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Phil Frost caps wire to wire run with first TGA City Match Play championship
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Phil Frost has carved out an impressive golf career, starring at Shawnee Heights and Washburn University, where he also had a stint as the Ichabods' head coach, while also playing professionally on the Prairie Golf Tour.
Phil Frost captured his first TGA City Match Play championship Sunday at Cypress Ridge Golf Course. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Phil Frost topped Patrick Golden 4 and 3 in Sunday's TGA City Match Play championship at Cypress Ridge Golf Course. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
And on Sunday Frost added another accomplishment to his resume, capturing his first Topeka Golf Association City Match Play championship at Cypress Ridge Golf Course with a 4 and 3 decision over Patrick Golden.
"It's just fun to get out and play a lot of golf,'' Frost said. "I haven't played much competitive golf in the last 20-some years and I just started getting back into it the last three years and it's fun to get out and feel the juices flowing again.''
Sunday's win capped a wire-to-wire run for Frost after he earned the top seed in qualifying last week.
"You know everyone's coming after the No. 1 guy, so it's difficult to go out there and play when that's the situation,'' Frost said. "For the most part I had a lot of good shots and luckily it was match play so we didn't have to keep score and that made it a lot easier.
"If you (hit a bad shot) you can just pick up and go on to the next hole.''
Patrick Golden was the runnerup in Sunday's TGA City Match Play championship at Cypress Ridge Golf Course. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Golden advanced to the championship match as the No. 10 seed after winning the championship in the President's Flight in 2024.
"It was obviously windy, as it has been the last couple of days, and Phil just hits it so solid down the middle,'' Golden said. "I struggled a little bit, we both did, but he was the better player today, so hat's off to Phil.''
And although he came up short in his title bid, Golden was proud of his tournament performance overallk.
"I had a good week,'' he said. "I was actually really happy with my whole week. I made a lot of birdies this week and today I just didn't when it mattered. But overall I had a great week.''
Jerry Kruger, the championship runnerup in 2024, won the President's Flight title with a 3 and 2 decision over Kevin Boyle.
Former Seaman standout Kaden Jordan relishing final prep go-around with Viking teammates
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Following Saturday night's Kansas Shrine Bowl in Dodge City, Seaman products Kaden Jordan, Max Huston and Bryer Finley will all go their separate ways to pursue their college athletic careers.
Former Seaman standout Kaden Jordan will close out its high school football career in Saturday's Kansas Shrine Bowl at Dodge City. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
And Jordan said it's very important for the three former Vikings to make the most of their final game together.
Jordan, a 6-foot-2, 305-pound defensive lineman, Finley (6-5, 195 wide receiver) and Huston (6-1, 185 quarterback) will all play for the East in Saturday's 7 p.m. all-star game while their high school coach, Jared Swafford, is an East assistant.
"The Shrine Bowl in general has been a goal for sure, to be able to prove that I was good enough to make it,'' Jordan said. "And playing with Bryer and Max and even coach Swaff is definitley a huge thing.
"I started playing football with Max in the fourth grade and Bryer in fifth, so it's kind of good to end little league and high school sports with them as well.''
Following Saturday's game, Jordan, the Shawnee County defensive player of the year for the 8-3 Vikings last fall, will turn his focus to getting ready for his freshman season at Hutchinson Community College.
Nate Wallace set to take reins of powerhouse Highland Park boys basketball program
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
As good as Highland Park boys basketball has been over the past several seasons, there's one goal that has eluded the Scots -- a Class 5A state championship.
Nate Wallace (right), cheering on Highland Park during the 2025 Class 5A state tournament, has been selected as the Scots' new boys basketball coach, pending approval of the USD 501 school board. [File photo/TSN]
And it's that one missing piece that was a major factor in Nate Wallace's decision to apply for the Highland Park head coaching job, which opened up on May 19 when Mike Williams stepped down after a highly-successful seven-year run.
Wallace, a Highland Park assistant the past three seasons, has been tapped to take over for Williams as the Scots' head coach, pending approval from the USD 501 school board.
"We kept saying, 'The job's not finished,' and that's just a mantra that I'm going to stick by,'' Wallace told TopSports.news. "I still have ties to kids who are growing up and coming through the community. My son's going to be coming up here in the next couple of years, several of the kids I currently coach in the youth leagues are coming up and the guys that are here are still invested, so I felt like it was the right time.''
Williams led Highland Park to five Class 5A state tournament appearances, including top-three finishes the past three seasons and a runnerup state finish this past season.
"I had a long conversation with Mike,'' said Wallace, a former Topeka High standout who also served as an assistant at his alma mater. "He really inspired me and pushed me to come and feels like I could do a good job and keep pushing this job forward. Like we kept saying all year, and for the last couple of years, the job's not finished, so that's what we're hanging our hat on and we're going to keep trying to get that state championship.''
Highland Park, 24-1 last season and 71-4 over the past three years, graduated nine seniors off its 2024-2025 state team, but Wallace is confident that the Scots will continue to put a quality team on the floor.
