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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.
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The No. 9-ranked Ichabods wrapped up non-conference play on Saturday afternoon with a 3-2 win over Ouachita Baptist, also putting a finishing touch on the Comfort Inn Invitational hosted by Central Missouri.
Austin Broadie (right) had 25 kills as Washburn improved to 11-0 with a five-set win over Ouchita Baptist Saturday in Warrensburg, Mo. [File photo/TSN]
After going up 2-0 with 25-19 and 30-28 set victories, the 11-0 Ichabods saw the match tied at two after Ouachita Baptist (10-3) won 25-23 and 25-17 in the next two sets.
Washburn rebounded to win 15-9 in the final set to tie the longest winning streak overall and to start a season since 2022.
It was the Tigers that took an early lead in the first set. They led 11-7 before a four-point run by the Ichabods that was capped off by two straight kills from Austin Broadie to tie the set.
After two more ties, Washburn created separation with four more points in a row, starting on a kill by Bella Limback. Three kills in five points by Alex Dvorak extended the lead before she and Broadie ended the set at 25-19 with the final two kills.
There was a faster start in set two for the Ichabods, as they led 6-3 after Keilah Rivers found the ground for a kill. Washburn led 8-6 until Ouachita Baptist got rolling with seven straight points to put the Ichabods in their biggest deficit of the day to that point.
The lead never exchanged hands until a 4-0 Washburn run, with an ace by Taylor Rottinghaus, putting them in front 23-22. The lead shifted, with the Ichabods facing set point twice and overcoming it.
Kills by Rivers and Shannon Frakes flipped the lead with an attacking error by the Tigers ending the set at 30-28.
Washburn carried the momentum into a 5-2 lead to begin the third set. Ouachita Baptist came back with four points in a row and shortly after took six of seven to lead 13-9. The Ichabods rallied late in the set, tying it at 22 with three straight kills by Broadie. The Tigers took three of the next four points to win the set.
In the fourth the Tigers kept the rally going, starting out with a 9-3 lead. Washburn got three straight points, pulling within two after a Limback kill. The offense for Ouachita Baptist was at its best, hitting .281 as a team while the Ichabods had a match-low .025 percentage as a team in the fourth set resulting in a 25-17 loss.
With Washburn trailing 4-3 in the fifth, Limback delivered a kill and Rivers served up three straight aces as WU went in front 7-4. After the Tigers came back to tie twice the Ichabods went back to Broadie and Dvorak down the stretch, winning seven of the last eight points to take the set 15-9.
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The Washburn University soccer team got back in the win column on Friday at Yager Stadium with a 2-0 victory over Harding.
Former Washburn Rural state champ Kate Hinck scored her first collegiate goal on Friday in Washburn's 2-0 win over Harding. [File photo/TSN]
Former Washburn Rural star Kate Hinck, a freshman forward, scored the first goal of her collegiate career in the seventh minute off an assist from sophomore midfielder Sam Searcey and Searcey, who added a goal of her own in the 28th minute to account for the final score.
Washburn attempted eight shots in the half, with half of them being on goal.
Ichabod freshman goalkeeper Lili Everley saved the only shot of the half from the Lady Bison.
Washburn would continue to control the game in the second half, maintaining pressure on the Harding goal while taking five more shots, with one being saved. Washburn also took two corners in the second half to see out the match.
WU's 13 shots were the Ichabods second most in a game this season, with five of them being on goal. Washburn only allowed three shots total, which is the least amount of shots Washburn has allowed so far this season.
Everley picked up her first collegiate shutout in goal.
The Ichabods had five corners in the match, while allowing only two from the Lady Bison.
All six of Washburn's goals on the season have been scored by underclassmen.
Washburn is back at home at 1 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, hosting Ouachita Baptist.
