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Washburn Rural's girls golf team went through a somewhat up and down day in Monday's Class 6A regional at Cypress Ridge.
But the Junior Blues achieved their main objective, earning a team berth for next Monday and Tuesday's state tournament at Emporia Municipal.
Senior Raegan Petersen, lining up a putt, shot an 85 to lead Washburn Rural to a third-place finish and a state berth in Monday's Class 6A regional tournament at Cypress Ridge. [Photo by Rick Petersen/TSN]
The Junior Blues shot a four-person score of 346 Monday to earn the third of four team berths for the state tournament.
"Just survive and advance and see what we've got next week,'' Washburn Rural coach Jared Goehring said. "I thought we were right there for a stretch today and it seemed like we just didn't have our best stuff coming in finishing but we'll work on that this week and get ready to go for some positive results next week at the state tournament.''
Olathe Northwest won the regional team championship by a 331-335 margin over Manhattan while Rural took third-place by a four-stroke margin over Olathe West, which garnered the final team berth.
Senior Raegan Petersen paced Washburn Rural Monday, shooting an 85 to tie for seventh place individually.
Washburn Rural junior Natalie Peterson tied for 10th in Monday's Class 6A regional golf tournament, helping the Junior Blues earn a state berth. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Junior Natalie Peterson tied for 10th with an 86 while senior Olivia Smith tied for 12th with an 87 and junior Reece Randall tied for 14th with an 88 to round out the Junior Blues' top four.
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Carolina Chedzoy
CAROLINA CHEDZOY, Washburn Rural
A junior tennis standout, Chedzoy won the singles championship in Saturday's Class 6A regional tournament at Wichita, topping Junction City's Hannah Micheel in the title match to help the Junior Blues win the team title. Now 19-8 on the season, Chedzoy finished second in the Centennial League tournament earlier in the week as Rural won the team championship, part of a city, league, regional title sweep.
Jackson Esquibel
JACKSON ESQUIBEL, Shawnee Heights
Esquibel, a senior cross country star, captured his first city individual title on Saturday at Kanza Park after finishing second as a junior. A two-time Class 5A state medalist in cross country and a state champion in track, Esquibel set a new personal record on Saturday with a five-kilometer time of 15 minutes, 16.7 seconds, winning by more than 13 seconds.
Jette Glasenapp
JETTE GLASENAPP, Shawnee Heights
A junior foreign exchange student from Germany, Glasenapp completed a sweep of city, United Kansas Conference and Class 5A regional singles tennis championships. Glasenapp won the UKC title last Tuesday with an 8-2 win over Seaman's Emma Sweeney in the final and followed that up with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Sweeney in Saturday's regional tournament at Kossover Tennis Center.
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After winning the United Kansas Conference title on Tuesday, the Seaman girls' tennis team added a Class 5A regional championship on Saturday at Kossover Tennis Center, qualifying its entire team for Friday and Saturday's state meet at Salina, while Shawnee Heights junior Jette Glasenapp punched her ticket to state with the regional singles title.
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Seaman rolled to a Class 5A regional championship Saturday at Kossover Tennis Center, winning by a 24-10 margin while qualifying its entire team for the Class 5A state tournament at Salina. [Photo courtesy of Seaman Athletics]
Senior Katie Krumins and sophomore Molly Gorman won the doubles championship witn a win over teammates Kate Eckert, a senior, and freshman Camryn Lux in an all-Seaman doubles final while Viking freshman Emma Sweeney and junior Sidney Chinn finished second and third in singles.
Seaman senior Katie Krumins and sophomore Molly Gorman won a Class 5A regional doubles title Saturday, giving the Vikings a sweep of city, UKC and regional championships. [Photo courtesy of Seaman Athletics]
Krumins and Gorman, who have now swept city, UKC and regional titles, topped teammates Eckert and Lux 6-1, 6-1 in the doubles championship
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Topeka West football coach Trey Parker’s Chargers have been fighting for their first win all season, and Friday night against Kanss City-Turner they found it, riding the legs of senior Josh Nitschke.
Topeka West senior Josh Nitschke ran for 271 yards and scored four touchdowns in Friday's 35-15 UKC win over Turner. [File photo/TSN]
Trey Parker picked up his first victory as Topeka West's head football coach in Friday's 35-15 United Kansas Conference victory over Kansas City-Turner. [File photo/TSN]
Nitschke led the Chargers with 271 rushing yards and four touchdowns as Topeka West rolled to a 35-15 United Kansas Conference decision over the Bears at Hummer Sports Park.
Parker picked up his first victory as a head coach Friday night.
"Hopefully, it's the first of many wins here at Topeka West,'' said Parker, in his first season as West's head coach after taking over as the Chargers' interim coach for the final three games of the 2022 campaign. "I'm glad we got it out of the way. It felt like a monkey was on our back.
"We had a tough road to this point, but we're just glad to finally be here.''
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Coming off a 14-point loss to Silver Lake in the War on 24 last week, Rossville bounced back with a 21-0 non-league road shutout at perennial state power Holton Friday night.
Rossville senior quarterback Camden Horak ran for a touchdown and passed for a TD in Friday's 21-0 shutout win at Holton. [File photo/TSN]
Rossville junior Tayson Horak (12) scored the Bulldawgs' final touchdown in Friday's 21-0 non-league win at Holton. [File photo/TSN]
The Bulldawgs, who evened their record at 3-3, scored the only touchdown they would need at the 5:57 mark of the first quarter, with senior quarterback Camden Horak connecting with sophomore Jack Donavan for an 8-yard score.
Rossville stretched its lead to 14-0 at the half, with the Bulldawgs scoring at the 11:25 mark of the second quarter on a 1-yard run by C. Horak.
The Bulldawgs finished their scoring with 54 seconds left in the third quarter, getting a 37-yard run from junior Tayson Horak.
