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EMPORIA (13-4, 9-4) at TOPEKA WEST (2-15, 2-11)
Emporia is coming off a 63-19 Centennial League victory over Junction City while Topeka West dropped a 53-35 league loss at Hayden on Tuesday. Sophomore Rebecca Bearman and junior Jazmyn Ford both cracked double figures for Topeka West against Hayden, with Bearman scoring 13 points and Ford 11.
JUNCTION CITY (2-15, 2-12) at HIGHLAND PARK (2-15, 0-13)
The Scots dropped a 43-41 decision to Junction City in the first meeting between the two schools and will be looking to pick up their first Centennial League win. The Blue Jays dropped a 63-19 league decision to Emporia on Tuesday while Highland Park fell at Manhattan, 73-31.
TOPEKA HIGH (16-1, 13-1) at HAYDEN (10-7, 7-6)
Topeka High, ranked No. 2 in Class 6A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, is coming off its first loss of the season, dropping a 50-42 Centennial League decision at Seaman on Tuesday. Hayden has posted two wins this week, beating Tonganoxie on Monday before taking a 53-35 league decision over Topeka West on Tuesday. Senior Macy Smith paced Hayden against Topeka West with a game-high 25 points.
MANHATTAN (7-10, 6-7) at WASHBURN RURAL (15-2, 11-2)
Washburn Rural, ranked No. 3 in 6A by the KBCA, was off Tuesday after dropping a 46-42 Centennial League decision to No. 2 Topeka High last Friday. Sophomore Zoe Canfield led Rural against High with 14 points and four 3-pointers while senior Emma Krueger added 11 points. Manhattan is coming off a 73-31 league romp past Highland Park on Tuesday.
LANSING (15-2) at SEAMAN (12-5)
Seaman, ranked No. 8 in 5A by the KBCA, upset previously-unbeaten and No. 2 ranked (6A) Topeka High Tuesday night, 50-42. The Vikings face another tough test Friday, hosting No. 4 (5A) Lansing in a non-league contest. Seaman sophomore Taylin Stallbaumer scored 19 points against Topeka High while freshman Anna Becker added 13 points and was 9 of 9 at the free throw line.
TURNER (3-14, 0-7) at SHAWNEE HEIGHTS (8-8, 3-4)
Shawnee Heights posted a 56-54 United Kansas Conference road victory at Leavenworth on Tuesday while Turner is coming off a 66-5 loss to De Soto. Junior Emari Doby scored 21 points against Leavenworth while senior Zoe Oczko added 13 points and junior Taylor Rottinghaus 10 for the T-Birds.
CAIR PARAVEL LATIN (10-7) vs. BISHOP WARD (7-10)
At Kansas City Kansas Community College
The Lions dropped a 41-27 decision to Maranatha Academy on Tuesday while Bishop Ward beat Cristo Rey 63-32 Wednesday night. Senior Jaley Barkley led Cair Paravel with 14 points against Maranatha while freshman Gracie Babbitt added 10 points. The Lions took a 38-27 win over Ward earlier in the season.
RILEY COUNTY (7-9) at ROSSVILLE (10-8)
Rossville took a 59-49 victory over Wabaunsee on Tuesday while Riley County is coming off a 34-30 decision over Council Grove. Sophomore Emma Mitchell led the Bulldawgs with 22 points against Wabaunsee while Kinley Porter added 14.
SILVER LAKE (16-1) at ROCK CREEK (15-3)
Silver Lake has split two earlier games with Rock Creek, with the Mustangs handing the Eagles their lone loss back on Jan.22, taking a 60-55 victory. Silver Lake was off Tuesday after taking a 68-46 win over rival Rossville last Friday. Kaibryn Kruger paced the Eagles with 19 points and five 3-pointers against the Bulldawgs while McKinley Kruger added 14 points and Makenzie McDaniel 13.
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Washbuurn University men's basketball will travel to Missouri Western for a 7:30 p.m. MIAA road contest Thursday night in St. Joseph, Mo.
The Ichabods, 15-9 overall, 12-6 in the MIAA, have won their last two games and five of their last seven after an 85-74 win over Central Missouri last Saturday.
Missouri Western (12-13, 8-9 MIAA) is coming off a 73-67 win at Newman on Monday night in Wichita.
The Ichabods won the first meeting against the Griffons, 76-64, at Lee Arena on Jan. 8.
Washburn senior Tyler Geiman went over the 4,000-minutes played mark in a recent win over Lincoln and has now played more minutes than any Ichabod in program history.
Geiman needs six games played to pass Keith Downing for the most appearances in Washburn history with 137.
Geiman leads the Ichabods with a 15.1 scoring average, 6.1 rebounds per game and a 6.6 assist average. In the last nine games Geiman is averaging 18.0 points, 7.1 rebounds and 7.0 assists for WU.
Geiman has scored 1,648 points in 131 career games, which is seventh all-time on the Ichabod chart.
Junior Jalen Lewis is scoring 13.0 prer game while hitting 49 of 131 3-pointers (.374) and is currently 11th on the Ichabod all-time scoring chart with 1,329 career points in 112 career games.
Lewis ranks No. 1 on Washburn list with 246 career 3-pointers.
Senior Jeremy Harrell is averaging 9.4 points and 4.9 rebouns for Washburn, while freshman Michadel Keegan averages 9.3 points and 5.9 rebounds per game.
JaQuaylon Mays leads the Griffons with a 17.5 scoring average while Will Eames averages 12.8 points and 8.1 rebounds.
The Ichabods will travel to Northwest Missouri on Saturday.
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Washburn University's women's basketball team will travel to St. Joseph, Mo. on Thursday to face Missouri Western in a 5:30 p.m. MIAA contest.
Washburn is 12-11 overall and 10-7 in the MIAA while Missouri Western is 19-5, 13-5.
The Ichabods are coming off a thrilling 72-71 home victory over Central Missouri on Saturday, while the Griffons, who were ranked No. 21 last week, dropped out of the Top 25 after double-figure road losses at Missouri Southern and Pittsburg State.
Missouri Western bounced back to defeat Emporia State in White Auditorium on Tuesday evening, 81-67.
Missouri Western won the first matchup against Washburn this season, rolling to an 80-47 win in Lee Arena on Feb. 1.
The Ichabods have five games remaining in the regular season before the MIAA Tournament at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. March 2-6. The top-10 MIAA teams will compete in the tournament.
Washburn is currently sixth in the conference standings.
Ichbod senior standout Hunter Bentley has moved up to No. 9 in the MIAA in scoring with a 14.1 average after scoring in double figures in the last six consecutive games, including three 20-point-plus games.
Bentley needs 34 more points to pass Latisha Yarnell (1984-88) and move up to No. 6 on Washburn's career scoring list.
Abby Oliver scored a season-high 17 points in the WU win over Central Missouri, with 10 of those coming during a fourth-quarter comeback.
Oliver is averaging 8.9 points and 4.5 rebounds and leads the team with 25 blocks.
Macy Doebele is third on the team in scoring at 7.9 points per game and second in rebounds with a 5.1 average.
Against the Jennies, Doebele she grabbed a team-best 11 rebounds to go with seven points.
Nuria Barrientos leads the Ichabods with a 5.3 rebounding average to go with a 6.9 scoring average.
After going just 6-16 in the conference-only 2020-21 schedule, Missouri Western opened the current season on a nine-game winning streak.
Three Western players are in the top 15 in the MIAA in scoring, with Brionna Budgetts averaging 13.1 points, Connie Clarke 12.8 points and Corbyn Cunningham 12.4 points per game.
Clarke leads the Griffons and is sixth in the conference with an 8.6 rebounding average. She also has made a team-best 20 blocks and 44 steals.
Washburn closes out the week at Northwest Missouri on Saturday in Maryville, Mo. (1:30 p.m. start).
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Seaman's girls bowling team took control in the four Baker Format games to successfully defend their Centennial League team championship while Washburn Rural's Kaitlyn Doyal broke out of a recent slump to take the individual league title by a 32-pin margin Wednesday at West Ridge Lanes.
Seaman won the team title by a 3,096-3,026 margin over Washburn Rural while Doyal bowled a 668 three-game series to take individual honors.
Individual runner-up Makenzie Millard, who rolled a 636 series, led the way as all six Seaman bowlers earned spots in the top 20 individually.
The Vikings also got a fifth-place finish from Katie Price (576), while Kayla Mize (550) took ninth, Kaitlyn Evans 10th (523), Cheyenne Turkin 11th (518) and JaeLynn Thetford 19th (471).
Seaman coach Bob Benoit feels like the Vikings, fourth at state a year ago, still have work to do with regional and state meets coming up the next two weeks, but he thought his team made progress in the league meet.
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The Centennial League boys bowling tournament was a battle to the very end, with Seaman's Ethan Burns pulling out the individual title while Washburn Rural claimed the team championship Wednesday at West Ridge Lanes.
Washburn Rural won the team title by a mere four pins over Seaman (3,503-3,499) while the chase for individual honors was even closer, with Burns rolling a 728 three-game series to edge Rural's Josh Hammons by two pins.
Washburn Rural built a big lead through American Ten-Pin and was able to barely hold off Seaman through the four Baker Format games.
Hammons led three Junior Blues in the top 10 and four in the top 13, with Walker Thompson finishing third (683), Logan Glinka 10th (623) and Geo Peoples 13th (599).
"We went in with the same mindset, just throw good shots over and over and don't worry about what other people do,'' Hammons said. "We just stayed consistent all day.''
Rural coach Jo Ricard agreed
"We started off extremely well and towards the end we started to tense and tighten up a little bit through the third game and so forth and I had my assistant (Steve Peoples) talk with them to get them all back on board heading into Baker,'' Ricard said.
Burns was one of three Seaman bowlers in the top 12, with Zander White ninth (625) and Jack Easum 12th (618).
Burns bowled a 692 series in a makeup meet on Tuesday at West Ridge and he said that success carried over to the league meet.