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Washburn Rural tennis got a runnerup doubles finish from juniors Cale Deutscher and Dylan Willingham and a third-place singles finish from junior Keegan Knudtson on the way to finishing second as a team in Tuesday's 10-school Topeka West Invitational at Kossover Tennis Center.
Washburn Rural's Cale Deutscher and Dylan Willingham, talking to Rural coach Michelle Rose, finished second in doubles in Tuesday's Topeka West Invitational. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Deutscher and Willingham rallied from an early deficit to win their semifinal match before dropping an 8-7 (7-3 tiebreaker) to Blue Valley Southwest in the doubles championship match.
Washburn Rural junior Keegan Knudtson finished third in singles in Tuesday's Topeka West Invitational, helping Rural finish third as a team. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
After dropping a semifinal match to singles champion Sanjay Rajkumar of Blue Valley Southwest, Knudtson claimed an 8-3 win over Shawnee Heights' Brock Corley in the third-place match.
Blue Valley Southwest took the team title by a 79-68 margin over Washburn Rural.
Topeka West's Julian Ramcharan and Collin McGee led the Chargers with a sixth-place doubles finish in Tuesday's Topeka West Invitational. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Topeka West got a sixth-place doubles finish from Collin McGee and Julian Ramcharan.
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Highland Park sophomore Micah Williams scored six goals in Tuesday's 7-2 Meadowlark Conference home girls soccer win over Kansas City-Washington.
Highland Park sophomore Micah Williams scored six goals in Tuesday's 7-2 girls soccer win over KC-Washington. [File photo/TSN]
Williams, an All-City pick last season as a freshman, now has 13 goals on the season after helping the Scots improve to 2-6-1 on the year.
Williams now has scored 36 goals in her career after scoring 23 goals as a freshman.
The Scots will return to action on Thursday with a Meadowlark Conference contest at KC-Wyandotte.
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MAYETTA -- Hayden senior Tagen Rodriguez shot a 71 to lead city golfers in Tuesday's Washburn Rural Firekeeper Open while Hayden and Rural recorded top-five finishes in the 12-school tournament at Firekeeper Golf Course.
Hayden senior Tagen Rodriguez tied for third place with a 71 in Tuesday's Firekeeper Open, leading the Wildcats to a fourth-place team finish in the 12-school event. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Rodriguez tied for third place individually with his one-under-par round, leading the Wildcats to a fourth-place team finish with a four-man score of 303 while Washburn Rural was just a stroke behind at 304 to place fifth as junior Michael Wilson led the Junior Blues with a 74.
Junior Michael Wilson led Washburn Rural with a 74 in Tuesday's Firekeeper Open. [Washburn Rural golf]
Hayden senior James Kuta shot a 73 in Tuesday's Firekeeper Open, tying for 10th place. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Hayden senior James Kuta tied for 10th individually with a 73 while the Wildcats got a 79 from junior Mateo Garcia, 80s from seniors Nick Gorman and Colin Scott and an 81 from junior Austin Bean.
Rural had five players shoot in the 70s Tuesday, with senior Xoaquin Overbey carding a 76 while senior Tagan Monasmith and junior Higgins Hawks had 77s and senior Tadd Armstrong a 78.
Junior Ayden Valdivia led Shawnee Heights with an 81.
St. James Academy won the team title with a 288 four-man score, led by sophomore individual medalist Josh Fratzel, who shot a five-under 67.
Shawnee Mission East finished second as a team at 290, with the Lancers getting a second-place individual finish from junior Hudson Bennish, who shot a 69.
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After a rough start to the season, the Shawnee Heights girls soccer team is on an upward trajectory with four wins in a row, the latest a 2-1 United Kansas Conference win Tuesday night at Seaman.
Senior Izzy Van Fleet (12) scored the game's first goal in Tuesday's 2-1 Shawnee Heights UKC soccer win at Seaman. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Riding the wave of a three-game win streak, the T-Birds struck early, scoring just 34 seconds into the contest. Senior Izzy Van Fleet received a pass through traffic from sophomore Nina O’Neill-Bolanos in front of the Seaman goal and punched it home before the crowd could settle in.
But the Vikings struck back just as quickly. Junior Savannah Nelson scored off a pass from junior Ava Golightley at the 37:37 mark, wiping out the T-Birds’ early advantage.
Sophomore Nina O'Neill-Bolanos (2) scored the game-winning goal and also had an assist in Tuesday night's 2-1 Shawnee Heights soccer win over Seaman. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
With 3:48 remaining in the first half, O’Neill-Bolanos launched a long strike off a free kick that sailed just over the outstretched arm of the Viking goalkeeper, putting the T-Birds up 2-1.
“We’ve seen that song and dance all season,” Shawnee Heights coach Nic Simons said. “We score early and then give up a couple of goals and start to have that self-doubt. But tonight, we were able to put that out of our heads and we took the lead, and we didn’t look back.”
The score would hold throughout the second half, thanks in large part to the work of goalkeeper Mackenzie Mertel.
“We didn’t get our heads down and we were able to battle against a very good Seaman team with some super dangerous players,” Simons said. “My hat’s off to them. This was just a great soccer match.”
Shawnee Heights celebrates a goal in Tuesday night's 2-1 UKC soccer win over Seaman. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
The win lifted the T-Birds to 4-3-1 after an 0-3-1 start to the season.
“It feels amazing. I’m very proud of our team,” said Van Fleet. “We’ve worked really hard to be where we are right now in the middle of the season. We might have had a rocky start, but we did come back. And I think we’re going to do some amazing things for the rest of the season and postseason.”
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Hayden senior Jensen Schrickel is one of 12 Kansas high school senior football players who have been selected by the Coach Bill Snyder Family/Sunflower Chapter of the National Football Foundation as 2024-25 scholar-athletes of the year as a result of their performance on the field, in the classroom and through school/community involvement.
Hayden senior Jensen Schrickel is one of 12 senior Kansas football standouts who will be honored by the Coach Bill Snyder Family/Sunflower Chapter of the National Football Foundation as a 2024-2025 scholar-athlete. [File photo/TSN]
Schrickel, also a six-time state track and field champion, starred for the Wildcats on offense, defense and special teams as Hayden advanced to the Class 3A state championship game the past two seasons.
Schrickel, who has been chosen to play in the 2025 Kansas Shrine Bowl, has made the Superior Honor Roll at Hayden four straight years while earning membership in the National Honor Society and participating as a volunteer in multiple Hayden and community activities.
The honorees had to be nominated by their head coach. This year, there was a tie, thus an additional student-athlete was honored.
The 12 student-athletes will be recognized at the annual chapter awards dinner, which will be held at the Shamrock Plaza at Bill Snyder Family Stadium on the campus of Kansas State University on May 7. The reception begins at 5 p.m. followed by dinner at 6 p.m.
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