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(All games at 7 p.m.)
THURSDAY'S GAME
WASHBURN RURAL (7-0) vs. TOPEKA WEST (1-6)
At Hummer Sports Park
Washburn Rural clinched the Centennial League championship with last Friday's 46-0 win at Emporia and can clinch the No. 1 seed in the Class 6A West for the playoffs with a Thursday night non-league win over city rival Topeka West. Washburn Rural is the only remaining undefeated team in 6A. Rural quarterback Branton DeWeese threw for three touchdowns against Emporia as the Junior Blues opened up a 39-0 halftime lead before forcing a running clock early in the second half. Topeka West is coming off a 62-12 United Kansas Conference loss to Shawnee Heights and is currently the No. 13 seed in the 5A East.
FRIDAY GAMES
Junior quarterback Jett Wahlmeier has passed for 852 yards and six touchdowns for 7-0 Hayden, which will host Hiawatha in a non-league contest Friday. [File photo/TSN]
HIAWATHA (1-6) at HAYDEN (7-0)
Hayden clinched the Class 3A District 4 championship last Friday night with a 24-7 win over Holton and will host Hiawatha in a non-league contest. Hiawatha is coming off a 28-0 loss to Marysville. Hayden will be at home next Friday for the first round of the 3A playoffs. Wildcat junior Jett Wahlmeier has completed 50 of 94 passes for 852 yards and six touchdowns while junior Jensen Schrickel has caught 20 passes for 393 yards and four TDs and has carried the ball 10 times for 100 yards. Junior Broderick Desch has rushed for 286 yards and eight touchdowns on 57 attempts and sophomore Kade Mitchell has 235 yards and four TDs on 36 carries.
Seaman junior quarterback Max Huston has passed for 1,905 yards and 25 touchdowns this fall. [File photo/TSN]
PIPER (1-5, 1-5 United Kansas Conference) at SEAMAN (3-4, 3-3 United Kansas Conference)
Seaman will be looking to bounce back from last Friday's heartbreaking 27-24 United Kansas Conference road loss at Basehor-Linwood, the Vikings' third loss this fall by 7 or fewer points and their second 3-point loss. Seaman is currently the No. 10 East seed for the Class 5A playoffs. Seaman junior quarterback Max Huston has completed 128 of 205 passes for 1,905 yards and 25 touchdowns while only throwing one interception. Senior Callen Barta has 44 receptions for 891 yards and 12 TDs. Senior Jack Bloom has rushed for 416 yards and six scores on107 attempts. Junior Hayden Cummings has been in on 69 tackles for the Vikings. Piper is coming off a 10-0 UKC win over Leavenworth.
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The Centennial League has undergone major changes over the past several years, going from 10 to nine and now six members.
But one thing that hasn't changed is the school that wins the boys soccer league championship.
Sophomore Dylan Willingham (19) scored the game's first goal in Washburn Rural's 5-0 Centennial League soccer win over Topeka High Tuesday night. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
With Tuesday night's 5-0 win over Topeka HIgh at Hummer Sports Park, Washburn Rural won its 29th straight Centennial League title (outright or shared), completing a 5-0 league run this fall.
"Part of our soccer tradition, our soccer pedigree is winning the Centennial League,'' Rural coach Brian Hensyel said. "The league used to have 10 teams and now it has six. It used to be double the work to try to win the league but every year that still means we have to beat some rival schools.
"The five games we had to win this year we played great in those five games to do it and the streak keeps going. Every year that I've been here we've won it and every year our senior class doesn't want to be the one to lose it, so we're excited to win it again.''
Washburn Rural senior Devon Rutschmann (10) registered a three-goal hat trick Tuesday night as Rural clinched its 29th straight Centennial League boys soccer title. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Rural senior star Devon Rutschmann, who had a hat trick against the Trojans, agreed with Hensyel that winning the league title is a source of pride.
"It started before every single player was even alive and coach said after the game that we have players that were born after Rural's last loss to a league team (in 2008), so there's obviously a little bit of pride to keep it going,'' Rutschmann said.
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A goal late in the second overtime period gave the Cair Paravel Latin boys soccer team a 1-0 win over Maranatha Christian Academy Tuesday at the Sunflower Soccer Association.
Cair Paravel Latin soccer honored its lone senior, Justus Scott, Thursday at Sunflower Soccer Complex. [Photo by Todd Fertig/TSN]
With the second overtime period about to elapse, Cair Paravel’s Alfredo Cartes lofted a corner kick into the opposing box, where teammate Nathan Keys rose above the crowd to head the ball past the visiting goalkeeper.
Though Cair Paravel finished the regular season with a record of just 4-7, there was plenty at stake for the Lions.
In addition to improving their standing in the Class 4-1A seeding and potentially setting up a more favorable post-season matchup, the Lions felt they had some unfinished business to attend to.
In its previous meeting with Maranatha, Cair Paravel trailed 3-2 when the game was ended prematurely due to weather. The Lions didn’t forget, believing they stood a good chance of tying, and ultimately winning, that contest.
“We were cut off short the last time we played them. So, it felt really good to get this win,” said Justus Scott, the Lions’ lone senior and team captain. “The defense really shut down their offense, and our offense did really well, so I’m proud.”
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Silver Lake's girls golf team completed its dominant 2023 season in grand style Tuesday, winning its first Class 3A-1A state championship by a whopping 22 strokes at Hesston Golf Course.
Silver Lake's girls golf team poses for a picture after winning the Class 3A-1A state title by 22 strokes Tuesday at Hesston. [Photo by Rick Peterson Jr./KSHSAA Covered]
Silver Lake got second and fourth-place individual finishes from Klara Kleinig and Taylor Zordel on the way to a 701-723 margin over Colby.
"This is our first-ever state title as a program. The program started in 2001,'' Silver Lake coach Kelby Brown told KSHSAA Covered. "We've consistently competed at the state level, but we just haven't gotten to that next level. The last couple years we've been close.
"They have put themselves on the map. This means the world for us and for the school."
Silver Lake's Klara Kleinig finished in a tie for second in the Class 3A-1A state girls golf tournament, finishing with a 36-hole total of 160. [Photo by Rick Peterson Jr./KSHSAA Covered]
Kleinig, a foreign exchange student from Germany, shot back to back 80s to finish tied for the runnerup spot behind Wichita Collegiate's Margaret Ulrich, who won by six strokes at 154 (73-81).
"I've never played (a tournament) like this,'' Kleinig said. "It was just a great experience. I loved seeing the crowd watching on 18 and I love the team spirit and that so many people came to support us."
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Hayden's girls golf team had a very good day in Monday's opening round of the Class 4A state golf tournament at Salina Municipal, opening up a 13-stroke lead over the field.
Hayden's girls golf team poses for a picture with its championship trophy after winning the Class 4A state tournament by 37 strokes Tuesday at Salina. [Photo by Brent Maycock/KSHSAA Covered]
And the Wildcats were even better on Tuesday, improving by nine strokes over their Day 1 performance on the way to winning their first state championship since 2018 and their sixth title overall by a whopping 37-stroke margin.
Hayden followed up its first-round team score of 335 with a 326 on Tuesday, winning the team title by a 661-698 margin over Wamego, ending the Red Raiders' two-year title reign and avenging a loss to Wamego in regional competition.
“I thought all year we were the best team (in Class 4A),” Hayden coach Jayson Duncan told KSHSAA Covered. “But thinking doesn’t get you first place. You’ve got to go out and do it.”
Hayden sophomore Izzy Glotzbach led a balanced Wildcat attack in the Class 4A state tournament, tying for ninth place as the Wildcats won the Class 4A team title by. 37 strokes [Photo by Kyle Grunert/Special to TSN]
Senior Hannah Reynoldson finished 14th individually as Hayden claimed its first 4A state girls golf title since 2018 by a 37-stroke margin Tuesday at Salina. [Photo by Kyle Grunert/Special to TSN]
Hayden out-classed the 4A field with its balance, with the Wildcats putting all of their top four in the top 16 places.
Sophomore Izzy Glotbach tied for ninth place individually at 161 (79-82) while senior Hannah Reynoldson placed 14th at 164 (84-80), sophomore Lauren Borjon 15th at 165 (85-80) and senior Avery Grunert 16th at 171 (87-84).
“We definitely knew it was possible,” Glotzbach said of the team title. “We knew we couldn’t do it last year, but this year we came in with a better mindset and had a good season.”
“It feels really good because we prepared a lot and practiced a lot and got better throughout the season,” Reynoldson said. “All of our girls are really consistent and we just have a really strong team. We were really excited to come back here (to Salina). We took third my sophomore year here (in 2021) and we were thinking we would win it our senior year.”
Addyson Baer carded a 176 (88-88) and Kyleigh Johnson a 189 (96-93) to round out the Wildcat lineup.
