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(All kickoffs at 7 p.m.)
THURSDAY'S GAME
MANHATTAN (1-0, 0-0) vs. TOPEKA HIGH (0-1, 0-0)
At Hummer Sports Park
Topeka High dropped a 43-0 decision to 2022 Class 5A runnerup Maize last Friday and Carlos Kelly's Trojans face another tough test in their home-opener Thursday night, facing reigning 6A state champ Manhattan. The Indians opened their season with a 33-19 non-league win over Derby. Thursday night's game will be the Centennial League opener for both Topeka High and Manhattan.
FRIDAY GAMES
SILVER LAKE (1-0) at HAYDEN (1-0)
Both Silver Lake and Hayden are coming off big season-opening wins, with the Eagles avenging a 2022 playoff loss with a 40-24 win over Riley County while Hayden rolled to a 41-7 decision over traditional small-school power Olpe while giving veteran Wildcat coach Bill Arnold his 200th career win as a head coach. Senior standout Finn Dunshee ran for 196 yards, including 66 and 67-yard touchdown runs while junior quarterback Jett Wahlmeier threw for 188 yards and three TDs on a 12 of 20 performance. Senior Blake Redmond scored four touchdowns in Silver Lake's win over Riley County, including an 85-yard kickoff return for a touchdown on the opening kickoff.
KC-SCHLAGLE (1-0, 1-0) at HIGHLAND PARK (1-0, 1-0)
Highland Park, coming off a 6-3 season in 2022, opened its season with a win over Meadowlark Conference foe Kansas City-Wyandotte for the second straight season, rolling to a 33-7 win over the Bulldogs at Wyandotte. Kansas City-Schlagle opened its season with a 44-0 Meadowlark Conference win over Kansas City-Harmon.
Washburn Rural senior Jaren Heim (27) scored on a pick six in Friday's 26-25 win over Wichita East. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
DE SOTO (1-0) at WASHBURN RURAL (1-0)
Washburn Rural survived a tough non-league test from Wichita East last Friday at Rural, with senior JC Heim blocking a Blue Aces extra point attempt late in the game to preserve the Junior Blues 1-point lead in a 26-25 victory. Senior Jaren Heim had a pick-six in the game for Washburn Rural. De Soto opened its season with a 42-21 United Kansas Conference win over Lansing.
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After sharing the team championship in the first of two Seaman Invitational girls tennis tournaments last Saturday, Jamie Robinson's Vikings earned the outright title Wednesday on the Seaman courts, winning by a 21-19 margin over Manhattan.
The Vikings, playing a split varsity squad, swept the doubles championships in Wednesday's six-school tournament while adding second and third-place singles finishes.
Seaman's Cami Lux and Lauren Barker won the No. 1 doubles title in Wednesday's six-school Seaman Invitational tennis tournament, helping the Vikings win the team title. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Seaman's Sidney Chinn was the runnerup in the No. 1 singles division Wednesday, helping the Vikings win the team title in the Seaman Invitational. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Seaman's Lauren Barker and Cami Lux won the No. 1 doubles title with an 8-4 win over Manhattan's Gabby Turner and Averie Thurston while the Vikings' Marissa Alcala and Kaylyn Hiebsch took the No. 2 crown with an 8-6 win over Shawnee Heights' Elli Spencer and Hanna Baismeier.
Seaman's Sidney Chinn finished second in the No. 1 singles division, dropping an 8-1 decision to Wabaunsee's Baylie Tharman while Seaman's Laina Frost finished third in No. 2 singles with an 8-7 (7-3 tiebreaker) win over Piper's Eva England.
"I love this team,'' Robinson said. "We're young and have a lot of energy and we're just trying to put the right people in the right spots''
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No. 17-ranked Washburn University volleyball will open its 2023 home schedule with four matches over three days in the 2023 Washburn Invitational.
The Ichabods will play their home opener at 3 p.m. Thursday against Christian Brothers, coached by former Seaman standout and Washburn Hall of Famer Bre Lewis.
Junior Jalyn Stevenson (10), a first-team All-MIAA pick last season, leads No. 17-ranked Washburn into this weekend's Washburn Invitational, beginning with a 3 p.m. match on Thursday against Christian Brothers at Lee Arena. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
On Friday Washburn plays Midwestern State at 11:30 a.m. and Oklahoma Baptist at 5 p.m. before finishing the tournament at 2 p.m. Saturday against Harding.
"This weekend's going to be a great test,'' Washburn coach Chris Herron said.
The Ichabods began the season with a 2-1 showing at the Florida Southern College Volleyball Classic.
Washburn began the Florida trip a 3-2 win over Flagler College on Friday afternoon by the set scores of 25-23, 25-19, 25-27, 25-27 and 15-11.
On Friday evening the Ichabods were defeated by Florida Southern College (25-18, 25-23, 25-23) before bouncing back Saturday to knock off No. 6-ranked Barry in three sets (25-20, 25-15, 26-24).
"It was down, just like you would kind of expect that first weekend to be,'' Herron said.
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Washburn University will be looking to bounce back from a season-opening loss to No. 4-ranked Pittsburg State when the Ichabods host Missouri Southern in their 6 p.m. home-opener Thursday night at Yager Stadium.
Washburn senior running back Taylon Peters needs 73 rushing yards Thursday night to reach 2,000 yards for his college career. [File photo/TSN]
Junior quarterback Kellen Simoncic's 32 career touchdown passes is tied for No. 10 all-time at Washburn. [File photo/TSN]
"I think the biggest thing we need to do is being more physical,'' Washburn senior offensive tackle Andrew Funk said. "We didn't play up to our potential last week and that's something we need to take full ownership of, play with a chip on our shoulder and just play harder this week.''
The Ichabods are coming off a 34-7 loss to Pittsburg State last Thursday while Missouri Southern dropped a 31-24 decision to No. 5-ranked Northwest Missouri.
Funk said returning to Yager Stadium should be a big motivator for the Ichabods.
"All week for practices we've had good energy and we've had that mentality of, 'Hey, we need to back in the swing of things and we need to get the momentum rolling,' '' Funk said. "No better way to do that than at home with all your fans cheering for you.''
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Seaman sophomore girls cross country standout Ryin Miller and Hayden junior football quarterback Jett Wahlmeier have been selected by the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency as the Rising Stars of the Week.
The Dan Key Agency will recognize top Shawnee County underclassmen throughout the bulk of the 2023-2024 school year.
Here’s a brief look at the accomplishments of Miller and Wahlmeier over the past week:
Seaman sophomore Ryin Miller was named the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency Female Rising Star of the Week after finishing second in the season-opening Manhattan Invitational. [File photo/TSN]
RYIN MILLER, Seaman
Miller posted a second-place individual finish among 46 runners in last Saturday's season-opening Manhattan Invitational cross country meet at Warner Park.
Miller clocked a five-kilometer time of 19 minutes. 29.1 seconds, leading the Vikings to a fourth-place team finish..
As a freshman Miller was a TopSports.news All-Shawnee County pick and finished fifth in the Class 5A state meet..
Hayden junior quarterback Jett Wahlmeier has been named the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency Male Rising Star of the Week after throwing for 188 yards and three touchdowns in a 41-7 win over Olpe. [File photo/TSN]
JETT WAHLMEIER, Hayden
Wahlmeier opened his junior season with a big performance for the Wildcats in a 41-7 non-league win at Olpe.
Wahlmeier completed 12 of 20 pass attempts for 188 yards and three touchdowns against Olpe.
Wahlmeier threw touchdown passes of 29 and 14 yards to Jensen Schrickel and 18 yards to Treyton Tetuan.
