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Friday prep BB roundup: Cair Paravel boys capture Flint Hills tournament title
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
The Cair Paravel Latin boys basketball team finished off its dominating run to the championship in the Flint Hills League Tournament Friday in Emporia, taking a 64-47 win over Osage City in White Auditorium.
Cair Paravel boys basketball captured the Flint Hills League Tournament championship with a 64-47 win over Osage City Friday in Emporia. [Submitted photo from Cair Paravel Athletics]
The Lions, ranked No. 8 in Class 2A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, posted three double-digit victories in the tournament, improving to 11-2 on the season.
"Proud of these guys,'' Cair Paravel coach Chip Kueffer said. "Great memory for these young men.''
Cair Paravel, which has now won eight straight games, jumped out in front 20-12 in the opening quarter and led by 10 points (37-27) at halftime before finishing off the win with a 27-20 scoring advantage in the second half.
Senior Caleb Cleverdon paced a balanced attack for Cair Paravel with 14 points while sophomore Blaine Durbin added 13 points, senior Lucas Marichal 11, senior Drew Fay 10 and sophomore Chase Hastert 9 points.
Friday's win followed up a 64-30 first-round win over West Franklin and a 60-45 semifinal win over Lyndon.
Durbin scored a team-high 60 points on the week, including a 30-point, 13 rebound double-double against Lyndon.
Cair Paravel is scheduled to return to action Tuesday at home against Centralia.
Eagles improve to 13-0 with Burlington girls title run
Top-ranked (Class 3A) Silver Lake rolled to the girls championship in the Burlington Invitational, improving to 13-0 on the season with Friday's 60-35 win over host Burlington in the title game.
Friday's game was the Eagles' closest game of the tournament, with Silver Lake opening with a 33-point win over Paola (61-28) and taking a 27-point semifinal win over Girard (57-30).
Silver Lake sophomore Kailyn Hanni and sophomore Karys Deiter were named to the all-tournament team.
The Eagles will return to action Tuesday at home against Rock Creek.
Rossville girls claim Jefferson North title as Dick reaches career milestone
Rossville claimed the girls championship in the Jefferson County North Invitational with a 59-51 win over Oskaloosa Friday night as senior Rylee Dick scored 15 points to move into the No. 2 spot all-time on Rossville's career scoring list with 1,310 points.
Junior Nora Burdiek paced the Bulldawgs with 20 points while Bristol Miller added 15 points.
Dick and Burdiek were named to the all-tournament team.
Shawnee Heights girls roll to 74-26 UKC road win at Topeka West
By JUSTIN BURKHARDT
TopSports.news
With No. 6-ranked Shawnee Heights girls basketball on an eight-game winning streak it might have been cold outside but it was not cold inside for the Lady T-Birds, who rolled to a 74-26 United Kansas Conference road win at Topeka West.
Shawnee Heights junior KK Emmot scored a game-high 20 points in Friday's 74-26 UKC win at Topeka West. [File photo/TSN]
The T-Birds would get off to a hot start as junior KK Emmot would score 10 of her game high 20 points in the first quarter.
The Chargers would try to keep it close and made it a 9-5 game before the T-Birds would go on a 23-0 run that would stretch from the middle of the first quarter to the three-minute mark of the second quarter.
The Lady Chargers would hit a 3-pointer and then the Lady T Birds would take flight again, going into the locker room with a commanding 41-10 lead and Emmot having 18 of her 20 at the break.
The third quarter would be the same as former Charger and T-bird senior Imani McGlory would score 9 of her 13 points in the quarter.
“It was very nostalgic and lots of memories, but I really just wanted to go out there and play to the best of my abilities,” McGlory said about her return to West.
The T Birds would leave the third quarter with a 68-21 lead to force a running clock going into the fourth quarter and cruised the rest of the way.
Topeka Invitational Tournament: Topeka West rolls to second straight title game
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Topeka West entered the 2026 Topeka Invitational Tournament at Highland Park as the pre-tourney favorite, and over the opening two days, the Chargers have certainly lived up to that top billing.
West, ranked No. 3 in Class 5A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, opened its tournament bid on Thursday with a 20-point win over St. Thomas Aquinas and followed that up with an 86-64 win over Wichita Northwest on Friday afternoon, punching its ticket to a second straight Topeka Invitational championship game.
Topeka West senior Malakyah Duncan led Topeka West with a game-high 19 points in Friday's 86-64 Topeka Invitational semifinal win over Wichita Northwest. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
"We turned up the heat in the third quarter and I think really stretched the game to where it was a little bit unattainable for Northwest to get there,'' Topeka West coach Christian Ulsaker said.
Due to expected inclement weather over the weekend, the 11-2 Chargers, who lost to Highland Park in the 2025 championship game, will have two days off before facing off with USD 501 rival Topeka High at 7 p.m. Monday in the championship game at Highland Park. The 8-5 Trojans advanced to the title game with a 69-62 semifinal win over Lansing.
Because of the weather-related schedule changes Topeka West played its semifinal at 3:30 p.m., a time slot normally reserved for consolation games, but the Chargers trailed for less than a minute (21-20) against Wichita Northwest and outscored the Grizzlies 49-29 over the middle two quarters to turn the game into a rout.
"We started a little slow, but it was a 3:30 game with no crowd,'' Ulsaker said. "The guys did what they needed to do for the most part, high intensity. I think Northwest was trying to match what we were doing as well, but we just did it just a notch above and that's about it.''
All five Charger starters cracked double figures against 6-7 Wichita Northwest, led by senior Malakyah Duncan with 19 points.
Junior Prince Lassiter scored 18 points in Friday's 86-64 Topeka West win over Wichita Northwest. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Senior Jay'Veon Traylor had a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds in Topeka West's 86-64 win over Wichita Northwest. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Junior Prince Lassiter added 18 points, senior Jay'Veon Traylor recorded a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds, senior Keimani Paul had 13 points and senior Gad Munganga 12 points on four 3-pointers.
