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Ichabods overcome Hornets, rain delay for 6-3 MIAA series win
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Washburn University baseball overcame Emporia State and a rain delay of nearly three hours Sunday to take a 6-3 series-clinching win over the Hornets at Steve Anson Stadium.
Brandt Beeby (left) went 3-3 with a pair of doubles and Trenton Barry (4) had two hits in Washburn's 6-3 series-clinching win over ESU Sunday. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Emporia State took a 3-0 lead in its first two at-bats, but Washburn answered with six straight runs to take the win, improving to 20-27 overall and 16-17 in the MIAA.
ESU (32-15, 19-14) got on the board first as Logan Myers was hit by a pitch to lead off the game and eventually scored on a single by Noah Steele.
The Hornets added two more runs in the second as Brady Unrein led off the inning with a walk and scored from first on a one-out double by Cooper Schwindt.
An Ichabod error put runners on the corners before Logan Myers drove in Schwindt to make the score 3-0.
Washburn would quickly respond, however, scoring three runs on two hits, one hit batter and a walk to tie the game.
In the bottom half of the fourth the Ichabods picked up a leadoff double from Brandt Beeby and used a sacrifice bunt from Owen Laessig and an RBI groundout from Brooks Richardson to take a 4-3 lead.
Emporia State left six on base over the next three innings as the score stayed 4-3 through seven.
The Hornets put a pair of runners on base in the top of the eighth before lightning and rain forced the game into a delay with one out.
Following the long delay, the Hornets stranded both runners on base and Washburn scored two insurance runs on three hits in the bottom of the eighth to extend its advantage to 6-3 as Beeby and Eli Dean delivered back-to-back run-scoring doubles.
Emporia State got a leadoff single by Evan Abbott in the ninth and eventually brought the tying run to the plate with one out before a pair of popups ended the game.
Beeby went 3-3, including his two doubles, with two runs scored and an RBI.
Trenton Barry went 2-3 and Brooks Richardson had two RBI.
Gavin Wilhelm struck out five batters in 4.1 innings in Washburn's 6-3 win over ESU Sunday. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
WU starter Gavin Wilhelm went 4.1 innings, allowing three runs (two earned) with five strikeouts before Blake Priest, Mark Hoffman and Griffin Huiatt followed with scoreless relief stints.
Hoffman (3-5) picked up the win and Huiatt the save.
Hornets overcome 3-0 deficit to even series with Ichabods, 5-4
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Washburn University baseball built an early 3-0 lead but Emporia State used a four-run seventh inning to even the series with a 5-4 win Saturday at Steve Anson Stadium.
The Ichabods and Hornets will face off in the rubber match at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
Washburn, now 19-27 overall and 15-17 in the MIAA, jumped out to a 3-0 advantage in the bottom of the first inning as Ian Luce started things with a one-out single and Jack Borgmann walked to put two Ichabods on base.
Levi Risenhoover had a pair of doubles and reached base three times in Washburn's 5-4 loss to Emporia State. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Levi Risenhoover doubled to plate Luce for a 1-0 lead before Easton Wasinger slashed a single to right field that scored two more runs.
Topekan Maclane Finley went six innings on the mound for Washburn and allowed just one unearned run in Saturday's 5-4 MIAA loss to Emporia State. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Seaman product Maclane Finley made the pitching start for Washburn and went 6.0 innings, striking out five and allowing just one unearned run.
The Hornets (32-14, 19-13) took an advantage of a pair of Ichabod errors in the field to score one run in the top of the fifth but Finley delivered a scoreless sixth to wrap up his outing.
In the seventh inning Emporia State loaded the bases on three straight singles by Dylan Brisbois, Brady Unrein and Gus Keller.
An RBI groundout by Tyler Coffin and an Evan Abbott fielder's choice scored two runs to tie the game before Noah Steele doubled to cap the four-run frame and give Emporia State a 5-3 lead.
In the home half of the seventh Jackson Mervosh and Brooks Richardson both slashed singles to put WU runners at the corners.
With two outs Trenton Barry found a hole on the left side of the infield to score Mervosh and pull the Ichabods within one run.
The Ichabods left two on base in the seventh and went down in order in the eighth inning.
Caleb Lunnon took over on the mound for Washburn in the eighth with a 1-2-3 inning before leaving two Hornets stranded in a scoreless ninth.
But Washburn was unable to even up the score in the ninth.
Gerdel, Hartman-Babb the Dan Key Farmers Agency Rising Stars of the Week
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By RICK PETERSON TopSports.news
Hayden junior swimming standout Kaelyn Gerdel and Washburn Rural junior track standout Christian Hartman-Babb have been selected by the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency as the Rising Stars of the Week.
The Dan Key Agency will recognize top Shawnee County underclassmen throughout the bulk of the 2025-2026 school year.
Here's a brief look at Gerdel and Hartman-Babb's recent accomplishments.
Kaelyn Gerdel, Hayden
KAELYN GERDEL, Hayden
Gerdel swept her two individual events in Wednesday's Hayden Invitational girls swimming meet at the Capitol Federal Natatorium, posting personal records in both events.
Gerdel won the 200-yard freestyle by 1.30 seconds in a time of 2 minutes, 12.32 seconds and cruised to a win in the 100 breaststroke by more than four seconds while improving her personal best by nearly two seconds in 1:16.48.
Christian Hartman-Babb, Washburn Rural
CHRISTIAN HARTMAN-BABB, Washburn Rural
The Junior Blue sprinter swept the 100 and 200-meter dash championships in Monday's 19-school Blue Valley West Elite Meet.
A Class 6A state qualifier as a sophomore, Hartman-Babb won the 100 in 10.43 seconds and came back later in the evening to win the 200 in 22.68 seconds as Washburn Rural tied for fourth in the team standings with 54 points.
