By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Daniel Allen
DANIEL ALLEN, Washburn Rural
Allen, a junior boys swimmer, captured four gold medals in Thursday's Topeka City Swimming Championships at the Capitol Federal Natatorium as Washburn Rural extended its city championship streak to seven straight with a dominating 609-371 margin over Seaman. Allen won individual titles in the 100-yard butterfly (52.22 seconds) and 100 backstroke (52.82) and swam on the Junior Blues' winning 200 medley relay (1:41.75) and 400 free relay (3:24.55) teams.
BRYNN ANDERSON, Washburn Rural
A freshman basketball standout, Anderson was named the Most Valuable Player in the Glaciers Edge Tournament at Emporia after scoring a game-high 20 points in the championship game as Washburn Rural captured the tournament title with a 48-42 win over Wichita Southeast. Anderson hit 5 of 10 shots from the field, including a 3-pointer, and went 9 of 10 at the free throw line for the 10-4 Junior Blues.
Madi Blanco
MADI BLANCO, Washburn Rural
Blanco, a girls wrestling star, went 3-0 on the day with three pins to capture the 140-pound championship in Saturday's 20-school Washburn Women's Invitational. Blanco, a two-time Class 6A state medalist, needed just 37 seconds in the championship match to win the title after beginning the day with 1:31 and 2:14 pins. Blanco was ranked No. 3 in 6A and No. 5 in the All-Class rankings by the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association.
Dillon Claussen
DILLON CLAUSSEN, Washburn University
A 6-foot-8 sophomore basketball standout, Claussen scored a career-high 27 points Saturday on 11 of 16 shooting from the field and grabbed eight rebounds as No. 1-ranked Washburn improved to 22-0 with an 89-67 MIAA road win at Nebraska-Kearney. Claussen scored 9 points with seven rebounds in Thursday's 81-73 overtime win at Fort Hays, hitting two free throws with 0.9 of a second left in regulation to force overtime.
Prince Lassiter
PRINCE LASSITER, Topeka West
A 6-foot-6 junior, Lassiter was named the Most Valuable Player in the Topeka Invitational Tournament last Monday after scoring 16 points on 7 of 8 shooting from the field and grabbing eight rebounds in Topeka West's 71-57 win over city rival Topeka High in the championship game. Lassiter scored a total of 49 points in West's three tournament wins and added 22 points on Friday in a 67-57 United Kansas Conference win over Shawnee Heights (10 of 15 FGs).
Chevy Stallbaumer
CHEVY STALLBAUMER, Shawnee Heights
A week after bowling a perfect 300 game, the Shawnee Heights senior won the boys individual title in last Wednesday's five-team Shawnee Heights meet with a 688 three-game series as the T-Birds won the team championship by a 2,545-2,400 margin over Basehor-Linwood. Stallbaumer rolled games of 222, 209 and 257 to take individual honors by a 40-pin margin.
