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By Rick Peterson
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If Hayden's girls soccer team had capitalized on a few more of its first-half scoring opportunities, Wednesday's home non-league match against Lansing might have come to an early end.
Hayden senior Sloane Sims (5) scored a pair of goals in Wednesday's 6-0 non-league soccer win over Lansing. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Hayden senior Noelia Cruz (left) had a penalty-kick goal and an assist in Wednesday's 6-0 soccer win over Lansing. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Freshman Reese Huscher (center) executes a header in Hayden's 6-0 non-league soccer win over Lansing Wednesday at Hayden. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
But other than that, veteran Wildcat coach Klaus Kreutzer had very little to be disappointed about after Hayden improved to 3-0-1 on the season with a 6-0 victory.
"That's something we talked about at halftime, that we created a lot of opportunities, we just didn't finish,'' Kreutzer said. "I'm happy with the effort. I'm not all that crazy about the execution but the effort's been good.
"We've got the talent. Now it's just up to the coach to kind of try to shape them up a little bit, but we're getting there.''
Senior Sloane Sims scored the only goal Hayden would need just 5:10 into the game.
The score remained 1-0 for nearly 18 minutes before junior Jill Lenherr made it a 2-0 game with 16:54 remaining in the first half and Lenherr added her second goal of the game with 2:13 left in the half to give the Wildcats a 3-1 halftme advantage.
Hayden converted back-to-back penality kicks by seniors Noelia Cruz and Briahna Barnett to open up a commanding 5-0 lead with 12:34 remaining and Sims scored her second goal as the final seconds ticked off to end the match.
Cruz had an assist to go with her goal while juniors Hanna Bartlett, Lauren Sandstrom and Kiley Egnoske also dished out assists.
Freshmen Kadence Watts and Lauren Bourjon combined for the shutout in goal.
HAYDEN 6, LANSING 0
Lansing 0 0 -- 0
Hayden 3 3 -- 6
Hayden -- Goals: Lenherr 2, Sims 2, Cruz, Barnett. Assists: Cruz, Bartlett, Sandstrom, Egnoske. Shutout: Watts, Borjon.
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By Rick Peterson
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Sophomore Lailah Benz scored a three-goal hat trick Tuesday night as Shawnee Heights' girls soccer team improved to 2-1 on the season with a 5-0 non-league win at the Bettis Family Sports Complex.
Shawnee Heights sophomore Lailah Benz (2) scored three goals in Tuesday's 5-0 non-league win over Ottawa. [File photo/TSN]
Shawnee Heights posted its second straight shutout win after blanking Kansas City-Harmon 10-0 last Thursday.
Benz scored the T-Birds' first two goals against the Cyclones and also scored Shawnee Heights' final goal of the night.
Shawnee Heights also got goals from seniors Peyton Hack andd Lily Martin while freshman Mackenzie Mertel registered the shutout in goal.
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By KYLE MANTHE
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In Seaman’s first softball game of the 2023 season the Vikings took a 6-3 loss to Topeka West before bouncing back with a 13-1 win in the second half of the doubleheader.
Tuesday, in a single game, Seaman fell behind 5-1 after the second inning and scored eight runs over the final four innings to knock off Shawnee Heights, 9-5.
Seaman junior Jersey Jellison had a home run in Tuesday's 9-5 UKC comeback win over Shawnee Heights. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Seaman senior Aspen Burgardt was the starting pitcher and contributed a two-run double as the Vikings rallied for a 9-5 UKC win over Shawnee Heights. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
“The kids, they have a lot of character. It’s a really close-knit group of kids, “ said Seaman coach Jay Monhollon. “Today they just kept battling, you know, because to them they were in control.”
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By Todd Fertig
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It had been so long since Topeka High took a baseball game from Washburn Rural, no one in attendance at Hummer Sports Park Tuesday night could remember for sure when it last happened.
The Trojans didn’t just win a game on Tuesday, they swept a doubleheader over the Junior Blues in dramatic fashion.
Topeka High's baseball team huddles up after Tuesday's Centennial League doubleheader sweep over Washburn Rural. [Photo by Todd Fertig/TSN]
Topeka High junior Nate Plankinton turned in clutch relief pitching performances in both games in the Trojans' twinbill sweep over Washburn Rural. [Photo by Todd Fertig/TSN]
Washburn Rural jumped out to early leads in both games, only to see the scrappy Trojans roar back with big innings and gutsy pitching from junior Nate Plankinton to win both.
Topeka High claimed the first game 6-5, then won a wild 11-10 marathon that included a 20-minute delay for a light outage.
“This was a really tough test for us,” said Topeka High coach Cody Miller. “They placed third in state last year and they’re a really good team. For us to not fold and keep our heads up and keep chipping away at them ... we didn’t really do anything spectacular. We did basic things and kept making basic plays.
"Then we handed it over to Nate at the end because we had a chance to go get it. He’s our guy. He did a great job of closing it out for us.”
Plankinton, scheduled to pitch the second game of the doubleheader, came in in relief in the fourth inning of the first game when the Trojans bats came alive.
He entered the first game in the top of the fifth inning after the Trojans rallied back from a 5-1 deficit to lead 6-5. The junior struck out six batters and surrendered just one single and one walk over the next three frames for the win.
“I don’t even focus on how many runs we’re up,” Plankinton said. “I just focus on getting the guys out at the plate. That’s all we need.”
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By ISAAC DEER
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Seaman’s girls soccer team is off to an undefeated 3-0-0 start, with two of its early regular-season wins coming from teams that were in state tournaments a year ago.
Seaman junior Marin Schuler (22) scored two goals Tuesday as the Vikings improved to 3-0 with a 3-2 non-league win over Cair Paravel Latin. [Photo by Trevor Falcon/Special to TSN]
Seaman's soccer team celebrates a goal by Viking junior Marin Schuler in Tuesday's 3-2 win over Cair Paravel at the Sunflower Soccer Complex. [Photo by Trevor Falcon/Special to TSN]
In Seaman’s home opener last Tuesday, the Lady Vikings knocked off Class 6A Manhattan. 3-1. Manhattan finished fourth in the state last year. Then on Thursday, Seaman defeated former Centennial League foe Emporia, 6-0.
Seaman started the second week of the season on the right foot Tuesday with a 3-2 city defeat over Cair Paravel Latin.
The Lions return a nearly identical team from last season after their fourth-place finish in the 4A-1A state tournament.
It hasn’t been the most leisurely start to the season with Seaman’s high-quality opponents, but the Vikings are happy with how they have found a way to handle the challenges.
“It’s been a great start,” Seaman coach Tim Nussbaum said. “We just want to keep getting better every day, and we want to keep this thing going.”
