By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
After Topeka High boys basketball posted just one victory last season, first-year coach Robbie Sanders' Trojans continued their resurgence on Friday, improving to 6-5 with a 72-69 overtime Centennial League road victory at Junction City.
Robbie Sanders' Topeka High team improved to 6-5 with a 72-69 OT win at Junction City Friday night. [File photo/TSN]
The Trojans' win was their second in as many nights, with High topping St. Marys Academy 62-32 on Thursday.
Topeka High posted its first Centennial League win to improve to 1-2 while Junction City fell to 5-5 overall and 0-3 in the league.
Topeka High junior Ahsieyrhuajh Rayton scored 25 points in Friday's Centennial League road win at Junction City. [File photo/TSN]
Trojan girls roll to 63-29 Centennial win
Topeka High posted its first Centennial League victory of the season Friday night at Junction City, romping to a 63-29 win over the Blue Jays.
Junior Ahsieyrhuajh Rayton paced the Trojans, now 4-6 overall and 1-2 in the league, with 25 points while senior Keimara Marshall added 15 points and sophomore Hailey Caryl had a double-double with 13 points and 16 rebounds.
Junction City fell to 1-8 overall and 0-3 in the Centennial League.
Washburn Rural girls top Spartans, 45-34
Washburn Rural's girls improved to 6-3 overall and 2-1 in the Centennial League with a 45-34 road victory at Emporia Friday night.
Emporia dropped to 5-7 overall and 0-2 in the league.
Spartans snap Rural boys' six-game win streak
Emporia boys basketball snapped Washburn Rural's six-game winning streak on Friday, taking a 52-46 home Centennial League win.
Emporia, now 11-1 overall and 2-0 in the Centennial League, led 13-12 at the end of the first quarter and 30-23 at the half before Washburn Rural (7-3, 2-1) cut its deficit to three points (37-34) at the start of the fourth quarter.
The Spartans were able to close out the win with a 15-12 advantage over the final eight minutes.
Sophomore Brooks Ballard and senior John Hoytal led Washburn Rural with 13 points apiece while Hoytal registered a double-double with 11 rebounds.
West girls pick up first UKC victory
Topeka West's girls basketball snapped an eight-game losing streak while picking up its first United Kansas Conference win of the season Friday night in a 66-21 road rout at Kansas City-Turner.
The Chargers are now 2-8 overall and 1-7 in the UKC while Turner fell to 2-8 and 0-6.
Chargers get back on track with 20-point road win
The No. 2-ranked (Class 5A) Topeka West boys bounced back from a five-point home loss to No. 3 Seaman on Tuesday with a 60-40 United Kansas Conference road win at Kansas City-Turner Friday night.
Topeka West improved to 8-2 overall and 7-1 in the UKC while Turner fell to 3-7 overall and 0-6 in the league.
Lions protect Flint Hills lead with 27-point road win
Cair Paravel Latin's boys improved to 8-2 overall and remained undefeated in the Flint Hills League at 6-0 with an 86-59 road win at West Franklin Friday night.
The Lions opened up a 20-15 lead at the end of the first quarter and used a 27-17 second quarter to boost its advantage to 47-32 at the half.
Cair Paravel put the game out of reach with a 23-9 third quarter and cruised the rest of the way.
Senior Lucas Marichal and sophomore Chase Hastert led the Lions with 19 points apiece while Blaine Durbin added 18 points, Drew Fay 11 and Caleb Cleverdon 10.
West Franklin, now 1-8 overall and 1-5 in the league, got 22 points from Landon Ohlde and 21 from Zeek Dowd.
CPLS girls post 10-point Flint Hills road win
Cair Paravel girls basketball improved to 4-6 overall with a 34-24 Flint Hills League road win at West Franklin.
West Franklin dipped to 2-7 overall.
Indian boys take two-point nail-biter over Wildcats
Hayden, coming off a Tuesday night win over Class 6A Topeka High, pushed another 6A school to the limit on Friday, with the Wildcats dropping a 55-53 Centennial League road decision at Manhattan.
Manhattan improved to 9-1 overall and a perfect 3-0 in the league while Hayden fell to 4-8 overall and 1-3 in the league.
Manhattan girls top Hayden, 49-36
Manhattan girls basketball improved to 8-2 overall and 3-0 in the Centennial League with a 49-36 home Centennial League win over Hayden Friday night.
Hayden, now 9-3 and 3-1, was led by sophomore Hailey Schmidtlein with 12 points while senior Ella Foster added seven points.
Bulldawgs fall to Kaws despite Burdiek's 32-point night
Rossville junior Nora Burdiek scored a career-high 32 points Friday night, but came up on the short end of a 57-53 Big East League decision.
Perry-Lecompton improved to 7-6 overall and 3-4 in the league while Rossville dipped to 3-7, 1-5.
Kaws ride 3-point barrage to 75-73 win over Rossville
Rossville's boys dropped a 75-73 home Big East League heartbreaker to Perry-Lecompton on Friday, with the Kaws hitting 16 3-pointers on the night.
Rossville, now 5-5 overall and 3-3 in the Big East, got 23 points from senior Jakoby McDonnell while Jack Donovan added 17 points and Cameron Miller 16.
Perry-Lecompton improved to 9-4 overall and 3-4 in the Big East.
