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Top-ranked Seaman girls hold off De Soto, 53-50, improve to 5-0
By CHARLES SPURLOCK
Special to TopSports.news
The top-ranked Seaman Lady Vikings hosted the ninth-ranked De Soto Wildcats to wrap up their schedule before the holiday break, with Seaman holding off the Wildcats for a 53-50 United Kansas Conference win.
The first four minutes of the first quarter was back and forth, but over the last four minutes, Seaman stretched out its lead to 16-9.
Senior Anna Becker led the way with 18 points as Seaman held off De Soto 53-50 Friday night, improving to 5-0. [File photo/TSN]
Seaman extended the lead to 22-11 over the first two minutes of the second quarter, leading to a De Soto timeout. The Lady Vikes held the Wildcats scoreless for over three minutes in the middle of the quarter and their lead grew to 27-11.
However, the Wildcats battled back with a pair of old fashioned 3-point plays by senior Makenzie Farmer and cut the Lady Vikes lead to 30-18 at halftime.
“We had a great first half moving the ball against their zone. I thought we were being hard to guard,'' Seaman coach Matt Tinsley said.
De Soto continued to cut into Seaman’s lead and trailed 34-25 with 3:33 remaining in the third quarter, causing Seaman to call a timeout.
Senior Jaida Stallbaumer hit four straight free throws to close out the quarter and Seaman led 43-33 going to the fourth quarter.
The teams matched baskets for the first five minutes of the final quarter and Seaman called a timeout leading 51-43.
Over the next two minutes, De Soto scored seven straight points to trail only 51-50 with 1:07 remaining.
Senior Ava Esser scored to give Seaman a 3-point lead with just under a minute remaining. De Soto failed to score on their next possession and had to commit three fouls in the final 30 seconds to send Seaman to the line to shoot free throws.
After two misses by Esser, De Soto called a timeout with six seconds remaining and missed a game-tying 3-pointer at the buzzer, sending Seaman to the winter break with the 53-50 victory.
Seaman boys rally down the stretch for 59-53 UKC home win over De Soto
By CHARLES SPURLOCK
Special to TopSports.news
The sixth-ranked Seaman boys faced off against the De Soto Wildcats Friday night in their final game before the winter break, with the Vikings rallying from a 10-point deficit at halftime and from nine down at the start of the fourth quarter to take 59-53 home United Kansas Conference decision.
Junior KaeVon Bonner led Seaman with 17 points in the Vikings' 59-53 come-from-behind win over De Soto. [File photo/TSN]
"De Soto deserves a lot of credit for the way they shot the ball in the first half,'' Seaman coach Craig Cox said. "We made the adjustment at halftime and it was working, but we shot ourselves in the foot by giving up three offensive rebounds and putbacks. After all of the effort in the third quarter and feeling like we were playing better, we were still down nine points going to the fourth quarter.
"To be able to turn it on, outscoring them 25-10 in the quarter and get it done, was pretty amazing."
Both teams came out shooting well from the field and De Soto closed out the first quarter on a 7-2 run to lead 17-13 heading to the second quarter.
Over the first four minutes of the second quarter, De Soto doubled their lead to 27-19. The Wildcats extended their lead to 10 by halftime and led 31-21 at the break.
Seaman began the third quarter on a 7-2 scoring spurt to cut the lead to 33-28 with five minutes left in the quarter.
The Wildcats responded over the next four minutes, rebuilding their lead back to 43-31 with a minute left in the quarter. The Vikings scored the final three points and trailed 43-34 going into the final quarter.
Rylee Dick, Jack Donovan the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency Rising Stars of the Week
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By RICK PETERSON
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Rossville junior basketball standouts Rylee Dick and Jack Donovan have been selected by the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency as the Rising Stars of the Week.
The Dan Key Agency will recognize top Shawnee County underclassmen throughout the bulk of the 2024-2025 school year.
Here’s a brief look at the accomplishments of Dick and Donovan over the past week:
Rossville junior Rylee Dick has been named the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency female Rising Star of the Week after averaging 25.7 points with 19 3-pointers over the Bulldawgs' first four games. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
RYLEE DICK, Rossville
Dick opened her junior season by earning all-tournament honors and helping lead Rossville's girls to the championship in last week's Chapman Fighting Irish Classic while averaging 25 points with 14 3-pointers in the Bulldawgs' three tournament games.
Dick had another big game in Tuesday's 62-53 loss to defending Class 3A state champion Silver Lake, scoring 28 points with five 3-pointers.
The 5-foot-6 guard was an All-Shawnee County Second 10 pick last season while also receiving all-county honorable mention in track and field.
Rossville junior Jack Donovan has been named the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency male Rising Star of the Week after averaging 25.7 points with 11 3-pointers over the Bulldawgs' first four games. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
JACK DONOVAN, Rossville
A 5-foot-11 multi-sport standout for the Bulldawgs, Donovan has averaged 25.7 points while hitting 11 3-pointers as Rossville opened the 2024-2025 season with a 3-1 record.
Donovan was an all-tournament selection in last week's Chapman Fighting Irish Classic, scoring 75 points in three games with a high of 35 points, and followed that up with 28 points and four 3-pointers in Tuesday's 79-74 win over rival Silver Lake.
Donovan has received All-Shawnee County recognition in basketball, football and golf during his Rossville career.
