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Austin Broadie, Washburn University
AUSTIN BROADIE, Washburn University
A 6-foot senior outside hitter, Broadie helped lead No. 9-ranked Washburn volleyball to a perfect 3-0 record in the Central Missouri tournament on Friday and Saturday in Warrensburg, Mo. as the Ichabods improved to 11-0 on the season. Broadie registered a career-high 25 kills in Washburn's final match of the weekend, a five-set thriller over Ouachita Baptist.
Dayne Johnson
DAYNE JOHNSON, Silver Lake
Johnson, a senior standout on both sides of the ball for the Silver Lake football team, helped lead the way Friday night as the Eagles picked up their first win of the season, a 19-6 home Big East League decision over Perry-Lecompton. A multi-sport standout, Johnson caught 17 passes for 158 yards and a touchdown from freshman quarterback Kipton Kruger against the Kaws.
Cale Ketter
CALE KETTER, Seaman
Ketter, a 6-foot-1, 170-pound junior quarterback, completed 12 of 15 passes for 278 yards and five touchdowns Friday night as Seaman picked up its first win of the season, a 61-0 United Kansas Conference romp past Topeka West at Hummer Sports Park. Ketter hit Josh Brown for 18 and 32-yard touchdown, Noah Kobuszewski for a 78-yard score, Jayden Evans for a 39-yard strike and Coy Barta for a 27-yard TD.
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The first goal of senior Shaye Taylor's collegiate career was just enough for Washburn University soccer to post its second straight shutout victory with a 1-0 non-conference win over Ouachita Baptist Sunday at Yager Stadium.
Taylor, a 5-foot-7 defender, scored the game's lone goal with just 3:55 left in the opening half, ripping home a free kick that was estimated to be at least 35 yards out.
Washburn defender Shaye Taylor receives a hug from teammate Rilyn Snyder (25) after scoring the lone goal in Sunday's 1-0 win over Ouachita Baptist. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Washburn's soccer team mobs senior defender Shaye Taylor after she scored the lone goal in Sunday's 1-0 win over Ouachita Baptist. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
"Obviously I took a lot of free kicks today and on that one my goal was to shoot it, my goal was to score,'' said Taylor, who began her career at Minot State before transferring to Washburn last season. "I thought the goalie had it and then it slipped through her fingers, so honestly I was a little surprised.
"It would have been a great save on her part, but I was really excited it went in.''
Washburn coach Davy Phillips said the Ichabods' goal on free kicks is always to give themselves a chance to score.
"The most important thing is to put the ball in dangerous areas,'' Phillips said. "And then if you have bodies crashing in dangerous areas own goals happen, goalkeeper mistakes, goals, all of those things.
"So it's about putting the ball in dangerous areas and then hopefully getting dangerous runs to complement the service.''
Phillips, whose Ichabods improved to 3-2-1 and are above .500 for the first time this season, said the team still needs to continue showing improvement, but he was obviously happy to get Sunday's win and a weekend sweep.
"I wasn't overly impressed with our performance today,'' he said. "For me it's about stringing performances together versus results and we I thought missed a chance to string performances together.
"But I told the team I'm proud of them -- two wins, two shutouts -- and those are things we can take a lot of pride in and gain some confidence in and grow it as we get into conference now. Those are important things for us to accomplish this weekend, but I thought ultimately we missed the final goal a little bit.''
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Washburn University football came up just short on the road Saturday night, falling 34-28 at No. 15-ranked Central Oklahoma.
Quarterback Keller Hurla had a hand in three Washburn TDs in Saturday's 34-28 road loss at Central Oklahoma. [File photo/TSN]
Junior Chase Allen-Jackman had 118 receiving yards and a pair of TDs in Saturday's 34-28 road loss at Central Oklahoma. [File photo/TSN]
Washburn wasted no time getting on the board after sophomore linebacker JC Heim picked off an early Central Oklahoma pass, with Justin Lewis capping the short-field opportunity with an 8-yard touchdown pass to Chase Allen-Jackman for a quick 7-0 lead.
The Bronchos responded with a pair of scores to move in front, but the Ichabods tied the game late in the opening quarter when sophomore quarterback Keller Hurla, seeing his first action of the season, powered in from a yard out to finish a 75-yard drive and tie the score at 14-all.
UCO scored 10 straight points to take a 24-14 halftime advantage, but the back and forth contest continued in the third quarter.
Hurla once again punched it in from the 1-yard line and moments later he struck through the air, lining up under center and connecting with Allen-Jackman for an 85-yard touchdown strike.
That big play gave the Ichabods a 28-24 lead with 7:48 to play in the third quarter, but UCO came back with a touchdown drive of its own, regaining the lead 31-28 heading into the final frame.
UCO pushed the lead to six at 34-28 on the first possession of the quarter with a 51-yard field goal wrapping up the scoring in the game.
Allen-Jackman turned in a career night, finishing with five receptions for 118 yards and both of Washburn's passing touchdowns.
Hurla added two rushing scores to go with his long touchdown pass, while Cam Robinson chipped in 32 rushing yards on nine carries.
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Washburn Rural senior cross country standout Brooks Kehoe turned in a very solid performance in Saturday's Shufelberger Top City Classic at Rural, pacing all city runners with a third-place finish.
Washburn Rural senior Brooks Kehoe finishes off a third-place finish in Saturday's Shufelberger Top City Classic. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
But Kehoe thought the day could have been even better.
Kehoe clocked a five-kilometer time of 16 minutes, 25.5 seconds as Shawnee Mission West junior Kallan Horveath won in 16:07.2 and Junction City junior Anthony Testa was second in 16:08.8.
Kehoe led at one point in the race before Horveath and Testa pulled away late.
"It was an alright race,'' Kehoe said. "I think I fell back a little bit more than I should have in my third mile. l let Kallan and Anthony get ahead of me and I kind of let them get away a little bit too much.
"It's all just learning though and trying to get back in that racing mindset before state.''
Kehoe was one of three Junior Blues to post top-10 finishes, with sophomore Clayton Fink placing sixth in 16:36.0 and sophomore Duke Graf finishing 10th in 16:50.4 as Rural finished second as a team to Olathe West (53-58).
Rural sophomore Jaxson Adams finished 14th (17:19.0) while Shawnee Heights senior Max Esquibel placed 15th (17:19.6) and Hayden sophomore Nick Newkirk was 16th (17:20.8).
Seaman senior Brody Anderson and Washburn Rural sophomore Henry Laubach did not run Saturday.
Washburn Rural senior Emily Graf (980) runs with the leaders in Saturday's Shufelberger Top City Classic on the way to a fifth-place finish. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
The Junior Blues finished third as a team in the girls race, with Rural senior Emily Graf finishing a city-best fifth in 19:15.0.
Seaman junior Brynn Spencer placed ninth in 19:30.1 while Rural freshman Alyson Hinck also posted a top-10 finish, taking 10th in 19:37.7.
Senior Kenzie Maddox was 12th (19:58.3) as Washburn Rural finished with 61 points as Shawnee Mission East won the team title with 37 points and Olathe West was second with 52 points.
Hayden's lone entry, junior Sofia Harper, placed 16th in 20:22.8.
Seaman senior Ryin Miller did not compete Saturday as she continues to recover from an injury.
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Hayden, ranked No. 2 in Class 3A by the Kansas Football Coaches Association, improved to 3-0 Friday night with a 46-7 road win at Kansas City Bishop Ward.
The Wildcats took control from the outset, building a 25-0 first-quarter lead and taking a 32-0 advantage to the locker room at halftime.
Hayden led 39-0 at the end of the third quarter before both teams scored TDs in the fourth quarter.
The Wildcats will be at home next Friday, hosting a Wamgo team that handed Hayden one of its two losses in 2024.
Senior quarterback John Hoytal attempts a pass in Friday's 60-28 home loss to Missouri power Platte County. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
Platte County pulls away for 60-28 win over Blues
Washburn Rural scored touchdowns against powerhouse Platte County, a defending Missouri state champion, but the Pirates, who improved to 4-0, rolled up 60 points in a 60-28 win over the Junior Blues at Bowen-Glaze Stadium.
Washburn Rural senior Nate Selm scores a touchdown in Friday's 60-28 loss to Platte County, Mo. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
Now 2-1 on the season, Washburn Rural will travel to Blue Valley Northwest next Friday for a non-league contest.
Rossville suffers first loss, 56-28 to Thunder
After a 2-0 start with thrilling wins over Silver Lake and St. Marys, Rossville fell to undefeated Nemaha Central Friday night, 56-28.
The Bulldawgs, now 2-1 overall and in the Big East League, scored in every quarter against last season's Class 2A runnerup Nemaha Central, but the 3-0 Thunder scored 14 points in all four quarters.
Rossville senior quarterback Canann Mitchell threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to senior Cameron Miller and also scored on a 4-yard run, while the Bulldawgs also got a 4-yard run from senior Jack Donovan and a 6-yard run from senior Andre Johnson.
The Bulldawgs will travel to Maranatha Christian Academy next Friday.
