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The Darting Basketball Academy will hold its second annual Community Give Back Shoe Drive Camp on Dec. 28 at Topeka Collegiate School to help provide new basketball shoes for children in need.
The Darting Basketball Academy will hold its 2nd annual Community Give Back Shoe Drive Camp on Dec. 28 at Topeka Collegiate School. [File photo/TSN]
The camp, which will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., will include 50 participants, with the price of admission a new pair of sneakers that will be distributed to local kids.
The camp for boys and girls 8-14 years old is sold out, but interested individuals are still welcome to donate shoes to the project.
The goal is to raise 200 pairs of shoes to distribute within the community.
Local basketball standouts as well as city coaches will serve as instructors at the Dec. 28 camp.
If interested in donating a pair of sneakers, email Kerry Darting at
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Allen Baughman
ALLEN BAUGHMAN, Shawnee Heights
Baughman, a junior wrestler, went 8-0 with eight pins to win the 175-pound championship in the Johnson County Classic at Blue Valley, helping Shawnee Heights finish fourth as a team in the 25-school tournament. Baughman, 16-4 on the season, pinned Elzie Slaughter of St. Thomas Aquinas at the 3:11 mark of the second period in the title match. Four of Baughman's pins came between 30 seconds and one minute into the first period.
Molly Busenitz
MOLLY BUSENITZ, Shawnee Heights
A senior wrestler, Busenitz went 5-0 to win the 120-pound championship in the 30-school Ladycat Classic at Basehor-Linwood, leading Shawnee Heights to a third-place team finish. Now 12-0 on the seasson, Busenitz recorded four straight pins, between 13 seconds and 1 minute, 19 seconds, to advance to the final before earning a 16-1 technical fall over Kadynce Alexton of Chanute.
Zoe Canfield
ZOE CANFIELD, Washburn Rural
Canfield, a 5-foot-11 junior, scored a total of 41 points in two Washburn Rural girls basketball victories over state-ranked Class 6A teams. Canfield, a Kansas commit, scored 26 points with five 3-pointers in Tuesday's 54-45 win over No. 6-ranked Shawnee Mission Northwest and followed that up with 15 points and four 3s in Saturday's 49-34 win over No. 4 Wichita Heights in the GWAC/Centennial/WAC.Challenge in Wichita.
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Washburn Rural's girls and boys basketball teams were up to the challenge in Saturday's GWAL/Centennial/WAC Challenge at Wichita, with the Junior Blues earning a sweep over Wichita Heights.
Rural's girls set the tone for the day when the Junior Blues rallied from a double-figure deficit to knock off the No. 4 Wichita Heights girls, 49-34, and the Junior Blue boys followed that up with a 39-38 win over the top-ranked Falcon boys, the defending Class 6A state champions.
Junior Zoe Canfield led Washburn Rural with 15 points and four 3-pointers as the Junior Blues rallied for a 49-34 win over No. 4-ranked Wichita Heights Saturday in Wichita. [File photo/TSN]
Senior Jack Bachelor and the Washburn Rural boys knocked off top-ranked and defending Class 6A state champion Wichita Heights, 39-38, Saturday in Wichita. [File photo/TSN]
Washburn Rural's girls, the defending 6A state champs, beat No. 4 Heights on Saturday after beating No. 6-ranked Shawnee Mission Northwest on Tuesday night at Rural.
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The Washburn Ichabods gave themselves an early Christmas present Saturday afternoon, with the WU men snapping a three-game MIAA losing streak with a 76-51 romp past Missouri Western at Lee Arena.
The Ichabods notched their first conference win and improved to 4-6 overall while leading by as many as 27 points and holding Missouri Western (5-2, 2-1) to a season-low 51 points.
Washburn junior Tyler Nelson scored 19 points with seven rebounds, six assists and six steals in the Ichabods' 76-51 MIAA romp past Missouri Western Saturday at Lee Arena. [Photo by Re
"We were good on both ends and for sure it was our most complete game,'' Washburn coach Brett Ballard said. "I thought our defense was tremendous and offensively we were really good.
"We mixed up paint touches with th 3-ball and getting to the rim in transition. Everything was kind of clicking tonight.''
Washburn used a 36-9 run over a 13-minute stretch to turn the game into a rout.
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Washburn University's women outscored Missouri Western 18-10 in the fourth quarter and cut wht had been a 24-point deficit to eight points, but the Griffons fought off the Ichabods for a 57-44 MIAA win Saturday afternoon at Lee Arena.
Missouri Western (8-4 overall, 3-2 MIAA) led from start to finish as the Griffons, an NCAA Elite Eight team a year ago, scored the first four points of the afternoon and ended the opening quarter on a 5-0 run to go up, 17-9.
Washburn junior point guard Aubree Dewey had 16 points, six rebounds and seven assists in the Ichabods' 57-44 MIAA loss to Missouri Western. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
The Griffons then ran off 12 straight points in the second quarter and held the Ichabods (4-5, 1-3) scoreless until the 3:04 mark, opening up a commanding 35-18 advantage at the half.
"I thought we had a rough start,'' Washburn coach Lora Westling said. "We just struggled to get in rhythm. We ran a couple of things to get some looks and turned those down and that's just lack of confidence.
"I thought we took the first punches and you can't do that against team that good. You've got to come out swinging yourselves''
Missouri Western used an 8-0 run in third quarter to go up 47-23 with 4:51 on the clock before Washburn freshman Gabi Artis hit a 3-pointer with 1:41 remaining to cut the Griffons' lead to 47-26 at tne start of the fourth stanza.
Washburn junior Aubree Dewey hit a jumper with 8:11 on the clock to spark a 7-0 run to make it a 48-33 game.
