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Packson Bettis, Washburn Rural (56)
Josh Nitschke, Topeka West
By RICK PETERSON
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Player, high school College Ht. Wt. Pos.
Jace Banks, Topeka West Coffeyville CC 5-9 170 DB
Callen Barta, Seaman Kansas State 6-2 180 DB
Packson Bettis, Washburn Rural North Dakota 6-2 230 DE
BJ Canady, Topeka High Cal 6-6 255 DE
Carter Charvat, Hayden Benedictine 6-2 225 OL
Branton DeWeese, Washburn Rural Washburn 6-0 185 QB
Christian Gonzales, Shawnee Heights Washburn 6-1 275 DL
Jaren Heim, Washburn Rural Washburn 6-2 220 LB
JC Heim, Washburn Rural Washburn 6-3 225 LB
Isaac Hochard, Seaman Concordia 6-0 155 DB
Isaiah Kincade, Topeka High Washburn 6-0 195 DB
Jamond Lane, Washburn Rural Washburn 6-0 280 DL
Jaki Lee, Shawnee Heights MidAmerica Nazarene 5-9 210 OL/DL
Jacob Malcom, Shawnee Heights Coffeyville CC 6-1 200 WR/DB
Josh Nitschke, Topeka West Garden City CC 6-1 180 WR/DB
Emmanuel Nwakpuda, Washburn Rural Ottawa 6-4190 WR
Titan Osburn, Washburn Rural Benedictine 6-3 180 WR
Blake Redmond, Silver Lake Washburn 5-9 160 RB
Kyrece Robinson, Topeka West Hutchinson CC 6-2 230 DL
Drew Taylor, Washburn Rural MidAmerica Nazarene 6-3 210 L
Kris Thomas, Topeka West Coffeyville CC 6-2 240 OL/DL
Josiah Todwong, Hayden Washburn 6-0 265 OL/DL
Ryeki Tuley, Shawnee Heights Coffeyville CC 6-0 180 QB
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By RICK PETERSON
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About a minute after having their three-year Centennial League boys swimming and diving championship reign ended by Manhattan a year ago, Washburn Rural's returning swimmers set their sights on taking that title back in the 2024 league meet.
Washburn Rural's swimming team poses with its Centennial League championship trophy Thursday at the Capitol Federal Natatorium. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
The Junior Blues made that happen on Thursday at the Capitol Federal Natatorium, winning eight of 12 events while setting four Centennial League records on the way to a 484-439 victory over Manhattan, giving Janson Garman the team title in his first year as Rural's coach.
Senior Will Powell won four gold medals on the day and had a hand in three league records while seniors Brogan Meier and Jack Miranda captured three gold medals on the day, with Meier was a part of two league records and Miranda one.
"We were ready this time,'' Powell said. "We were so prepared. It was all about racing and we came back and took it.''
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The Washburn University men's basketball team rallied from an eight-point halftime deficit to take a 64-63 MIAA win over Missouri Western on Wednesday night in Lee Arena, with Jarmell Johnson canning the second of two free throw attempts with 2.7 seconds left for the game-winning point.
Washburn junior Andrew Orr scored a game-high 25 points in the Ichabods' 64-63 win over Missouri Western Wednesday night. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Michael Keegan slams home a dunk in Wednesday's 64-63 MIAA win over Missouri Western Wednesday night. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
After Johnson's free throw the Griffons' inbounds pass was picked off by Brady Christiansen, sealing the win for the Ichabods, who improved to 10-0 in home games this season.
Johnson had missed free throws with a chance to send a game to overtime early in the season, but this time the sophomore emerged as the hero.
"I felt like I had the same free throw routine, but this time I just finished on my toes,'' Johnson said. "We've practiced a lot of free throws in practice this week, too, so I feel like we prepare right for that.''
Wednesday's dramatic win gave Washburn a much-needed bounce-back win after a disappointing 75-66 loss at Northeastern State last Saturday.
With the win the Ichabods improved to 15-7 overall and 11-5 in the MIAA, with WU surpassing its victory total from the 2022-2023 season.
Junior Andrew Orr, who scored just two points in Saturday's loss, led all scorers with 25 points, hitting 11 of 19 shots while adding six rebounds and a block with 17 of his points coming in the second half.
"I went out there (at Northeastern) and my energy going into the game was not the same that I bring to every game,'' Orr said. "I knew that and I think that's part of the reason we played so poorly because not just me but as a team we knew that Northeastern wasn't a great team and we thought we were just going to go out and beat them, but in the MIAA you can't do that.
"Everybody's good and it really motivated not just me but the entire team. We knew that we needed a bounce-back game from that because that was a bad loss for us.''
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The Hayden boys, looking for their first win since Dec. 20th, traveled to Emporia Tuesday looking to put up a fight and a fight they did put up for two quarters.
Hayden looked like it might be in line for its first win of 2024 and its first Centennial League win when the Wildcats went went into halftime down just 18-14.
“I think we had a great first half,” Hayden coach Trey Brown said.
But Emporia came out the second half and took control, going on a 27-4 run midway through the third quarter and cruising to a 50-24 win.
“We didn’t hit a lot of shots we normally hit, but that’s a credit to them,''Brown said. "They did a great job on defense all night. We have to do a better job of sharing the ball.
"We get too selfish and take too many bad shots, which is why we struggled to score. As well as missing multiple point blank layups. Again credit to them they did a great job of guarding and making things hard for us.”
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In a game that was built to be a heavyweight fight and a battle for the Centennial League title Tuesday night in Emporia, things started off the wrong way for Hayden's girls as Emporia opened the first quarter with a 24-0 shutout and added five more points to start the second quarter before the Wildcats would score their first points three minutes into the second quarter down 29-0.
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Norma Greco
Hayden was able to fight back to make it a game over the final three quarters, but the Spartans wlked away with a 44-32 win.
Junior Norma Greco would finally get the Wildcats on the board with two free throws and the Wildcats would scratch and claw and go on their own 13-0 run to go into halftime down 29-13.
“We found ourselves in a situation that really tests our character down 29-0,'' Hayden coach Carvel Reynoldon said. "I've never been in a situation like that, but the way that the girls fought back and turned it into a 38-30 game, with us having all the momentum, I see the positive in what happened tonight.”
