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CAMRYNN AHRENS, Washburn Rural
A junior, Ahrens earned second-team All-City recognition last season after helping the Junior Blues post a second-place team finish in the Class 6A state tournament. Ahrens shot a 557 three-game series at state and shot a 502 series to help Washburn Rural win a 6A regional team championship.
ASHLEY BILLUPS, Washburn Rural
Billups, a senior, received second-team All-City honors last season after helping Washburn Rural finish as the state runnerup in the Class 6A state meet. Billups shot a 557 three-game series in the state tournament. Billups shot a 520 series in the city tournament and a 493 series in 6A regional competition.
Washburn Rural sophomore Megan Glinka was a first-team All-City pick last season as a freshman after helping Rural finish second in Class 6A. [Photo by Selena Favela/Special to TSN]
MEGAN GLINKA, Washburn Rural
Glinka, a sophomore, was a first-team All-City selection last season as a freshman after playing a major role for a Washburn Rural team that won Centennial League and regional championships and placed second as a team in the Class 6A state tournament. Glinka shot a 535 series at state after placing 11th at regionals (550), 13th in the Centennial League (487) and shooting a 536 in the city tournament.
Junior Claire LaDuke helped Seaman place third in Class 5A in 2024. [File photo/TSN]
CLAIRE LaDUKE, Seaman
A junior, LaDuke shot a 484 three-game series in the 2024 Class 5A state tournament, helping Seaman earn the third-place team trophy. LaDuke finished seventh individually in 5A regional competition with a 541 three-game series. LaDuke shot a 504 series in the city championships.
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CHASE BLASER, Hayden
A senior, Blaser capped the 2024 season with a ninth-place individual finish in the Class 4A-1A state meet with a 637 three-game series, leading Hayden to a fifth-place team finish. Blaser won a 4A-1A regional title with a 603 series while leading the Wildcats to the team championship and he bowled a 556 series in the city meet.
Senior Caden Cochrane placed third in Class 5A last season, helping lead Shawnee Heights to the state team title. [Photo by Selena Favela/Special to TSN]
CADEN COCHRANE, Shawnee Heights
Cochrane, a senior, posted a third-place individual finish in the 2024 state meet with a 685 three-game series, helping lead Shawnee Heights to its first-ever Class 5A state boys team championship. A second-team All-City selection as a junior, Cochrane posted an 18th-place regional finish and shot a 605 series in the United Kansas Conference meet.
Sophomores Trey Donath (right) and Evan Jones return for state-champion Shawnee Heights after earning first-team All-City honors last season. [File photo/TSN]
TREY DONATH, Shawnee Heights
Donath, a sophomore, earned first-team All-City recognition last season as a freshman after placing eighth in the Class 5A state meet with a 667 series to help Shawnee Heights win its first-ever 5A state boys team title. Donath finished 13th at regionals (569) and shot a 617 in the United Kansas Conference meet and a 614 in the city meet.
TYLER FAUROT, Washburn Rural
A senior, Faurot was a second-team All-City selection in both 2023 and 2024. Faurot finished fifth in the city tournament with a 663 three-game series and placed fifth in the Centennial League meet with a 619 series. Faurot, a member of Rural's Class 6A state championship team in 2023, Faurot shot a 576 series in the 2024 regional meet.
Washburn Rural senior Logan Glinka is a two-time All-City pick and the reigning city champion. [File photo/TSN]
LOGAN GLINKA, Washburn Rural
Glinka, a senior, won the city championship with a three-game 729 series and finished second in the Centennial League with a 653 series as the Junior Blues won the team championship. A three-time first-team All-City pick, Glinka finished seventh in the 2023 Class 6A state tournament as Washburn Rural captured the 6A state team championship.
Sophomore Dylan Hunt helped Seaman finish third in Class 5A last season. [File photo/TSN]
DYLAN HUNT, Seaman
A sophomore, Hunt finished third in the United Kansas Conference championships with a 673 series and placed sixth in Class 5A regional competition with a 626 series and followed that up with a 560 three-game series at state to help the Vikings earn the third-place team trophy.
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EMPORIA-- Washburn University women's basketball rallied from a double-digit second-half deficit Saturday to defeat Emporia State 64-61 inside of White Auditorium in the Ichabods' opening game of 2025.
Freshman guard Brooke Gomez (1) scored a career-high 14 points as Washburn rallied for a 64-61 MIAA road win over Emporia State Saturday. [Photo courtesy of Emporia State Athletics]
The Ichabods moved back to .500 on the season with their first MIAA win and will return to Topeka for four straight games, beginning Wednesday against Missouri Western (5:30 p.m. tipoff).
After Washburn (7-7 overall, 1-3 MIAA) scored the opening basket of the game courtesy of Gabi Giovannetti the next 10 points were all scored by the Lady Hornets (7-6, 2-2).
The Ichabods made up ground at the free throw line, connecting on five free throws in the opening quarter to get back within two points.
Late in the quarter the Ichabods briefly went in front after a triple from Giovannetti before Emporia State knotted the game at 16 to end the first.
Both sides struggled to score in the second quarter as defenses tightened up before halftime.
Even with just five combined field goals in the quarter there were five lead changes and three ties as the game went back and forth.
The final four points of the quarter went to the Lady Hornets, all at the free throw line, to lead 28-25 at the break.
Coming out of halftime Emporia State started on a 8-0 run to lead by a game-high 11 points at the 7:32 mark in the third quarter.
Inside of five minutes to play Washburn's Nia McKenzie scored an old-fashioned three-point play which began a 13-2 stretch for Washburn to end the quarter.
They went in front 41-39 after Brooke Gomez got a 3-pointer to go and would enter the fourth tied at 41.
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NORMA GRECO, Hayden
A 5-foot-6 senior, Greco scored a game-high 17 points as Hayden's girls basketball team made its 2025 debut Friday night with a 60-47 non-league home victory over Shawnee Heights. Greco scored 15 points in the first half with four 3-pointers, helping the Wildcats improve to 6-0 on the season.
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DEACON POMEROY, Shawnee Heights
Pomeroy, a 6-foot-5 senior, had a double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds as Shawnee Heights' boys basketball team improved to 4-1 with a 61-52 non-league road win Friday night at Hayden. Pomeroy hit three 3-pointers and went 4 of 4 at the free throw linee for the T-Birds.
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AHSIEYRHUAJH RAYTON, Topeka High
Rayton, a 5-foot-6 sophomore, scored a game-high 25 points, including 19 in the second half and the Trojans' final nine points, as Topeka High's girls basketball team improved to 3-2 with a 50-42 home non-league win over Wichita Life Prep Academy.
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EMPORIA – Washburn University men's basketball christened the new year in style as the No. 2-ranked Ichabods led for 39:33 of the 40-minute contest and by as many as 33 points, cruising to a 105-77 MIAA road win over Emporia State on Saturday in White Auditorium.
Sophomore Jack Bachelor led six double-figure scorers for Washburn with 19 points as the No. 2-ranked Ichabods rolled to a 105-77 road win over Emporia State. [File photo/TSN]
Washburn improved to 13-0 overall and 4-0 in MIAA play and will return to Lee Arena for the first time since Nov. 30 next Wednesday as the Ichabods will host Missouri Western at 7:30 p.m.
Washburn jumped out to a 13-3 lead 3:49 into the game behind Jack Bachelor's 11 points, including three-straight 3-pointers.
The Hornets (4-8, 1-3) trimmed the lead back to five at 17-12, but the Ichabods used another 13 to 3 run, doubling up Emporia State with 9:13 to play in the half.
ESU cut the lead to 11 but that margin was the closest the Hornets would get the rest of the game as the Ichabods finished the frame 9 of 11 from the field over the final 7:01 of the half, taking a 56-39 lead into the break.
Washburn shot 61 percent in the opening half, paced by 17 points from Washburn Rural product Bachelor and 10 points and eight assists from Jacob Hanna as the Ichabods reached at least 50 points in a half since scoring 52 against William Jewell on Nov. 23, 2024 in Lee Arena.
A 12-1 run over a three-minute stretch followed by a 16-7 Ichabod run stretched the Ichabod lead to a game-high 33 with 9:28 to play as Washburn snapped a four-game slide to the Hornets.
Bachelor finished with a game-high 19 points and added eight assists, leading six Ichabods in double figures.
Birthday boy Andrew Orr had 16 points as did Hanna, who also had eight assists and six rebounds.
Dillon Claussen had a career-high 15 points on 7 of 7 shooting while Brayden Shorter hit three 3-pointers en route to 11 points with six boards and Brady Christiansen had 11 points as well.
Malik Edwards scored 13 points to lead the Hornets.
After shooting 61 percent in the first half, the Ichabods improved to 67 percent in the second half, hitting 20 of 30 shots overall to close the game at a season-high 63 percent on 43 of 68 shooting.
Washburn outrebounded the Hornets 34 to 25 in the game and tallied 26 assists on 43 baskets in the game. Washburn also outscored the Hornets 58 to 22 in the paint and forced 22 turnovers, leading to 27 points for the Ichabods.
The 105 points scored by the Ichabods was the second time Washburn reached the century mark in the 222 previous meetings in the series, topping the old record of 103 set against ESU on Jan. 7, 2004 in Topeka.
The Ichabods just missed setting the largest margin of victory in the series as the Hornets hit a 3-pointer with 13 seconds left avoiding the record mark of 31 in a 73-42 Ichabod win on Jan. 16, 2010.
