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Washburn Rural junior wrestling star Easton Broxterman, a returning Class 6A state champion and two-time state finalist, picked up another big victory on Saturday at Bartle Hall in Kansas City, Mo., winning the 132-pound title in the Kansas City Stampede.
Washburn Rural star junior wrestler Easton Broxterman (fourth from left) was crowned the 132-pound champion in the KC Stampede Saturday at Bartle Hall in Kansas City, Mo. [Washburn Rural wrestling X photo]
Broxterman emerged from a 58-wrestler 132-pound field to capture the championship with a 5-0 decision over Miller Sipes of Staley, Mo.
Broxterman, now 18-1 on the season, helped Washburn Rural finish in a tie for 25th place in the huge tournament field.
Rossville senior wrestlers Keera Lacock (left), Kendra Hurla (middle) and Hailey Horton (right) all reached career milestones in the sixth LadyCat Classic at Basehor-Linwood. [Submitted photo]
Rossville trio reaches milestones in LadyCat Classic
Rossville standout senior wrestlers Keera Lacock, Kendra Hurla and Hailey Horton all celebrated milestone victories in the 37-school LadyCat Classic at Basehor-Linwood.
Lacock, a 115-pounder, and 120-pounder Hurla both reached the 100-win milestone during Saturday's tournament while 155-pounder Horton posted her 100th win by pin in the event.
Lacock won the 115-pound title with a 1 minute, 43-second pin over Tonganoxie's Stella Bailey, her fourth pin of the tournament, while Hurla earned the title in the 120-pound division with a pin over Olathe South's Nicole Redmond at the 3:17 mark of the final, Hurla's third tournament pin.
Both Lacock and Hurla, a three-time state champ, are now 11-0 on the season.
Horton went 4-1 in the tournament to finish third at 155 pounds, with all four or her victories coming by pin.
Washburn Rural junior Molly Spader won the 105-pound title in the LadyCat Classic with a 4-0 win over Shawnee Heights sophomore Connie Burns while Seaman junior Koti Best claimed the 130-pound championship, recording a pin in 1:26 over Dodge City's Ariana De La Rosa in the final.
Spader improved to 12-2 on the season while Best improved to 10-0 with nine pins.
Shawnee Heights posted a second-place team finish in the tournament with 145 points, with Burns one of three T-Birds to post top-three finishes in their weight classes.
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Easton Broxterman
EASTON BROXTERMAN, Washburn Rural
A junior returning Class 6A state champion, Broxterman emerged from a field of 58 wrestlers as the 132-pound champion in the Kansas City Stampede Saturday at Bartle Hall in Kansas City, Mo. Broxterman, who is 18-1 on the season, captured the championship with a 5-0 decision over Miller Sipes of Staley, Mo.
Kendra Hurla
KENDRA HURLA, Rossville
Hurla, a senior three-time state-champion wrestler, recorded the 100th win of her high school career en route to the 120-pound championship in the 37-school LadyCat Classic at Basehor-Linwood Saturday. Hurla, who is 11-0 on the season, pinned Olathe South's Nicole Redmond at the 3:17 mark of the championship match and went 5-0 on the day with a bye, three pins and a 10-3 decision.
Keera Lacock
KEERA LACOCK, Rossville
A senior 115-pound standout wrestler, Lacock reached the 100-win career milestone in Saturday's 37-school LadyCat Classic at Basehor-Linwood on the way to the 115-pound title. Lacock pinned Tonganoxie's Stella Bailey at the 1:43 mark of the championship match. Now 11-0 on the year, Lacock received a first-round bye before pinning four straight opponents.
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The Washburn Ichabods picked up an 83-77 men's basketball win over Missouri Western on Saturday in St. Joseph, Mo., surviving a 19-2 run midway through the second half to improve to 6-4 and 2-2 in the MIAA.
Sophomore Sam Ungashick scored a career-high 26 points in Saturday's 83-77 Washburn win at Missouri Western. [Fie photo/TSN]
Washburn will host Northeastern State at 4 p.m. on Tuesday prior to leaving for Christmas break.
Washburn led 62-47 with 12:31 to go after back-to-back-to-back 3-pointers by Sam Ungashick, Jake Schadegg and Brady Christiansen before the Griffons came back with their big run after they hit eight of 11 shots while the Ichabods were limited to one of 10 shooting as Missouri Western took a 66-64 lead with 5:48 to go.
Michael Keegan hit a 3-pointer to put the Ichabods back in front, but two free throws by Missouri Western (8-3, 3-3) put the Griffons back in front, 68-67.
Buckets by Christiansen and Ungashick pushed Washburn's lead back to four at 72-68 with 4:24 remaining, but the Griffons hit a 3-pointer to get back within a point.
From the 3:34 mark to the end of the game, Washburn connected on four of its final five shots, including a 9-0 run to take an 81-71 lead with 1:13 left.
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After graduating a stellar senior class and returning only three seniors, perennial Class 6A girls basketball power Washburn Rural is off and running again.
Washburn Rural senior Zoe Canfield (15) scored a game-high 18 points in Saturday's 52-26 win over Kapaun Mt. Carmel. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Washburn Rural freshman Maddie Vickery scored 16 points in Saturday's 52-26 win over Kapaun Mt. Carmel. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Kevin Bordewick's Junior Blues wrapped up the 2023 portion of their schedule with a 52-26 non-league romp past Kapaun Mt. Carmel in Saturday's Rural home-opener, improving to 4-1 on the season.
"I thought today we saw vast improvements, even since Tuesday, and Kapaun's not that bad of a team,'' Bordewick said. "I thought we moved the ball well, I thought we had a better understanding of defense and how we're defending people.
"I thought rebounding was a little bit better, even though we've still got to get better, and people that don't score a lot, like Tenly (Bunck) and Kate (Hinck), they do a really good job for us on defense, just kind of disrupting things. And those two kind of set the tone for our defense a lot of times.''
Washburn Rural, which has won three straight games, jumped out to a 16-5 first-quarter advantage over the Crusaders and led 29-17 at the half before putting the game out of reach with an 11-3 third quarter.
Rural, No. 7-ranked in 6A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, finished off the decisive win with a 12-6 scoring edge over the final eight minutes as the Junior Blues used 12 players, with eight cracking the scoring column.
Rural senior Zoe Canfield led all scorers with 18 points, including three 3-pointers, while freshman Maddie Vickery added 16 points.
Kapaun Mt. Carmel did not have a player score more than six points.
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Highland Park's boys, ranked No. 3 in Class 5A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, continued their hot start to the season Friday night, rolling past Kansas City-Wyandotte 76-30 in a Meadowlark Conference road contest.
Ja'Corey Robinson
Tamir Anderson
The Scots got a breakout game from junior Ja'Corey Robinson, who had a 26-point night against the Bulldogs.
“Corey’s mix of length, skill and athleticism really helps us in so many phases,'' Highland Park coach Michael Williams said. "He caused turnovers, got guys the ball, finished plays, started offense for us and he controlled the glass.”
The Scots also got 19 points from senior Tamir Anderson.
“Tamir only had three 3s on the night, (but) they came in a big stretch to open the third quarter and he found other ways to contribute, getting free throws and layups,” Williams said.
The Scots had eight players crack the scoring column, with Hi Park getting six points each from senior Mister Cameron and junior Mikey Williams, five from senior Amari Taylor and two points apiece from senior Bryson Thrasher, junior Jamon Wilson and freshman JoJo Kingcannon.
“We are in the part of the season where we are accumulating data, what we are good at, what haven’t we seen, how are they gonna play us, what can we improve on, what we are doing well?'' Michael Williams said. "That and so many more questions you constantly answer.
"We’re in the midst of that right now, but all for the greater good of becoming the best basketball team we can possibly be.”
The Scots are headed to the holiday break 3-0 and will return for their home-opener against Class 4A No. 3 Atchison on Jan. 5.
HAYDEN BOYS 61, KC-BISHOP WARD 60 (OT)
Hayden scored 11 points in overtime to pull out a 61-60 non-league decision at Kansas City-Bishop Ward Friday night.
Senior Cooper Colboch and junior Jacob Deister scored 14 points apiece to lead Hayden, with Colboch canning three 3-pointers.
