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Addison Broxterman
ADDISON BROXTERMAN, Washburn Rural
Broxterman, the Junior Blues' star senior 125-pounder, became Kansas' girls wresting record-holder for career pins and career wins in last Saturday's 34-school Washburn Women's Invitational at Washburn Rural. Broxterman went 5-0 on the day with four pins to earn the 125-pound title and helped lead the Junior Blues to the team championship by a 443-255.5 margin over Columbus. Broxterman now has 119 career pins and 127 career victories.
Brooklyn DeLeye
BROOKLYN DeLEYE, Washburn Rural
DeLeye, a 6-foot-2 senior, scored 59 points in Washburn Rural's three games in the Thunderbird Classic girls basketball tournament, surpassing 1,000 points and 500 rebounds for her career. DeLeye had games of 21, 20 and 18 points as the third-ranked (Class 6A) Junior Blues went 2-1 on the week to finish third in the tournament and improve to 9-3 on the season.
Brylee Meier
BRYLEE MEIER, Hayden
A 6-foot sophomore, Meier scored 16 points as No. 10-ranked (Class 4A) Hayden claimed the tournament championship in the Top Gun Tournament with a 48-39 victory over Spring Hill on Saturday in Wellsville, with the Wildcats improving to 8-4 with their fourth staight victory. Meier scored 11 points in the semifinals as Hayden upset No. 3-ranked (3A) Nemaha Central, 46-40, the Thunder's first loss of the season. Meier was named to the Top Gun Tournament All-Tournament team.
Luke Perkins
LUKE PERKINS, Shawnee Heights
The senior swimming standout captured a city-best four gold medals in last Thursday's city boys swimming championships at the Capitol Federal Natatorium. A multiple time state medalist three straight seasons, Perkins won individual city titles in the 200-yard individual medley (2 minutes, 01.12 seconds) and 100 butterfly (52.63) and swam on the T-Birds' winning 200 medley relay (1:44.44) and the 200 free relay (1:33.71) teams.
Kiki Smith
KIKI SMITH, Topeka High
Smith, a 5-foot-8 senior guard, scored 73 points in the Trojans' three games in the Firebird Classic girls basketball tournament at Free State, helping lead the No. 7-ranked (Class 6A) to the tournament championship. Smith scored 21 points in a 69-34 first-round win over Wichita Northwest, scored 36 points in just three quarters in High's 69-37 semifinal win over Eisenhower and had 16 points in the Trojans' 56-51 win over Blue Valley in the championship game, with High avenging a loss to the Tigers' in the 2022 state tournament.
Taylin Stallbaumer
TAYLIN STALLBAUMER, Seaman
A 5-foot-6 junior, Stallbaumer hit the game-winning 3-point shot as time ran out, giving No. 1-ranked (Class 5A) Seaman a 46-43 win over tournament host Emporia and the championship in the Glaciers Edge Tournament. Stallbaumer scored 15 points in the championship game, including three 3-pointers, as Seaman improved to 11-1 on the season.
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After having its six-game winning streak snapped by top-ranked and undefeated Shawnee Mission South in a 10-point semifinal loss Friday night, No. 3-ranked Washburn Rural bounced back Saturday with a dominating 44-28 win over Hutchinson in the third-place game of the Thunderbird Classic at Shawnee Heights.
Washburn Rural senior Brooklyn DeLeye scored 59 points in three Thunderbird Classic games, surpassing 1,000 points and 500 rebounds for her career. [File photo/TSN]
Now 9-3 on the season Washburn Rural took control in the first half when the Junior Blues limited the Salthawks to just eight points.
Rural built a 15-3 lead by the end of the first quarter and led 21-8 at the half.
The Junior Blues put the Salthawks away with a 20-5 third quarter, opening up a huge 41-13 lead at the start of the fourth quarter.
Hutchinson outscored Rural 15-3 over the final eight minutes, but the game had long been decided.
Senior Brooklyn DeLeye powered the Junior Blues with 18 points while seniors MaRyah Lutz and Chloe Carlgren added seven points apiece.
DeLeye scored 59 points in the tournament, ecliping 1,000 points and 500 rebounds for her career.
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The Washburn University men won their fifth game in a row Saturday, posting a wire-to-wire 66-56 win over Northeastern State at Lee Arena.
The Ichabods, who improved to 10-9 overall and 7-6 in the MIAA, jumped out to a 7-1 lead to start the game while holding the RiverHawks (10-9, 7-8) to zero of eight shooting from the outset.
Junior Tyler Nelson scored 16 points in Washburn's 66-56 MIAA home win over Northeastern State on Saturday. [File photo]
The RiverHawks never led in the game but tied it at 9-9 with 11:28 to play in the opening half before the Ichabods used a 7-0 run to jump out to a 16-9 lead at the under-10 timeout.
Washburn would have another 7-0 spurt later in the frame and would lead by as many as 13 before taking a 33-22 lead into halftime.
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Washburn University's women's basketball team had nine different players score and turned in a strong defensive showing in the Ichabods' 61-49 MIAA win over Northeastern State on Saturday afternoon at Lee Arena.
The Ichabods held an 8-6 advantage midway through the first quarter when a free throw from freshman Yibari Nwidadah started a 7-0 run to extend the lead.
Former Hanover star Macy Doebele recorded a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds to help lead Washburn to a 61-49 home MIAA win over Northeastern State Saturday at Lee Arena. [File photo/TSN]
Washburn finished the opening period in front, 15-9, and made nine of 10 attemps at the free throw line.
Washburn, 9-10 overall and 5-8 in the MIAA, scored five unanswered points in the second quarter and the Ichabod defense held Northeastern State scoreless until the 3:36 mark.
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Entering Saturday's third annual Washburn Women's Invitational, Washburn Rural senior star Addison Broxterman had no idea she was on the cusp of Kansas girls wrestling history.
And Broxterman, who set state records for pins and total wins en route to the 125-pound championship in the 34-school tournament, is very grateful that Junior Blues coach Damon Parker kept that secret from her.
Washburn Rural state record-setter Addison Broxterman went 5-0 with four wins Saturday to win the 125-pound title in the Washburn Women's Invitational. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Washburn Rural's Addison Broxterman, the state's all-time pin and wins leader, records one of her four pins in Saturday's Washburn Women's Invitational. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
"I'm a very nervous person and everybody knows that,'' Broxterman said. "It was definitely a good thing not to know. That was probably one of the best matches I ever wrestled (setting the pin record). It felt really good so I'm very grateful that he did not tell me.''
Broxterman opened the day with back-to-back pins to move past Great Bend's Brianna Ridgeway for the state pin record and became the winningest wrestler in Kansas girls history with her third win of the day, also moving past Ridgeway in that category.
In both cases Broxterman had no idea what was going on until it was announced to the large crowd in attendance.
"No, neither time,'' Broxterman said. "I was like, 'What is happening?' I was like, 'Why are they announcing my 117th pin?' That's so random.''
