By Rick Peterson
TopSports.news
Highland Park's boys basketball team, No. 2-ranked in Class 5A, topped city rival Washburn Rural 65-49 Friday night to capture the championship in the Shawnee Mission East Championship Showdown.
Highland Park senior Ja'Corey Robinson (23) scored 19 points Friday night as the Scots captured the Championship Showdown title with a 65-49 win over Washburn Rural. [File photo/TSN]
Senior Ja'Corey Robinson led three double-figure scorers for Highland Park with 19 points, backed by seniors Da'mykel Hales and Mikey Williams with 13 and 12 points, respectively.
Highland Park improved to 3-0 on the season while dropping Washburn Rural to 3-1.
The Scots will play their home-opener next Friday against Kansas City-Wyandotte in a Meadowlark Conference clash while Washburn Rural will play a road game at Barstow on Friday.
CPLS's Jaley Barkley picks up first coaching victory
Former Cair Paravel Latin girls basketball standout Jaley Barkley notched her first coaching victory on Friday, with Barkley's Lions taking a 44-37 win over Northland Christian, Mo.
The 1-4 Lions trailed 18-11 at the end of the first quarter before forging a 20-all tie at the half.
The game was still deadlocked at the start of the fourth quarter (31-all) before the Lions pulled out the victory with a 13-6 scoring margin over the final eight minutes.
Eriana Donaldson led CPLS with 14 points while Karsyn Hastert added 13 points and London Beckman 12.
Lions improve to 3-2 with 60-50 win over Northland
Cair Paravel Latin's boys climbed above .500 at 3-2 on the season on Friday with its second double-digit win of the week, 60-50 over Northland Christian, Mo.
Coming off 54-36 win over Lyndon earlier in the week, the Lions got 14 points, 9 assists, 6 rebounds and 3 steals from senior Jase Pavlik while senior Ben Roeder added 13 points.
Drew Fay added nine points and Chase Hastert and Blaine Durbin eight apiece for CPLS.
Northland led 16-13 at the end of the opening quarter, but the Lions used a 19-10 second quarter to take a 32-26 halftime advantage.
Northland cut its deficit to one point at 42-41 at the start of the fourth quarter before CPLS used an 18-9 fourth quarter to pull away down the stretch.
Hayden girls roll past Spring Hill, 59-36
No. 3-ranked (Class 4A) Hayden posted its second straight win in the Paul Terry Classic Friday at Emporia, rolling to a 59-36 win over Spring Hill.
Senior Millie Ramsey and freshman Hailey Schmidtlein scored 13 points each to lead the Wildcats, who also got 11 points from senior Brylee Meier.
Wildcat boys pick up second straight win
Hayden's boys recorded their second straight Paul Terry Classic victory on Friday, taking a 56-46 win over Spring Hill.
With the win the Wildcats improved to 2-1 on the season.
Rossville girls top Sacred Heart, 57-50
Junior Rylee Dick and sophomore Nora Burdiek combined for 45 points Friday as Rossville topped Sacred Heart 57-50 in the second round of the Chapman Irish Classic.
Dick scored 25 points with six 3-pointers while Burdiek added 20 points for the Bulldawgs, ranked No. 6 in Class 2A.
Centralia snaps 28-game Silver Lake win streak, 68-58
Centralia handed Silver Lake's girls their first loss since 2023 on Friday, with the Panthers taking a 68-58 win to end the Eagles' 28-game winning streak.
