Lions’ Bonner award finalist

Lawrence High senior basketball standout Anthony Bonner was named as a finalist for the 2015 DiRenna Award by the Greater Kansas City Basketball Coaches Association on Friday and was selected to play in the 2015 All-Star Challenge.

The DiRenna Award is given to the most outstanding basketball player in the greater Kansas City area. Seniors Alston Jones (Bishop Miege), Drew Lock (Lee’s Summit), Kevin Puryear (Blue Springs South) and Landry Shamet (Park Hill) also were selected as finalists.

The female finalists are seniors Rachel Blackburn (Leavenworth), Kierra Collier (Truman), Claire Ferguson (St. Thomas Aquinas), Madeline Homoly (Bishop Miege) and Tyler Johnson (Leavenworth).