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Class 4A state girls: Hayden bounces back with 57-23 rout in third-place game
By Todd Fertig
TopSports.news
SALINA -- The Hayden girls rebounded from a disappointing semifinal loss to Class 4A powerhouse Bishop Miege Friday, taking out their frustration on Buhler.
Hayden poses for a team picture Saturday after finishing third in the Class 4A state tournament in Salina. [Photo by Todd Fertig/TSN]
The Wildcats claimed the third-place trophy for the second year in a row – having done so in the 3A Classification a year ago – by defeating Buhler 57-23 at the Tony’s Pizza Event Center in Salina Saturday afternoon.
“The third-place game is a tough one to play in because you’re so disappointed from the night before,” Hayden coach Carvel Reynoldson said, noting the tears shed in the locker room after the loss to Miege.
“Today, in the stands, watching the game before ours, we seemed really loose. And sometimes that can go either way,” Reynoldson said. “I really felt we were going to play well, but you never know.”
Reynoldson’s fears were allayed instantly. Hayden started on 16-2 run and led 19-4 at the end of the first period.
“Millie (Ramsey) got fed a couple of times with easy buckets and she hit a three, and it caused them to call an early timeout, and it just snowballed from there,” the Hayden coach said.
The Wildcats led 30-12 at the half, playing nearly everyone on the team in the first half.
“We all agreed that we didn’t get where we wanted to, but this was still our last game, and we needed to come out and play as hard as we can,” Ramsey said. “We know what we’re capable of and we know what we can.
“It felt really great to end on a win, I’m really glad we didn’t have to end with (the loss to Miege) because that was not it.”
Ramsey led the Wildcats with 20 points and eight rebounds. Norma Greco scored 11.
Top seed Ichabods roll to NCAA Division II Central Regional semifinal with 85-57 rout
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
The No. 5-ranked Washburn University Ichabods moved into the NCAA Central Regional semifinals with an 85-57 win over Harding in Lee Arena on Saturday night.
Freshman Dillon Claussen came off the bench to score a game-high 17 points in Washburn's 85-57 NCAA regional win over Harding. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Washburn, now 27-3, will face Concordia St. Paul at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday night.
Washburn opened the game on an 11-2 run, holding Harding scoreless the first 5:08 of the game.
The Ichabods would go on to lead by as many as 18 in the first half with 5:16 left, using a 10-2 spurt to take
a 35-17 lead. Washburn went on to lead at the break, 41-25, after shooting 57 percent from the field.
As in the first half, the Ichabods jumped on the Bison (22-10) with a big run to start the frame as Washburn scored 17 of the first 21 points of the second half, building a lead of 58-30, and would go on to lead by as many as 35 at 85-50 before the Bison scored the final seven points of the game cutting the final margin to 28.
Freshmen Dillon Claussen scored 11 of his game-high 17 points in the first half, hitting 6 of 7 shots from the field while adding six boards, which tied for the game-high.
Senior Jacob Hanna scored 13 points in Washburn's 85-57 NCAA regional win over Harding Saturday night. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Junior Sam Ungashick scored a season-high 13 points in Saturday's 85-57 NCAA regional win over Harding. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Senior Jacob Hanna scored 13 points and junior Sam Ungahick scored a season-high 13 off the bench.
Class 3A state BB: Hanni powers Silver Lake girls back to championship game
By Brad Hallier
For KSHSAA Covered
HUTCHINSON -- Silver Lake's girls trailed by as many as 11 points in the third quarter of Friday's Class 3A semifinal against Hesston and the Eagles also had to take junior point guard Kailyn Hanni off the floor for a few minutes due to injury.
Silver Lake's girls celebrate Friday's 65-58 state semifinal victory over Hesston in Hutchinson. [Photo by Andrew Carpenter/Special to KSHSAA Covered]
When Hanni came back, she was instrumental in helping the Eagles dominate the fourth quarter, as they outscored the previously-undefeated Swathers 25-10 over the final eight minutes to pull out a 65-58 win.
Hanni, who drew 14 fouls, finished with a game-high 28 points to go with six assists and four rebounds. Her 15 made free throws were one off the 3A single-game record at a state tournament, set in 1995 by Rossville’s Jennifer Perine.
Silver Lake was 4 of 5 from the field in the fourth quarter, sank all three of its 3-pointers and made all 14 free throw attempts.
Hesston raced to its 11-point lead thanks to a strong performance from senior guard Kendal Brueggen, who finished with 27 points and five rebounds. But after shooting at least 50% in each of the first three quarters, the Swathers cooled off in the fourth quarter, making just 3 of 12 shots.
