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Topeka HIgh's girls and Topeka West's boys basketball teams continued their early-season rolls Thursday night, with the Trojans taking a 64-51 non-league win at Bonner Springs while the Chargers took a 58-54 non-league win at Junction City.
Topeka High's boys dropped an 86-78 decision at Bonner Springs while Topeka West's girls lost a tight game at Junction City, 41-36.
TOPEKA HIGH GIRLS 64, BONNER SPRINGS 51 -- Seniors Kiki Smith and Adisyn Caryl combined for 42 points to lead 10th-ranked (Class 6A) Topeka High to its sixth straight victory, 64-51 at Bonner Springs.
Smith scored 26 points and Caryl 16 for the 6-1 Trojans, combining for 14 points in the final quarter.
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Highland Park and Washburn University graduate Billie Jean Moore, a women's basketball coaching legend and coach of the United States' women's Olympic team, passed away Thursday at her home in Fullerton, Calif. at the age of 79.
A member of Highland Park's Wall of Honor, the Washburn Athletic Hall of Fame and the Topeka Shawnee County Hall of Fame along with numerous other honors, Moore was the first coach in women's basketball history to coach two different colleges to national championships.
She coached at California State-Fullerton from 1969 to 1977 where she won the AIAW national title in 1970 in her first year with the team.
Moore went on to coach at UCLA from 1977 to 1993 and claimed the AIAW national title in 1978. Moore became the eighth coach in women’s basketball history to reach the 400-win mark and her overall college coaching record was 436-196.
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DE SOTO (3-1, 2-0) at SEAMAN (1-2, 1-2)
Friday's game is a rematch of last season's Class 5A state championship game, which Seaman won, 66-47. De Soto is currently ranked No. 4 in the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association state rankings. Seaman is coming off a 61-48 United Kansas Conference loss to Piper Tuesday night. Freshman KaeVon Bonner led Seaman with 18 points against Piper. The Vikings have played their first three games without senior standout Aron Davis, who has been on the mend from a summer knee injury.
KC-BISHOP WARD (4-0) at HAYDEN (2-1)
Hayden, ranked No. 3 in Class 4A by the KBCA, went 2-1 in last week's Paul Terry Classic at Emporia, including a 59-45 win over Spring Hill on Saturday. KC-Ward went unbeaten in the Irish Classic, improving to 4-0 on the season with a 61-56 win over Salina Sacred Heart. The Cyclones are ranked No. 10 in 3A.
KC-TURNER (0-3, 0-2) at TOPEKA WEST (4-1, 3-1)
Topeka West, ranked No. 8 in Class 5A by the KWCA, will be looking for its third win of the week Friday night. The Chargers, who have won four straight games, rallied in the second half to take a 65-49 United Kansas Conference win at Lansing on Tuesday and posted a 58-54 non-league win at Junction City Thursday night. Senior Xavier Alexander scored a game-high 25 points for the Chargers in the win over Lansing while senior Malachi Berg led West with 20 points againt Junction City and senior Sincere Austin and junior Caleb Noonoo added 12 points apiece.
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DE SOTO (4-1, 2-0) at SEAMAN (4-0, 3-0)
Seaman, ranked No. 2 in Class 5A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, will square off with No. 6 De Soto in a key United Kansas Conference contest. Both teams are unbeaten in the UKC, with De Soto coming off a 66-28 win over Kansas City-Turner while Seaman rolled to a 63-35 win over Piper Tuesday night. Sophomore Anna Becker had 19 points, 6 assists, 3 steals and 3 3-pointers for Seaman in the win over Piper while junior Taylin Stallbaumer had 11 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 3s and junor Brooklyn Gormley added 10 points.
KC-BISHOP WARD (1-3) at HAYDEN (2-1)
Hayden went 2-1 in last week's Paul Terry Classic at Emporia, including a 47-26 win over Wichita Trinity on Saturday. Junior Lauren Sandstrom and sophomore Brylee Meier combined for 31 points for the Wildcats, with Sandstrom scoring 18 points and Meier adding 13, including four 3-pointers. Ward is 1-3 after a 64-3 loss to Chapman in the Irish Classic. The Cyclones' lone with was a 46-37 decision over Kansas City-Turner.
KC-TURNER (0-3, 0-2) at TOPEKA WEST (0-4, 0-4 through Tuesday)
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Highland Park sophomore basketball standout Amelia Ramsey and Washburn Rural sophomore wrestling standout Easton Broxterman have been named the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency Rising Stars of the Week.
The Dan Key Agency will recognize top Shawnee County underclassmen throughout the 2022-2023 school year.
Here’s a brief look at the accomplishments of Ramsey and Broxterman last week:
AMELIA RAMSEY, Highland Park
Ramsey, a 6-foot sophomore, opened the 2022-2023 season with a team-high 16 points in last Tuesday's Highland Park loss to Bonner Springs and followed that up with a career night in Tuesday night's 68-9 non-league romp past Kansas City-Southeast, Mo., finishing with a double-double of 27 points and 24 rebounds.
Ramsey, who started for the Scots as a freshman, scored more points in the first seven minutes of the game than the Knights would score in the game.
EASTON BROXTERMAN, Washburn Rural
Broxterman, a sophomore 113-pound wrestler, finished second in the 41-school Council Bluffs (Iowa) Classic boys division to pace the two-time defending Class 6A state-champion Washburn Rural boys.
A Class 6A finalist as a freshman, Broxterman, off to an 11-1 start this season, lost a tight 8-5 decision to Fort Dodge junior Dru Ayala in the 113-pound championhip match. Broxterman is currently ranked No. 2 in the All-Class and Class 6A rankings by the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association.