By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Daniel Allen
DANIEL ALLEN, Washburn Rural
Allen, a junior swimming star, won a Class 6A state championship in Saturday's Class 6A state meet in the 100-yard butterfly in a personal-record time of 50.85 seconds and earned four state medals overall as Rural finished sixth as a team. Allen finished third in the 100 backstroke (53.38) and swam on the Junior Blues' fourth-place 200 medley relay (1:40.31) and seventh-place 200 free relay (1:30.97).
Thomas Appuhn
THOMAS APPUHN, Washburn Rural
A sophomore swimming standout, Appuhn earned four state medals in Saturday's Class 6A state meet, helping Washburn Rural post a sixth-place state finish as a team. Appuhn finished fourth in the 200-yard individual medley in 1 minute, 58.59 seconds, was fourth in the 100 backstroke in 54.71 seconds and swam on the Junior Blues' fourth-place 200 medley relay (1:40.31) and seventh-place 200 free relay (1:30.97).
Megan Glinka
MEGAN GLINKA, Washburn Rural
Glinka, a junior bowler, won the girls individual championship in Thursday's Centennial League tournament at Manhattan with a three-game series of 610, winning the title by 37 pins. Glinka, who rolled games of 193, 204 and 213, helped lead the Junior Blues to the Centennial League team title by a 2,881-2,758 margin over runnerup Junction City.
Makenzie Sais
MAKENZIE SAIS, Washburn University
A sophomore center-fielder for Washburn University's softball team, Sais has stolen an amazing 43 bases in 45 attempts in 20 games for the 17-3 Ichabods, setting a Washburn record for single-season steals and moving into the MIAA top 10 in that department. Sais leads the Ichabods with a .452 batting average and 25 runs scored after helping WU go 4-1 in the Washburn Invitational last weekend.
Henry Schattilly
HENRY SCHATTILLY, Shawnee Heights
Schattilly, a senior bowler, won the boys individual championship in Wednesday's United Kansas Conference bowling tournament at Lansing with a sparkling three-game series of 761, leading the T-Birds to the conference team title by a 3,652-3,534 margin over Lansing. Schattilly bowled games of 245, 269 and 247 to win the individual championship.
Payton Sterk
PAYTON STERK, Washburn University
A senior women's basketball standout, Sterk scored a season-high 31 points, which is also a season-high for the Ichabods and grabbed seven rebounds with four steals as Washburn improved to 19-7 on Saturday with an 87-60 MIAA road victory at Rogers State. Sterk hit 10 of 15 shots from the field and went 7 of 10 shots from 3-point range as WU posted its fourth straight win.
