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Ichabod football ends 2025 season with 29-24 MIAA win at Missouri Southern

By RICK PETERSON

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Washburn Ichabod football closed out its 2025 season on Saturday with a come-from-behind 29-24 MIAA victory at Missouri Southern.
The Ichabods finished 3-8 overall and 2-7 in the MIAA, powered by a pair of late scoring drives, a defensive touchdown and two huge defensive stops on fourth down in the Lion redzone.
JoshGrant2025 3Sophomore cornerback Josh Grant returned a fumble 83 yards for a touchdown, helping spark Washburn's season-ending 29-24 MIAA win at Missouri Southern. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
"I don't care how you win a game in the MIAA,'' Washburn coach Zach Watkins told KTPK Radio. "It's tough to win and I'm so happy for these guys and these seniors and where this program's going moving forward.
"But to win the way we won it. We've lost that game all year (four losses between three and seven points), so to win it that way is hugely impressive and I'm proud of these guys.''
Washburn made the most of its opportunities despite being outgained 442-345, finishing four for four in the red zone and scoring 13 points off turnover, including the play of the game, an 83-yard fumble return touchdown by Josh Grant that flipped momentum early in the second half.
Washburn opened the scoring late in the first quarter when Keller Hurla capped an 80-yard drive with a 16-yard touchdown pass to Henry Mohrmann with 32 seconds left in the quarter.
Missouri Southern responded quickly with a 54-yard touchdown pass and added a field goal to take a 10-6 lead midway through the second quarter.
Logan Madden then engineered a 64-yard Washburn scoring drive, hitting former Washburn Rural standout Ty Weber on a 16-yard scoring strike to put WU back in front, 13-10.
The Ichabods added a 26-yard field goal from Aidan Battle just before halftime for a 16-10 advantage.
Early in the third quarter, Missouri Southern drove inside the Washburn red zone before the Ichabod defense provided a massive turning point.
Keith Guidry forced a fumble that Grant scooped up and returned 83 yards for a touchdown, extending the Washburn lead to 23-10.
The Lions answered with consecutive touchdown drives to take a 24-23 lead late in the third quarter.
Trailing in the fourth, Washburn delivered its best drive of the day.
Starting at its own 18, Madden guided a 12-play, 82-yard march, featuring steady runs from Cam Robinson and efficient short passes.
Madden finished the drive with an 8-yard touchdown pass to Mohrmann -- his second of the game -- with 4:16 remaining.
The Ichabod defense held from there, posting a fourth-down stop in the red zone to secure the victory. On a 4th and 2 from the Ichabod 9, the Lion running back was tackled by Washburn Rural product JC Heim and forced a fumble and Kamble Haverkamp recovered the ball at the Ichabod 7, ending the play.
Two kneel downs later, the Ichabods picked up the win.
LoganMadden2025esu 1Redshirt freshman quarterback Logan Madden threw for 186 yards and two touchdowns in Washburn's 29-24 MIAA win at Missouri Southern. [File photo/TSN]
Madden finished 21 of 26 passing for 186 yards and two touchdowns while Hurla added a 4-for-5 passing performance and a touchdown, along with 49 rushing yards.
Robinson led the ground attack with 82 yards on 17 carries.
 
Trey Harmison caught six passes for 72 yards and Nathan Lewis Jr. added five receptions for 32 yards.
JCHeim2025FHSU 1Sophomore linebacker JC Heim registered 12 tackles and forced a fumble in Washburn's 29-24 MIAA road win at Missouri Southern Saturday. [File photo/TSN]
Defensively, JC Heim led Washburn with 12 tackles, while Jordan Finnesy and Jaren Heim added eight stops apiece.
Grant recorded the game-changing fumble return touchdown and had five tackles and Haverkamp added an interception.
Washburn totaled 147 rushing yards on 35 attempts and completed 25 of 31 passes for 198 yards. The Ichabods converted 7 of 12 third downs and 4 for 4 red zone chances while forcing two turnovers and scoring on both.
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No. 8-ranked Ichabod volleyball sweeps Arkansas-Fort Smith to earn share of MIAA title

By RICK PETERSON

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No. 8-ranked Washburn University volleyball claimed a share of its seventh MIAA title and sixth MIAA regular-season championship with a 3-0 Senior Day sweep of Arkansas-Fort Smith on Saturday afternoon in Whiting Fieldhouse.
 
WUVBMIAA 8Washburn volleyball celebrates Saturday after earning a share of the MIAA regular-season championship in Whiting Fieldhouse. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
WUVBMIAA2025 1Washburn volleyball poses for a team picture after earning a share of the MIAA regular-season title Saturday at Whiting Fieldhouse. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
The Ichabods share the regular season title with Nebraska-Kearney and Missouri Western and head to the MIAA Tournament as the No. 3 seed to take on No. 6 Central Missouri at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday in St. Joseph, Mo. at the Civic Arena. 
 
While Washburn coach Chris Herron's long-term focus is on earning an NCAA Tournament berth, he said earning a share of the regular-season conference championship was also big for his team.
 
"It was one of their big goals,'' Herron said. "One of their five goals this year was to win the conference championship, so I'm happy for them.
 
"It's the first time in a long time we've won the conference championship, so I couldn't be more happy with them.''
 

Washburn, which improved to 24-3 overall and 13-3 in the MIAA, breezed through the first two sets with 25-14 and 25-9 wins over the Lions. The Ichabods were slowed in the third set before pulling away late to sweep the Lions (13-16, 3-13) with a 25-23 win.

KaliHenry2025FS 2Shawnee Heights product Kali Henry (right) is congratulated by her Washburn teammates during a long service run in Saturday's 3-0 MIAA sweep over Arkansas-Fort Smith. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

Prior to the match seniors Austin Broadie, Sydney Conner, Alex Dvorak, Kali Henry, Bella Limback and Corinna McMullen were recognized.  

The Ichabods got to work right away in the first set, leading 8-3 after Limback and Natalie Hedlund combined for a block. Later on McMullen served an ace that capped off a 3-0 run to put Washburn up 18-10. The offense went on to hit .333 in the set as they eased to the 11-point first-set win.  

After Arkansas-Fort Smith took the first point in the second set, the next seven came from the Ichabods with the run wrapped up on a kill by Broadie on a pass from McMullen. Shortly after that a 6-0 run pushed the lead to double figures at 14-3. Washburn led by as many as 16 points, including the final margin.

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No. 2 Washburn men's basketball 4-0 after 88-57 rout in Central Regional Challenge

By RICK PETERSON

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The No. 2-ranked Washburn Ichabods improved to 4–0 on the season Saturday with an 88-57 rout over Winona State in Pittsburg in their final game of the Central Regional Challenge.

JackBachelorRogersState 1Junior Jack Bachelor scored 14 points with five assists and three 3-pointers in Saturday's 88-57 win over Winona State in the Central Regional Challenge. [File photo/TSN]

Washburn returns to a renovated Lee Arena for its home opener against Rockhurst on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

After falling behind 2–0 on the opening possession, Washburn responded with a 10-0 run midway through the first half, sparked by threes from Bryson Smith and Jermiah Jones and a fastbreak layup from Dillon Claussen.

That surge flipped the momentum and gave Washburn a lead it would hold for the final 37 minutes.

The Ichabods shot 50 percent in the opening half and knocked down eight triples to build a 41-26 advantage at the break.

The second half was more of the same as Washburn opened with back-to-back transition buckets from Smith and Brady Christiansen, then extended the margin with a 7-0 spurt capped by a Marcus Glock 3-pointer.

The lead ballooned to 33 points in the final minutes, the Ichabods' largest cushion of the night.

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