Fort Hays State senior basketball players Tim Peintner and Corbin Kuntzsch hail from Scott City, a town on the western edge of the state. Standing at 6'6" and 6'4" respectively, they were some seriously tall kids when they graduated.
But they were only continuing the trend of big size in the prep ranks in Kansas.
Getting some players above fix feet tall is nice, getting a few taller than that are a huge benefit for coaches but rarely do the really tall ones come along.
This week's Rising Star, Quinter basketball, has seven players above six feet tall. Zack Nemechek and Brett Ochs are 6'4" but brother Scott is up there at 6'7".
But they all pale in comparison to Sage Penner of Stockton, ducking under doorways at 6'11"! They might be the tallest prep team in Western Kansas, 12 of their 14 players are above six feet but come on - 6'11" - my goodness!
Imagine playing defense against that guy?! Forget it.
As Ochs said, "We grow 'em big in Kansas."
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