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By RICK PETERSON
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Hayden's boys basketball team was ice cold in the first quarter of Tuesday's Class 4A sub-state semifinal at Parsons, but the Wildcats warmed up quickly on the way to a 62-41 victory.
Junior Cooper Colboch jump-started Hayden with four 3-pointers in the second quarter as the Wildcats posted a 62-41 Class 4A sub-state win at Parsons Tuesday night. [File photo/TSN]
With the win No. 9 seed Hayden advanced to a 7 p.m. sub-state final on Friday at top seed Atchison, an 81-45 winner over Coffeyville on Tuesday.
Parsons led 8-5 at the end of the opening quarter but Hayden hit the host Vikings with a 28-12 second quarter and cruised the rest of the way.
Junior Cooper Colboch hit four 3-pointers in the second quarter to power Hayden (11-10) to a 33-20 halftime advantage while Dominic Ridley also hit two 3s in the quarter.
Hayden boosted its lead to 49-30 by the end of the third quarter and held a 13-11 advantage over the final eight minutes.
Senior Jake Muller led Hayden with 15 points, including a pair of 3-pointers, while Colboch added 14.
Hayden will be looking to get back to the 4A state tournament after finishing fourth a year ago.
Senior Troy Heiman scored 10 points to lead a balanced Silver Lake attack in Tuesday's 37-24 Class 3A sub-state win over Maur Hill. [File photo/TSN]
SILVER LAKE BOYS 37, MAUR HILL-MT. ACADEMY 24 -- No. 6 seed Silver Lake rode a stifling defensive effort to Tuesday's 37-24 win at No. 3 seed Maur Hill in a Class 3A sub-state quarterfinal.
The Eagles, who improved to 8-13, advanced to a 7:30 p.m. sub-state semifinal Friday at tournament host Perry-Lecompton (17-4).
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By ISAAC DEER
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What’s more stressful than facing a team twice? Facing a team three times for a chance to keep a season alive.
Coach Bob Wells talks to his Shawnee Heights team during Tuesday's 38-35 Class 5A sub-state win over De Soto. [Photo by Isaac Deer/TSN]
For the Shawnee Heights girls’ basketball team, defending its home court against United Kansas Conference foe De Soto required an extra dose of blood pressure medication.
Luckily for Shawnee Heights, it could hold on tight in the fourth quarter at the Birdcage, ending De Soto’s season with a 38-35 victory Tuesday in the semifinal round of Class 5A sub-state play.
“They know us, and we know them, which makes the situation even tougher,” Shawnee Heights coach Bob Wells said. “I thought (De Soto) played well against us and against the tiniest of adjustments that we made. They were doing everything that they could do not to let some of our kids be successful. That’s what good coaches do, and they have one.
“It took for us to make the plays down in the end. For us, being able to get into our trapping situations really helped us because we were able to get some turnovers out of it. That was huge for us.”
Shawnee Heights had split the season series before its win on Tuesday night.
The Thunderbirds dropped the season opener to De Soto, losing by four, but avenged its loss with a nine-point victory on Jan. 12.
Both of the previous contests were in the rearview, and the only thing that mattered to Shawnee Heights was getting the job done on Tuesday night, so they could keep its state tournament hopes alive.
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By KYLE MANTHE
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Class 5A No. 1-ranked Seaman girls basketball needed only 60 minutes of real-world time to roll past Kansas City-Schlagle, 73-11, Tuesday night in the Vikes' highest scoring game of the season.
Junior Taylin Stallbaumer led 10 scorers for Seaman with a game-high 13 points in the Vikings' 73-11 Class 5A sub-state win over KC-Schlagle. [File photo/TSN]
“We definitely want to be peeking by the end of the year and playing your best basketball. And we’re better when we share the ball, I thought we did that tonight, which is definitely a good sign heading into the sub-state championship,” said Seaman coach Matt Tinsley.
Seaman, 20-1, advanced to a Class 5A sub-state championship on Friday where it will play host to United Kansas Conference rival Piper, who the Vikings are 2-0 against on the year.
“After tonight we are 0-0, everybody is 0-0 again, it’s a one game season and we got to focus, just on little things. This time of year it just comes down to execution and making sure we are executing our alignment and our assignment regardless of who we play we know it’s going to be a good game,” Tinsley said.
Seaman’s season came to an end in the sub-state championship last season, something the team has thought about making sure wouldn’t happen this season since Day 1.
“The first day of practice is when we began the season with the end in mind. But there’s nothing to celebrate, we aren't there yet, we gotta go to work,” Tinsey said.
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By RICK PETERSON
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It's been three years since Wichita West came to Washburn Rural and took a 42-40 upset win over the heavily-favored Junior Blues in the opening round of Class 6A boys sub-state competition
For a brief time Tuesday night it appeared as if Campus might pull off a similar stunner, but after the Junior Blues saw a 17-point lead turn into a one-point deficit at the start of the fourth quarter, Washburn Rural responded with a clutch performance over the final eight minutes to advance to a sub-state final with a 60-51 victory over the Colts.
Senior Jack Bachelor led Washburn Rural with 14 points in Tuesday's 60-51 Class 6A sub-state semifinal win over Campus. [File photo/TSN]
Alex Hutchins' Washburn Rural boys will play for a Class 6A sub-state title on Friday after taking control down the stretch for a 60-51 win over Campus Tuesday night. [File photo/TSN]
Now 15-5 on the season, Rural advanced to host 15-6 Derby, a 69-52 winner over Wichita West, in Friday's sub-state final.
Senior Jack Bachelor, who paced a balanced Rural scoring attack against Campus with 14 points, remembered the 2020 loss to Wichita West well.
"It was my freshman year and they got us first round,'' Bachelor said. "No game in the playoffs is easy. I knew that and I was like, 'We're taking one game at a time.' People were asking me about Friday and I said, 'We're worried about Tuesday. We've got to prep for Campus and get ready,' because I still had that bad taste in my mouth from freshman year. I knew we had to be ready.''
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By Todd Fertig
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The Highland Park girls basketball team took an important first step toward a trip to state Tuesday by holding off Leavenworth 53-38 on the Scots’ home floor.
Seeded third in the Class 5A East bracket, the Scots rode a dominant performance by sophomore post Amelia Ramsey to continue the improbable turnaround of the Highland Park girls program.
Sophomore standout Amelia Ramsey scored 27 points and grabbed 27 rebounds in Highland Park's 53-38 Class 5A sub-state semifinal win over Leavenworth Tuesday night. [File photo/TSN]
It was just three years ago that the Scots could barely field five players. Now, with a roster loaded with underclassmen, they are a game away from a trip to Emporia for the state tournament.
“All along we just told the girls to trust the process,” said second-year Highland Park coach Rob Brown. “One of our goals was to host a sub-state game. And a goal was to win a sub-state game. Now we’re fortunate to get to host a sub-state championship game.”
Highland Park, which improved its record to 18-3, will host Shawnee Heights, the six seed in the East bracket, Friday.
