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TOPEKA WEST (0-1, 0-1) at SEAMAN (1-0, 1-0)
Seaman's Anna Becker opened her sophomore season with 15 points and 10 rebounds in Friday's 63-32 season-opening win over Lansing. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Seaman opened its first season in the United Kansas Conference with a 62-32 win over Lansing last Frdiay night while Topeka West dropped a 52-36 decision to Basehor-Linwood in its UKC debut. Freshman Maddie Gragg scored a game-high 17 points in her high school debut for Seaman while Viking sophomore Anna Becker registered a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds.
BONNER SPRINGS (1-0) at HIGHLAND PARK (0-0)
Highland Park opens its season Tuesday after taking steps forward last season in a 4-17 season. The Scots return a solid nucleus from that team, led by sophomore Amelia Ramsey. Ramsey averaged 9.2 points and 10.2 rebounds, which led the city of Topeka, while shooting 59 percent from 2-point range and 72 percent from the free throw line as a freshman. Ramsey received All-Shawnee County and All-Centennial League honorable mention last season. Bonner Springs opened its season with a 56-45 win over Labette County last Friday.
Shawnee Heights' Emari Doby opened her senior season with 24 points in last Friday's 54-50 loss to De Soto. [File photo/TSN]
PIPER (1-0, 1-0) at SHAWNEE HEIGHTS (0-1, 0-1)
Shawnee Heights dropped a tight 54-50 United Kansas Conference decision to De Soto in last Friday's season-opener while Piper, a new UKC member this season, is coming off a 49-47 conference win over Leavenworth. Senior Emari Doby scored 24 points against De Soto while junior Breezy Canady and senior Abby Fleischer scored nine and eight points, respectively, for the T-Birds.
Senior star Kiki Smith and the Topeka High girls are 1-1 on the season after a 50-19 romp past Valley Center last Saturday. [File photo/TSN]
TOPEKA HIGH (1-1) vs. BLUE VALLEY NORTHWEST (1-0)
At De Soto Hardwood Classic
Class 6A stalwarts Blue Valley Northwest and Topeka High will square off in Tuesday's opening round of the De Soto Hardwood Classic. Topeka High, which has qualified for the Class 6A
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Anna Becker
ANNA BECKER, Seaman
Becker, a 5-foot-10 sophomore, recorded a double-double as the No. 9-ranked (Class 5A) Seaman's girls basketball team opened its first season in the United Kansas Conference with a 62-32 win over No. 3 Lansing. Becker finished the night with 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Vikings.
Addison Broxterman
ADDISON BROXTERMAN, Washburn Rural
Broxterman, a senior, became the 10th Kansas high school girls wrestler to record 100 careet victories on Saturday in the Leavenworth Girls Challenger. A two-time Class 6A state runner-up, Broxterman went 5-0 to win the 125-pound championship, including a 21-second pin in the finals, helping Rural win the team title.
Riccardo Corazza
RICCARDO CORAZZA, Shawnee Heights
A junior foreign exchange student from Milan, Italy, Corazza made his debut for the Shawnee Heights boys swimming team in last Wednesday's Topeka West Invitational with a victory in the 50-yard freestyle (22.33 seconds) and also swam on Heights' winning 200 free relay (1:35.27). Corazza finished second in the 100 free (50.88) and swam on the T-Birds' third-place 200 medley relay (1:42.72).
Rylee Dick
RYLEE DICK, Rossville
A freshman, Dick made her high school debut with a 24-point performance, including four 3-pointers, as Rossville rolled to a 58-30 season-opening girls basketball non-league victory at Atchison last Friday night.
Maddie Gragg
MADDIE GRAGG, Seaman
A 5-foot-9 freshman, Gragg scored a game-high 17 points in her high school basketball career as No. 9-ranked (Class 5A) Seaman rolled to a 62-32 United Kansas Conference win over No. 3 Lansing. Gragg went 8 of 14 from the field and 1 of 2 from the free throw line in the Vikings' UKC debut.
Luke Perkins
LUKE PERKINS, Shawnee Heights
An eight-time Class 5A-1A state medalist, Perkins opened his senior swimming season with two individual victories and a relay win in last Wednesday's Topeka West Invitational. Perkins won the 200-yard individual medley (2:07.53) and the 100 butterfly (54.73) and swam on the T-Birds' winning 200 free relay (1:35.27) and third-place 200 medley relay (1:42.72).
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Senior star Addison Broxterman reached the coveted 100-win mark for her career as Washburn Rural girls' wrestling team dominated Saturday's Leavenworth Girls Challenger.
Broxterman, a two-time state finalist, won the 125-pound title en route to becoming the 10th wrestler in Kansas high school girls wrestling to reach the century mark for victories.
Washburn Rural senior Addison Broxterman became the 10th girls high school wrestler in Kansas to record 100 career wins on Saturday in the Leavenworth Girls Challenger, winning the 125-pound division with a 5-0 day. [Submitted Photo]
Broxterman, 5-0 on the year, capped her day with a 21-second win by fall over Blue Springs South's Maddie Tally.
Broxterman was one of four tournament champions for the Junior Blues, who won the team title in the 14-school tournament by a 283.5-152.5 margin over Leavenworth.
Also winning indiviual championships for the Junior Blues were junior 105-pounder Kristen Rezac, 140-pound junior Laiken Clark and 155-pound junior Raya Eilert while Rural got second-place finishes from freshman Molly Spader (100), sophomore Delaney Hill (105), sophomore Maddy Blow (115), senior Ammi Miller (120) and senior Alexis Fredrickson (130).
Annie Gallegos finished third in the 130-pound division and junior Sophia Ross was third at 235.
Rural boys the runner-up in Leavenworth Challenger
Lawrence and Washburn Rural battled it out for the team championship in Saturday's Leavenworth Challenger, with the Lions claiming the top spot by a 287-267 margin over the Junior Blues, the two-time defending Class 6A state champion.
Rural got individual championships from sophomore Easton Broxterman at 113 pounds, freshman Landen Kocher-Munoz at 120, senior Henri McGiven at at 126, junior Blaine Baird at 138 and junior Brody Byrne at 157 pounds.
Broxterman, Kocher-Munoz, McGivern and Byrne went 5-0 on the day while Baird went 4-0.
Rural's Joe Clark won the title in the 175-pound 'B' bracket, going 5-0 on the day.
Shawnee Heights' girls won the team championship in the Emporia Invitational by a 137-115 margin over Chanute. [Submitted photo]
Heights girls win Emporia team title
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Cold shooting cost Washburn University men's basketball (3-5 overall, 0-2 MIAA) Saturday against Emporia State (7-0, 1-0) on Saturday afternoon at Lee Arena.
The Ichabods shot 32 percent as a team and were unable to mount a comeback in a 74-63 loss.
Andrew Orr (24), celebrating a basket Saturday against Emporia State with teammate Michael Keegan, led the Ichabods with 18 points and 10 rebounds. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
The Hornets jumped out to a five-point lead in the first five minutes.
Washburn's defense helped withstand a slow offensive start and a five-minute stretch without allowing a point allowed the Ichabods to go on a 9-0 run and lead by three at the 6:29 mark
Shots stopped falling for Washburn and on the other end Emporia State stayed aggressive, leading to 15 first half free throw attempts for the Hornets.
A 14-4 Emporia State run to close the half gave the Hornets a 34-28 lead.
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Wrestlers from various schools around the area took to the mats Saturday at the Highland Park Invitational for a showdown to kick off the 2022-2023 campaign.
City schools Hayden, Highland Park and Topeka High competed in Saturday's tournament and all three schools had reason to celebrate.
Hayden wrestling poses for a team picture after the Wildcats' second-place team finish in Saturday's Highland Park Invitational. [Photo by Isaac Deer/TSN]
De Soto recorded a first-place finish, with the Wildcats posting six first-place finishes and several other top-three finishes.
Hayden had the most success out of the city schools on Saturday, with the Wildcats finishing second as a team.
“I have high expectations for this team,” Hayden coach Jacob Torrez said. “I expect us to perform highly every time we come out. It went as well as expected. My football players just got back last week. We’ve only had a full week of practice with the whole team together. We have the drive and have a bunch of kids that want to win, get better and do what it takes to get better. They weren’t satisfied today.”
Hayden second with 72 points, winning two individual championships and having several other athletes finishing in the top three in their weight classes.
Caroline North took a first-place finish at 125 pounds on the girls' side and 165-pounder Jude Krentz won a gold medal on the boys' side.
Jamison Kennedy, Jimmy Longstaff, Elaina Wolff, Kylie Carswell, Natalie Hopper, Gabriel Benteman and Jacob Waldy all finished in the top three, contributing to Hayden’s runnerup showing.
Highland Park's Ruby Hernandez stands atop the victory stand after winning the 135-pound championship in Saturday's Highland Park Invitational. [Photo by Isaac Deer/TSN]
Highland Park finished with a score of 66 points giving its team a third-place finish.
