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By Rick Peterson
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Junction City's boys basketball team entered Wednesday's Centennial League makeup game knowing that Hayden was without two starters and still looking for its first win of 2024.
Hayden junior Cooper Grace (21) goes up for a shot in Wednesday's 70-45 Centennial League loss to Junction City. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Hayden coach Trey Brown talks to his Wildcats during a timeout in Wednesday's 70-45 loss to Junction City. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
So, with that in mind, coach Nick Perez's game plan was for the Blue Jays to take it to the host Wildcats early and take control.
No. 9-ranked (Class 6A) Junction City did exactly that, going wire to wire for a 70-45 win at the Bueltel Activity Center.
"The goal was to come in and get after them right away and I thought we did that,'' Perez said. "Trey (Brown) does a good job of getting those guys to play really hard. They play hard and what we talked about all week was just matching their intensity and we did that.
"We ran some stuff and we got some shots, Jackson (Austin) got going, and then we got downhill and made some layups.''
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By CHARLES SPURLOCK
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NORTONVILLE -- The Rossville Lady Dawgs, ranked No. 3 in Class 3A, began the Jefferson County North Invitational Tournament playing the Tigers from Atchison County Community High School. The Lady Dawgs dominated from start to finish, winning 78-16.
Rossville sophomore Rylee Dick scored a career-high 27 points in Tuesday's 78-16 win over Atchison County. [File photo/TSN]
The game was never in doubt with Rossville leading 35-3 after one quarter, 52-3 at halftime and outscoring ACCHS 26-13 in the second half.
The Lady Dawgs were led by sophomore Rylee Dick with a career-high 27 points, while freshman Nora Burdiek had 20 points and senior Emma Mitchell scored 17 points. Burdiek led Rossville with 7 rebounds, 8 steals and 4 blocked shots.
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Shawnee Heights' boys basketball team, which cracked this week's Class 5A state rankings at No. 9, backed that up Tuesday night with an impressive 73-61 United Kansas Conference road win over No. 4-ranked De Soto.
Junior Jaret Sanchez scored 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in Shawnee Heights' 73-61 UKC road win over No. 4-ranked De Soto. [File photo/TSN]
After having its seven-game win streak snapped by Blue Valley North in Saturday's championship game of the Shawnee Mission West Invitational, the T-Birds bounced back with Tuesday's win, avenging a 56-46 season-opening loss to the Wildcats.
"It's a benchmark win for Shawnee Heights,'' T-Bird coach Ken Darting said. "It's what we've been playing for.''
Junior Jaret Sanchez led the T-Birds with 27 points and 10 rebounds while senior Brennon Dodge added 16 points and six rebounds and junior Deacon Pomeroy had 12 points and eight rebounds for Heights, which improved to 8-3 on the season.
Senior star David Cobin led 10-2 De Soto with 23 points and 10 rebounds.
Shawnee Heights will be back at home Friday night, hosting city rival Hayden in a non-league contest.
Rossville sophomore Rylee Dick scored a career-high 27 points in Tuesday's 78-16 win over Atchison County. [File photo/TSN]
Bulldawgs ride Dick's 27-point night to 78-16 tournament win
Rossville's girls, No. 3-ranked in Class 3A, opened their tournament bid in the Jefferson County North Invitational Tuesday night with a 78-16 first-round win over Atchison County.
Sophoore Rylee Dick scored a career-high 27 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead the Bulldawgs while freshman Nora Burdiek added 20 points and senior Emma Mitchell 17.
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By Todd Fertig
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A furious comeback by Cair Paravel Latin fell short Tuesday night in a Kaw Valley Conference battle against Bishop Seabury, with the Lions falling at home, 69-62.
Cair Paravel Latin senior Simon Everhart (1) led the Lions with 21 points in Tuesday's 69-62 loss to Bishop Seabury. [Photo by Jan Pabitzky/Special to TSN]
A cold second quarter found the Lions trailing 34-21 at the half and the Seahawks stretched their lead to 55-38 to start the fourth period.
The Lions, led by junior Jace Pavlik, came roaring back. Pavlik fired in 14 points in the fourth period as the Lions ramped up fullcourt pressure and rattled the visiting Seahawks.
The Lions shaved the deficit to 65-59 and nearly made it a one-possession game when a 3-point attempt by Cair Paravel senior Simon Everhart rattled out with just under two minutes remaining.
Bishop Seabury made just enough of its free throws to hold off the home team down the stretch.
“We had a lid on the cup for a little bit,” Cair Paravel coach Chip Kueffer said. “There were some things that we could have done to help ourselves out. But all in all, that’s basketball. It’s a game of runs. So, you’ve got to be able to take ‘em on the chin and punch back.”
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Topeka High junior diver Jaxon Cowdin doesn't lose often in his specialty and will never get used to that feeling but the Trojan standout will use Tuesday's loss in the Topeka High Invitational as motivation as he faces the biggest meets of the year, beginning with Thursday's city championhips.
Jaxon Cowdin, Topeka High
Cowdin, the reigning city and Centennial League diving champ, posted an 11-dive score of 346.70 points on Tuesday at the Capitol Federal Natatorium, finishing second to Lawrence Free State's Isaiah Wilkins, who won with 431.35 points.
"Obviously I'm never fine with being beat, but I can definitely give respect to the dude that beat me,'' said Cowdin, who finished 10th in Class 6A as a sophomore. "I can definitely understand that.''
