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Scots' Micah Williams the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency Rising Star of the Week
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By RICK PETERSON
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Highland Park sophomore soccer star Micah Williams has been selected by the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency as the Rising Star of the Week.
The Dan Key Agency will recognize top Shawnee County underclassmen throughout the bulk of the 2024-2025 school year.
Here’s a brief look at the accomplishments of Williams over the past week:
Highland Park sophomore Micah Williams, the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency Rising Star of the Week, scored six goals in Tuesday's 7-2 win over KC-Washington and seven goals in Thursday's 7-4 victory over KC-Wyandotte. [File photo/TSN]
MICAH WILLIAMS, Highland Park
Williams scored 13 goals in two Highland Park soccer wins on the week, raising her season total to 20 goals.
Williams, a first-team All-City pick as a freshman in 2024, scored six goals in Tuesday's 7-2 home Meadowlark Conference victory over Kansas City-Washington on Tuesday and followed that up with a seven-goal performance in Thursday's 7-4 conference road win over KC-Wyandotte as Highland Park improved to 3-6-1 on the season.
Williams now has 43 goals in her career for the Scots.
Washburn baseball to close out regular season with weekend series against Newman
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Washburn University baseball will finish up the 2025 regular season with a three-game series against Newman, beginning on Friday at 5 p.m. and wrapping things up on Sunday with a 1 p.m. first pitch and 12 p.m. Senior Day ceremony.
Washburn baseball will wrap up its 2025 regular season with a three-game weekend MIAA series against Newman. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
On Saturday beginning at 1:30 p.m. there will be a ceremony to re-name WU's stadium Falley Field at Steve Anson Stadium in honor of the late Steve Anson, the winningest coach in Washburn baseball history.
Washburn fell to 23-24 overall and 15-18 in the MIAA after losing 9-2 to No. 3 Central Missouri on Wednesday.
Newman enters the weekend 10-30 overall and 6-24 in the MIAA after falling 12-6 to No. 23 Fort Hays State.
The Ichabods are 12-7 at Falley Field this season while going 10-14 in road contests and 1-3 in neutral site games.
At the plate the Ichabods are hitting .313 with a .410 OB% and a .533 SLG%. Washburn has hit 84 home runs with 105 doubles.
The pitching staff has a 7.41 ERA with 320 strikeouts across 404.2 innings with a 1.41 WHIP. The Ichabods have allowed 452 hits and issued 295 walks.
Washburn has a .963 fielding percentage on the year, turning 32 double plays with 63 total errors.
WU is 7-5 in games against NCBWA nationally ranked opponents this season.
Owen Laessig has the current longest hitting streak for Washburnat eight games after Jackson Mervosh had his 16-game streak come to an end. Cash Jay had the longest of any Ichabod player this season at 17 games.
Jett Buck leads the team with 16 games of recording multiple RBI with two games with five or more driven in.
Buck is hitting .360 while starting in all 47 games. He has a team-high 19 home runs on the year with 62 RBI, also tops on the team. He ranks first in the MIAA and 11th nationally in hits and is second in the conference and sixth in the nation in home runs. He is also third in the MIAA in RBI and fourth in SLG%.
Ichabod softball to close out regular season with Senior Day twinbill against Hornets
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Washburn University softball will wrap up the 2025 regular season on Saturday, hosting Emporia State in a 1 p.m. Senior Day doubleheader.
Seniors Mariah Wheeler, Alexis Tanguma, Jaden LaBarge, Kaylee Wagner and Ellington Hogle along with student assistant coach Riley Stephens will be honored between games.
Washburn senior catcher Kaylee Wagner (left) is congratulated by her Ichabod teammates after hitting the go-ahead home run in last Friday's 10-7 win over Central Oklahoma. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
The Ichabods (30-19 overall, 12-10 MIAA) split a doubleheader with No. 5-ranked Central Oklahoma last Friday in their only action of the week.
Emporia State is 29-21 this season and 9-13 in the MIAA after sweeping Newman on April 19 in Emporia.
The Ichabods are in sixth in the MIAA standings entering the final weekend, two games behind Central Missouri for fifth.
The 2025 MIAA Championship Tournament bracket will be announced on Saturday at the conclusion of all games. The top 10 in the final standings qualify for the single-elimination tournament which will be hosted by Fort Hays State April 30-May 4.
Washburn junior pitcher Sadie Walker is ninth in the nation in games started (26), 11th in appearances (33 ) and 38th in shutouts (4) while also ranking 47th in strikeouts (47).
Jenna Sprague is seventh in the nation with five saves.
