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By Rick Peterson
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Friday was one of those rare occasions in sports where the coach of the team that came up on the short end of the score was about as happy as the coach of the team that ended up with the victory.
Washburn Rural senior Mackinly Rohn scored the lone goal in Friday's 1-0 Centennial League win at Hayden. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Washburn Rural sophomore Kate Hinck and Hayden sophomore Camryn McDonald chase the ball in Friday's 1-0 Rural win at Hayden. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Hayden's girls soccer team went toe to toe with city, Centennial League and Class 6A power Washburn Rural from start to finish Friday at Hayden, with the Junior Blues escaping with a 1-0 victory on senior Mackinly Rohn's second-half goal.
Washburn Rural, which improved to 7-1-0 overall and 3-0 in the Centennial League, had a stiff wind at its back in the opening half but couldn't take advantage. In fact, Hayden had the best two scoring opportunities of the half less than 10 minutes into the game, but Rural senior goalkeeper Hailey Beck kept the Wildcats out of the net.
Hayden (3-2-1, 0-1) couldn't get much going offensively in the second hald despite the wind adantage and Rohn finally broke the ice with 16:30 left to play.
"I thought their effort and performance was very good,'' Hayden coach Klaus Kreutzer said of his Wildcats. "We had a short hiccup (on Rohn's goal) and we had opportunities. The key is to keep that intensity and keep that level of work.''
Washburn Rural coach Brian Hensyel also had good things to say about Hayden but was happy his team was able to come away with the victory.
"I thought Hayden played really hard and they were super organized and made it hard to score goals,'' Hensyel said. "We had the big wind in the first half and we couldn't get any good chances. We couldn''t get in the box and I thought they played great defense.
"We told the girls that sometimes you don't have your best game. It wasn't our best night but we found a way to get a goal and tough a win out For us the biggest thing probably was that's seven shutouts in eight games. Hayden probably should have scored a couple in the first half and then in the second half we really didn't give them any good chances when they had the wind.''
Hayden will be at home next Tuesday to host Junction City in a Centennial League contest while Washburn Rural will travel to Wichita to face Bishop Carroll.
WASHBURN RURAL 1, HAYDEN 0
Washburn Rural (7-1-0, 3-0) 0 1 -- 1
Hayden (3-2-1, 0-1) 0 0 -- 0
Washburn Rural -- Goal: Rohn Shutout: Beck.
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By Todd Fertig
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The Shawnee Heights baseball team clawed back from a 7-0 deficit to shock Basehor-Linwood with a 13-9 United Kansas Conference win at Bettis Family Sports Complex Thursday.
Junior Jayden Holly turned in a clutch pitching performance on Thursday as Shawnee Heights baseball rallied from a 7-0 deficit to take a 13-9 UKC win over Basehor-Linwood. [File photo/TSN]
With his team struggling to find itself both at the plate and in the field, junior Jayden Holly entered the game in the fourth inning and gradually got things under control. He worked a perfect fifth inning, which ignited the T-Birds’ fire.
“Holly threw a bunch of strikes for us even when we couldn’t field it for him,” Shawnee Heights coach Ryan Schmidt said. “He just continued working through adversity and throwing strikes and finding ways to get us outs until we could come back and try to do some damage.”
Trailing 7-0 in the bottom of the fifth, the T-Birds started chipping away with three walks and two singles, stealing bases and advancing on wild pitches. Five runs later, there was hope.
“Luckily in the fifth we were able to plate five,” Schmidt said. “We started getting some better at bats, were selective on pitches, and that kind of snowballed in the sixth.”
Holly surrendered two unearned runs in the top of the sixth inning but battled through it to keep the T-Birds within striking distance.
“It was just fastball pretty much, just staying inside, nothing easy, Holly said. “I was just pounding the zone and trusting the defense.”
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By Rick Peterson
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Seaman girls soccer coach Tim Nussbaum is very appreciative of the mix on his Viking squad between proven veterans and talented newcomers.
And that mix was on full display Thursday night as Seaman bounced back from its first loss of the season with a 7-0 United Kansas Conference romp past Leavenworth at Seaman.
Seaman senior Jaycee Schumann scored three goals, all in the second half, as the Vikings improved to 7-1 with a 7-0 UKC win over Leavenworth. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Seaman freshman Ava Huston scored the first two goals of the game in Thursday's 7-0 UKC win over Leavenworth. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Freshman Savannah Nelson had a first-half goal in Seaman's 7-0 UKC win over Leavenworth Thursday. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Freshmen Ava Huston and Savannah Nelson accounted for all three of Seaman's first-half goals and seniors Jaycee Schumann and Brooklyn Yingling took over in the second half, combining for the Vikings' four goals, including a three-goal hat trick from Schumann.
Seaman's freshman class also contributed three assists, with Averi Tuck dishing out two assists and Ava Golightley one.
With senior Carstyn Anderson sidelined with an injury, Seaman is playing with just three seniors, but Schumann said the Vikings have gotten a big lift from their newcomers, who have made an immediate impact.
"I think since our first game they just really stepped up and we have good chemistry together so I feel like that works on the field, too,'' Schumann said. "They just fit in really well, they're really good.''
Nussbaum agreed.
"I love the freshmen's energy,'' he said. "I love that everybody's united, everybody's working as a unit and we're just trying to get better every day.''
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By Rick Peterson
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Washburn Rural's girls swimming team won five events and posted top-three finishes in 10 of 12 events in Wednesday's Topeka West Invitational en route to winning the team championship by a 501-396 margin over Manhattaat the Capitol Federal Natatorium.
Washburn Rural's Audrey Appuhn posted two individual wins and added a relay victory in Wednesday's Topeka West Invitational. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Washburn Rural's Makenna Pritchard won the 50-yard freestyle and was also a part of the winning 200 medley and 200 free relays in Wednesday's Topeka West Invitational. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Seaman was third with 261 points while Topeka High was seventh with 129 points, Hayden eighth with 81.5 points and Topeka West 10th with 26 points.
Washburn Rural's Audrey Appuhn picked up individual victories in the 200-yard freestyle (2 minutes, 01.90 seconds) and the 500 freestyle (5:23.61) and teamed with Kiersten Harris, Mara Bare and Makenna Pritchard to win the 200 medley relay (2:01.14).
Pritchard added an individual win in the 50 freestyle (25.75) while the team of Genevieve Miranda, Ella Bombardier, Bare and Pritchard won the 200 free relay in 1:49.17.
Pritchard took second in the 100 freestyle (56.23) while Harris finished second in the 100 breaststroke (1:17.38).
Seaman's Avery Walz won the 200-yard individual medley in Wednesday's Topeka West Invitational. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Seaman got wins from Avery Walz in the 200 individual medley (2:11.79) and the 100 freestyle (54.46) while Tauren Walz picked up a win in the 100 backstroke (1:03.10).
The foursome of T. Walz, Leila McCourt, Joslynn Grace and A. Walz placed second in the the 400 free relay (2:05.23) while T. Walz finished second in the 200 freestyle (2:04.71) and Grace was second in the 200 IM (2:19.38)
Topeka High's Brianna Devlin won the one-meter diving title with a score of 253.20 points while Hayden's Kaylee Gregg was third (197.70).
TOPEKA WEST INVITATIONAL
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By RICK PETERSON
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Silver Lake sophomore pitcher Kendra Cook and Shawnee Heights junior track and field standout Jackson Esquibel 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 Cook and Esquibel over the past week:
Sophomore Kendra Cook pitched a complete-game five-hitter in Silver Lake's 5-0 second-game win over Rossville on Monday at Silver Lake after picking up a 4-2 win over Basehor-Linwood last Thursday. [Photo by Brent Maycock/KSHSAA Covered]
KENDRA COOK, Silver Lake
Cook picked up a pair of pitching wins over previously-unbeaten Basehor-Linwood and Rossville in her last two starts, helping Silver Lake improve to 6-0 on the season.
Cook gave up five hits while striking out four in last Thursday's 4-2 road win over Basehor-Linwood, which finished second in the Class 5A state tournament last season.
The Eagle standout followed that up with a five-hit, complete-game 5-0 shutout over rival Rossville on Monday at Silver Lake. Cook also struck out four in that win.
Shawnee Heights junior Jackson Esquibel set school records in the boys 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs in last Friday's Lansing Invitational. [Submitted photo]
JACKSON ESQUIBEL, Shawnee Heights
A Class 5A state medalist in both cross country and track, Esquibel set Shawnee Heights school records in the 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs in last Friday's Lansing Invitational.
Esquibel won the 1,600 in 4 minutes, 23.37 seconds and finished second in the 3,200 in 9:31.56.
Esquibel broke the previous school record of 4:24.09 in the 1,600 and the previous record of 9:31.9, set 34 seasons ago, in the 3,200.
