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A no-hitter and a walk-off hit took place on the same day at Washburn Rural on Friday afternoon.
Cade Perkins threw a no-hitter for Manhattan baseball in the opening game and Washburn's Colin Redeker hit a walk-off single in Game 2.
Manhattan run-ruled Washburn Rural 10-0 in the first game and the Junior Blues won in comeback fashion in the second game, 9-8.
“I’m proud of the way our guys competed and got the win in the second game,” Washburn Rural coach Jay Mastin said. “(Redeker) and the guys played pretty well. I’m proud of the way they pulled out the victory.”
Washburn Rural’s three-run rally in the seventh inning gave the Junior Blues the chance to win the game.
Redeker’s hit was the key to Friday night’s Centennial League win.
“I got up with a couple of people on and had two outs, I just needed to get the job done and I did,” Redeker said. “It was a super important at-bat because a tie would’ve been possible. So I just got the job done when the team needed me.”
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Washburn baseball never trailed in Friday's MIAA series opener against Central Oklahoma, posting a 7-3 victory at Falley Field.
Washburn (24-11 overall, 14-7 MIAA) got the scoring started in the second inning after Connor Scott led off the frame with a triple to left field and then scored the first run on a sacrifice fly by Cal Wakins
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The Washburn Ichabods moved to 30-11 overall and 12-2 in the MIAA Friday with a 4-0, 6-1 doubleheader road sweep over Fort Hays State.
The Ichabods pushed their win streak to 10 straight games while former Shawnee Heights star Jaycee Ginter was the winning pitcher in the first game, improving to 20-3 on the season.
Washburn scored all four of their runs in the first-game win in the fourth inning.
Ginter started off the inning with a walk and after a walk to Ashton Friend, Autymn Schreiner singled and then Jaden LaBarge's pinch-hit single to center scored Ginter and Friend.
Maddie Stipsitsdrew a walk and then Marrit Mead singled to drive in LaBarge and Stipsits.
Ginter turned in a complete-game shutout in the opener, striking out eight while walking one and allowing four hits.
Ginter became the first Ichabod to record at least 20 wins in a single season since Lauren Thimmesch accomplished that feat in 2015. Ginter also went over the 200-strikeout mark with her 202nd against the Tigers.
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The temperature was cold Friday but Seaman's bats were smokin' in the Vikings' 14-1, 12-1 Centennial League doubleheader sweep over Topeka High at Hummer Sports Park.
The Vikings lashed out 25 hits on the night, including 10 extra base hits and three home runs, en route to improving to 6-1 overall and 3-1 in the league while ending both games in five innings by way of the 10-run spread rule.
"I thought we did a good job of coming out and playing,'' Seaman coach Trent Oliva said. "Our bats have been a little cold, a little inconsistent, and we were able to get those going a little bit and that always helps out when you can score some runs.
"It helps your pitching, it helps your defense to play a little bit more free and we were able to do that today.''
Senior catcher Dagen Brewer homered in both games and went 4 for 4 in the nightcap with a pair of doubles and five runs batted in, while senior Casen Stallbaumer also hit a home run in the second game.
Junior Bryson Vawter went 4 for 4 in the opener while senior Maclane Finley went 3 for 3 with a pair of doubles and junior Aidan Polter delivered a three-run triple and finished the game with five RBI.
In addition to the big games from Brewer and Stallbaumer in the second game, Seaman got a two-run double from sophomore Holden Finley.
Seaman also did the job on the mound against the Trojans, with Vawter and freshman Max Huston combining for a three-hitter and nine strikeouts in the first game and M. Finley twirling a five-inning three-hitter in the second game while striking out six batters.
Seaman led 4-1 through three innings in Game 1 and put the game away with seven runs in the fourth and three runs in the fifth.
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WAMEGO -- Playing conditions for Thursday's Washburn Rural Invitational golf tournament were terrible, with players competing in feel's like temperatures in the mid-30s, with wind gusts of 40 miles per hour and rain late in the day at Wamego Country Club.
But Washburn Rural senior Giles Frederickson said he tried to put all of that out of his mind and just play golf.
For the most part, Frederickson, a returning All-Shawnee County pick, accomplished that goal, shooting a 77 to tie for seventh place individually in the 98-player field.
"Weather is something you can't control and I've always been taught to focus on things you can control,'' Frederickson said. "The guys that go out there and complain about the weather are probably not going to do well today.
"I felt like I did a good job. I played really well on the front nine and on the back I had a couple of holes that choked me up a little bit but in the end I thought I kept a positive attitude all day and that was really what mattered.''
Four other city players cracked the top 20, with Washburn Rural senior Joe Morse and freshman Tagan Monasmith and Topeka West sophomore Myles Alonzo all shooting 80s to tie for 14th place while Rural junior Bryan Terrell tied for 19th with an 81.
Olathe West won the team title with a four-player score of 311, led by individual champion Myles Tarvin, who carded a four-over-par 74.
Washburn Rural finished sixth as a team with a 334 while the Junior Blues' second team finished at 336.
Rural coach Jared Goehring said Thursday's round was a case of survival.
"Today was just a test of their mental game most importantly,'' Goehring said. "They just had to have one thing in mind and that was to move on from a previous shot and just learn from this and grow because this is the great state of Kansas and the weather is just so unpredictable.
"It's going to make a good golfer out of them playing in these type of conditions one way or another.''
Shawnee Heights finished 12th as a team at 374, led by junior Alex Valdivia's 83.
WASHBURN RURAL INVITATIONAL
At Wamego Country Club
Team scores
Olathe West 311, Olathe South 312, Blue Valley West 321, Shawnee Mission East 327, Blue Valley Northwest 328, Washburn Rural Blue 334, St. Thomas Aquinas 334, Washburn Rural White 336, Manhattan 345, Free State 355, Mill Valley 356, Wamego 358, Shawnee Heights 374, Emporia 391, Lawrence 391, Blue Valley 396.
Individual results
1. Tarvin, Olathe West, 74; 2. Strong, Olathe South, 75; 3. (tie) Baker, Blue Valley West; Warren, Olathe West; Desai, Blue Valley Northwest, and Strong, Olathe South, 76; 7. (tie) Frederickson, Washburn Rural, and Randall, Free State, 77; 9. (tie) Fowler, Blue Valley Northwest, and Bishop, St. Thomas Aquinas, 78; 11. (tie) Reckrodt, Olathe South; Kidd, Blue Valley West, and Nichols, Olathe West, 79; 14. (tie) Morse, Washburn Rural; Goldsberry, Blue Valley West; Monasmith, Washburn Rural; Shelton, Shawnee Mission East, and Alonzo, Topeka West, 80; 19. (tie) Tyrell, Washburn Rural, and Wefald, Manhattan, 81.