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Wednesday, June 26, 2024
TopSports.News will host the 19th annual Topeka-Shawnee County Sports Awards/Hall of Fame Ceremony at Washburn University. TSN is proud to preserve and continue this annual event to recognize our area student athletes.
2024 Shawnee County Hall of Fame Inductees:
Bob Benoit
Jim Golden
Kelsey Chipman Stringer
Nick Stringer
Our ten area schools will be asked to nominate one female and male candidate with a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average as the outstanding student athlete for each of the categories listed below. Also recognized will be an outstanding female and male athlete from Washburn University.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Order before June 16th for an early bird discount.
You must purchase your tickets no later than June 22nd. No walk-ins. No exceptions.
Event Details
- DATE: Wednesday, June 26, 2024
- LOCATION: Washburn University Student Union:
- Doors open at 5pm.
- 5pm: Hall of Fame Reception.
- 6pm: Dinner, Awards to follow.
- Tickets:
- On sale May 6, 2024.
- $30 per person before June 16
- $35 per person, June 16 - 22 (ticket sales end June 22!)
- Reserved tables of 8 available:
- $275 - NOTE: Must be reserved no later than June 15, 2024.
- Order online at TopSports.News
- Accepting credit cards, PayPal and now Venmo (search business: TopSports.News).
When you purchase tickets your name will be placed on the admissions list. Please keep your ticket confirmation email and bring to the event for verification.
Nominees and inductees receive a complimentary admission and dinner.
Categories
- Fall sports
- Winter sports
- Spring sports
- Most inspirational
- Most outstanding athlete
TSN has assembled former Topeka Shawnee County Sports Council members, local school officials, and media personalities as an advisory council to review and select the category awards winners. This council will also select the 2024 inductees for the Shawnee County Hall of fame.
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Washburn Rural softball tops Maize 8-1 to earn return trip to Class 6A state tournament
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By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
The first season of the Joy Marie Galliart era in Washburn Rural softball will end in the destination that all teams shoot for -- the state tournament.
The Junior Blues, who have posted back-to-back runnerup finishes in Class 6A, punched their ticket for another trip to state with a come-from-behind 8-1 win over Maize in Thursday's regional final at Rural.
Washburn Rural softball celebrates after wrapping up its regional championship with an 8-1 win over Maize Thursday at Rural. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
After rolling to a 14-4 win over Liberal in its regional semifinal, Washburn Rural fell behind Maize (19-9) 1-0 in the championship game as the Eagles pushed across a run in the top of the second.
But the Junior Blues dominated the rest of the game, riding a complete-game five-hitter from senior pitcher Makayla Ekis and a 12-game hitting attack that included three doubles from sophomore Reagan Chapman.
"This is always everybody's goal, I feel like, at the beginning of the season,'' said Galliart, who came to Rural this season after a very successful career in Oklahoma. "Everybody around here, and everybody in the state of Kansas knows the talent that this program has graduated in recent years and we believed from the very beginning that we still had a shot, that we were still going to be in the mix despite the talent that they graduated.
"So this was always our goal. We had some kids who have had to wait their turn and specifically Makayla Ekis has waited her turn to throw until she was a senior and she was outstanding today. She has progressively, as the season has gone on, gotten better and better and better and she was outstanding today and earned the opportunity to have the ball and she got the job done for us.''
Washburn Rural senior Makayla Ekis (center) pitched a complete-game five-hitter in Thursday's 8-1 win over Maize in Thursday's Class 6A regional tournament. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Washburn Rural, now 18-7, has been installed as the No. 6 seed for next Thursday and Friday's 6A state event at Lawrence's Arrocha Ball Park and will face No. 3 Blue Valley West (22-6) at 1 p.m. Thursday.
Chada's four goals power Cair Paravel to 6-0 soccer win over Eudora in 4A-1A regional final
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By Todd Fertig
TopSports.news
The Cair Paravel Latin School girls advanced from the regional round of the soccer playoffs with a 6-0 win over Eudora Thursday at the Bettis Family Sports Complex.
Sophomore KellyAnn Chada (11) is congratulated by her Cair Paravel teammates after scoring one of her four goals in Thursday's 6-0 win over Eudora in a Class 4A-1A regional. [Photo by Kyle Manthe/Special to TSN]
Senior Katherine Keys (left), who had three assists, congratulates sophomore KellyAnn Chada after a goal in Cair Paravel's 6-0 regional win over Eudora. [Photo by Kyle Manthe/Special to TSN]
Sophomore KellyAnn Chada accounted for four of the Lions’ six goals, including one in the opening minutes of the contest.
“It was crazy,” Chada said. “I definitely couldn’t have done it without my team. They had some great assists. I got the first one and that just started the game off on the right foot and then they just kept coming.”
“She is a goal-scoring machine” Cair Paravel coach Doug Woolery said of Chada. “She is one of those players who always seem to put themselves in the right spot.”
Zahra Friess and Clare Everhart added goals for the Lions while Katherine Keys tallied three assists.
