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By Rick Peterson
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After struggling offensively in a 2-1 nine-inning, second-game loss to Lansing on Tuesday, Seaman's baseball team struggled to get runs home again early in Friday's home non-league game against Tonganoxie.
But the Vikings came to life just in time, rallying from a 3-0 deficit to take a 5-3 win over the Chieftains.
Seaman junior Holden Finley (4) hit the tie-breaking home run in the sixth inning as the Vikings rallied to take a 5-3 non-league win over Tonganoxie Friday at Seaman. [File photo/TSN]
The come-from-behind win could loom large for 11-2 Seaman, a perennial Class 5A contender, which is fighting for a top postseason seed in 5A.
"I think it was big just because of coming off a loss, you want to get that taste out of your mouth,'' Seaman coach Trent Oliva said. "They have a big weekend as high school kids -- it's our prom weekend -- so that's another thing as a coach you worry about them getting focused on the wrong things and being in the right spot and I think this kind of showed us a little bit of toughness on their part, just being able to get plugged back in to do those things to be able to mark in the fourth, fifth and six innings.''
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Washburn golf could not complete a late push and finished tied for second place at the MIAA Championship tournament.
Dawson Wills led the way with a tie for fifthplace individually as Washburn tied for second in the MIAA golf championships. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
The Ichabods will await their fate for qualification for the NCAA Midwest/Central Super Regional Championship beginning May 11.
Washburn finished round three tied with Northeastern State for second place in the tournament finishing at +22. Missouri Southern State made a comeback in the final nine holes and won by two strokes, finishing with a total of 884. Central Missouri and Central Oklahoma rounded out the top five respectively.
Dawson Wills continued to lead the Ichabods through the third day, finishing tied for fifth overall at just four over par. Wills shot a 74 on the final round including notching his second eagle of the tournament on the final hole of the day.
Jack Baker dashed up the leaderboards over the final 18 holes. Baker shot a 72 round good for an even-par round to close out the tournament with a total score of 222 and all alone in eightht place. Max Ullan was just behind him, finishing in a three-way tie for ninth place at seven over par. Ullan shot a 75 on the final round, ending his day with a birdie on hole 18.
Kade Prentice shot a 75 over the final 18 holes to end tied for 12th overall and at eight over par. Cade Uhlenhake wrapped up the scoring with a 75 on the final round as well, placing tied for 15th with a total score of 225.
All five Ichabods finished in the top-15 of the 50-player field. As a team Washburn had the best average scoring on par five holes, carding a 4.68 on them. On par fours the Ichabods averaged 4.19, second best among the 10 teams.
Washburn picked up 157 pars in the tournament, four more than any other team, and had three total eagles which was also the most among the field.
WU men's tennis advances to MIAA/GAC Tournament Championship
No. 24 Washburn men's tennis is advancing to the MIAA/GAC Tournament Championship after sweeping No. 36 Harding 4-0 in the semifinals on Thursday morning. The Ichabods will face No. 15 Northwest Missouri State in the championship on Friday at 9 a.m.
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Hayden sophomore baseball standout Cooper Grace and Wildcat junior track and field standout Natalie Hillebert 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 2022-2023 school year.
Here’s a brief look at the accomplishments of Grace and Hillebert over the past week:
Hayden sophomore Cooper Grace finished off a complete-game pitching victory Monday at Washburn Rural. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
COOPER GRACE, Hayden
Grace helped Hayden close out a Centennial League sweep over Class 6A Washburn Rural on Monday with a 15-4 second-game victory that began last Friday.
After Hayden rallied for a 4-3 win in last Friday's first game, the second game was tied at 2-2 in the top of the third inning before lightning pushed the completion of the nightcap back to Monday. Grace posted a complete-game, five-hit victory while striking out seven batters.
Offensively Grace contributed two hits, including a double, and scored three runs.
Junior Natalie Hillebert eclipsed a Hayden girls 400-meter dash school record that had stood for 37 years in last weekend's Kansas Relays. [Twitter]
NATALIE HILLEBERT, Hayden
Hillebert ran a 58.65-second 400-meter dash in last Friday's Kansas Relays preliminaries at Rock Chalk Park, breaking a Hayden school record that had stood since 1986.
A two-time All-Shawnee County selection, Hillebert broke the Hayden school 400 record of 58.9 set by Laura Sargent
HIllebert, who placed third in the Class 4A state meet in the 400 as a sophomore, went on to finish seventh in Saturday's Kansas Relays final of the 400.
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Despite seeing four overwhelmingly positive defensive innings Wednesday, Washburn Rural would allow 18 runs in a two-inning span to Centennial League baeball power Manhattan in an 18-2 Game 1 loss at Rural before the nightcap was postponed due to weather.
Washburn Rural's Kyle Walker (right) had a pair of doubles and a run batted in against Manhattan Wednesday at Rural. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Washburn Rural senior pitcher Zach Sharshel pitched four innings of shutout baseball in Wednesday's Centennial League loss to Manhattan. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
The contest was tight and competitive for most of Washburn Rural's Senior Night, with the game a 0-0 tie through four innings.
However, Manhattan would get the bats going in the top of the fifth with three runs and then blast the Junior Blues with 15 runs in the sixth inning.
Washburn Rural coach Jay Mastin knows that Manhattan is always a challenge, especially with the Junior Blues' recent struggles this year.
"I'm super proud of these guys," Mastin said. "They came out and battled and went toe to toe with Manhattan. We were right in there until that last inning. We had some bad luck with bringing the infield in. A bloop here, a drop there and an error here, a hard hit at third and a ball that just went through the infield. We missed a double play opportunity as well. It's just (how) the year has gone so far."
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TopSports.News, in partnership with the University of Kansas Health System St Francis Campus, A-1 Lock and Key and Washburn University, will host the 18th annual Topeka Shawnee County Sports Awards/Hall of Fame induction ceremony on June 28, 2023 at Washburn's Memorial Union.
For the third straight year TopSports.news will serve as host for the Sports Awards/Hall of Fame banquet, a longstanding tradition for the Topeka and Shawnee County sports community.
The ceremony will highlight Shawnee County high school senior student-athletes’ achievements throughout the 2022-2023 school year along with the induction of the 2023 Topeka Shawnee County Hall of Fame Class.
Schools have been asked to submit nominees with a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average for both female and male candidates for the fall, winter and spring seasons as well as nominees for most inspirational athlete. Over-all outstanding male and female athletes for 2022-2023 will also be named.
Also recognized will be an outstanding female and male athlete from Washburn University.
The four-member 2023 Hall of Fame class and the '23 Washburn University Athletes of the Year will be announced on TopSports.news on May 1.
The high school nominees for the 10 Shawnee County high schools will be announced in June after the conclusion of the spring sports season.
