], 2023 power forward, Free State</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>96 [player_tooltip player_id='1357791' first='Caleb' last='Carr'], 2023 point guard, Baldwin</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>97 [player_tooltip player_id='1454195' first='Gunnar' last='Ball'], 2023 small forward, Perry-Lecompton</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>108 [player_tooltip player_id='1212172' first='Malaki' last='Taylor'], 2023 point guard, Gardner-Edgerton</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>115 [player_tooltip player_id='1407806' first='Cameron' last='Doss'], 2023 combo guard, Bonner Springs</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->