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NCAA champ, Olympian Douglas tops TSN men's wrestling list

Rick Peterson

 By RICK PETERSON

TopSports.news

Melvin Douglas is one of the biggest names in amateur wrestling history, leaving an indelible mark on the high school, college and world stage.

That made the Highland Park legend a clearcut choice for the No. 1 spot on the TopSports.news Shawnee County Best of the Best Top 25 men's wrestling list.

Douglas was a three-time state high school individual champion and went on to claim a pair of NCAA Division I championships for Oklahoma, a world championship and a pair of Olympic berths for Team USA.

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Former Shawnee Heights two-time state champ and three-time Stanford All-American Tanner Gardner garnered the No. 2 spot on the Top 25 while four-time Rossville state champ Tagen Lambotte is No. 3.

Bishop Murray, who won three individual state titles and a team crown for Washburn Rural, and former Topeka High two-time state champ and Missouri Valley national champ Beau Vest round out the top five.

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Bishop Murray, one of three members of the Murray family to earn berths in the Top 25, was the Readers Choice winner, edging his former Rural teammates, Gavin Carter and Jacob Tangpricha, for that honor.

Here's a look at the Top 25 and Readers Choice Awards:

TSN TOP 25 BEST OF THE BEST MEN'S WRESTLERS

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Rural golf opens '21 with 19-stroke victory in Olathe West tourney

Rick Peterson

By RICK PETERSON

TopSports.news

Perennial city girls golf power Washburn Rural got the 2021 season off to an impressive start Monday at Prairie Highlands, rolling to the team championship in the Olathe West Invitational.

Junior Avery Scott tied for second with a 76 to pace the Junior Blues, who claimed the team title by a 327-346 margin over Olathe Northwest.

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Senior Aliyah North shot a 78 to tie for fifth while senior Kaitlyn Crough placed 10th with an 84 and senior McKenna Merrick finished 17th with an 89 to round out the Junior Blues' top four.

Junior Mallory Nelson shot a 94 and Raegan Peterson a 100 for Washburn Rural.

Shawnee Mission South's McLain Neal took individual medalist honors with a 73.

OLATHE WEST INVITATIONAL

Team scores

Washburn Rural 327, Olathe Northwest 346, Shawnee Mission East 347, Mill Valley 358, Olathe West 363, Shawnee Mission Northwest 369, Olathe East 376, Free State 396, Shawnee Mission West 552.

Individual results

1. McLain Neal, Shawnee Mission South, 73; 2. (tie) Hillary Currier, Blue Valley Southwest, and Avery Scott, Washburn Rural, 76; 4. Tess Roman, Shawnee Mission East, 77; 5. (tie) Libby Green, Mill Valley, and Aliyah North, Washburn Rural, 78; 7. Claire Berquist, Free State, 79; 8. M. Kelso, Olathe Northwest, 81; 9. Addie Ramaekers, Olathe Northwest, 83; 10. Kaitlyn Crough, Washburn Rural, 84.

Other Washburn Rural -- McKenna Merrick 89, Mallory Nelson 94, Raegan Peterson 100.

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